Huntington (LIRR station)

Huntington
Huntington Station from the main parking lot in front of the ticket office.
Location	New York Avenue & Broadway Huntington Station, New York
Coordinates	40°51′9.69″N 73°24′38.30″W / 40.8526917°N 73.4106389°W / 40.8526917; -73.4106389Coordinates: 40°51′9.69″N 73°24′38.30″W / 40.8526917°N 73.4106389°W / 40.8526917; -73.4106389
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S1 Huntington Area Rapid Transit: H9, Blue, Red shuttles
Construction
Parking	5,040 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	January 13, 1868
Rebuilt	1909
Electrified	October 19, 1970 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	11,113
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Cold Spring Harbor toward New York terminals Port Jefferson Branch Greenlawn toward Port Jefferson

Huntington is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located near New York Avenue (NY 110), connecting it to Melville, the Long Island Expressway and Huntington and Broadway in Huntington Station, New York, but is also accessible from Lenox Road and Fairground Avenue near East Second Street. This train station is located in the Huntington Union Free School District. It is also approximately 37.2 miles (59.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

Huntington station opened on January 13, 1868, amidst a great deal of controversy between the people of Huntington and Oliver Charlick over the right-of-way and station location which the people wanted directly within Huntington Village, specifically at Main Street and New York Avenue. Instead, the station is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village in a hamlet originally known as "Fairground," because of a disagreement with Charlick and the Joneses, an affluent family that resided in the area.

Throughout much of the 20th century, the station served as a hub. One reason for this was that it also served as the southern terminus of the Huntington Trolley Spur between 1890 and 1909. The trolley was electrified on June 17, 1898, and extended towards Melville, Farmingdale, and Amityville in 1909. The trolley ran between Halesite and Amityville until 1919, and was replaced in 1920 by another trolley which only ran as far south as Jericho Turnpike until 1927.