Copiague station

Copiague is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located in Copiague, New York. The station is located on Marconi Boulevard and Great Neck Road (CR 47), one block north of Oak Street (CR 12).

Copiague
The entrance to the Copiague station.
General information
Location	Marconi Boulevard & Great Neck Road (CR 47) Copiague, New York
Coordinates	40.681°N 73.399°W / 40.681; -73.399
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	747 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	1967–1973
Electrified	May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2012—2014	2,629[1]
Rank	41 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Amityville toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal Babylon Branch Lindenhurst toward Babylon      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Amityville toward Long Island City Montauk Division Lindenhurst toward Montauk
Location

History

Original station

The South Side Railroad of Long Island and Central Railroad of Long Island once had another station in Copiague to the east called Belmont Junction, which was in service between 1873 and 1885.^[2] It is not known if the Long Island Rail Road built Copiague Station as a replacement for Belmont Junction, but it had served as one.^[3][4][5]

Current station

Copiague Station was originally built in 1902 and was rebuilt with temporary high-level platforms for the M1s on October 25, 1968. The original station was replaced with the current elevated station which opened on August 7, 1973. It is one of the few railroad stations along the Babylon Branch west of Patchogue that was not originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island.

In 2023, the MTA agreed to make the Amityville, Copiague, and Lindenhurst stations wheelchair-accessible to settle a lawsuit.^[6] An elevator at the Copiague station opened on May 16, 2024.^[7][8] This project brought the station into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.^[9]

Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

P Platform level	Track 1	←      Babylon Branch toward Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central, or Penn Station (Amityville) ←      Montauk Branch does not stop here
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 2	Babylon Branch toward Babylon (Lindenhurst) →      Montauk Branch does not stop here →
G	Ground level	Exit/entrance