St. Albans station (LIRR)


St. Albans is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City. It is located on the southwest corner of Linden Boulevard and Montauk Place, although the segment of Montauk Place that once intersected with Linden Boulevard has been abandoned and fenced off.
The station is served by some Babylon Branch trains and all West Hempstead Branch trains on weekdays. It is one stop east of Jamaica station, which provides access to nearly all other LIRR services.

History

In 1872, the Long Island Rail Road's Cedarhurst Cut-off was built through the area, but no stop appears here on the first timetables.
Saint Albans Station was built on July 1, 1898, and originally appeared on maps with the name of Locust Avenue.
The station was razed in 1935 as part of a grade elimination project.
The current elevated structure was opened either on October 22 or October 23, 1935.

Station layout

This station has one narrow six-car-long island platform between the two tracks with two entrances. The north staircase goes down to the south side of Linden Boulevard between Newburg and 180th Street while the south staircase goes down to a short tunnel leading to the dead-end street of Foch Boulevard.

Service

Although this station is listed on the West Hempstead Branch timetable only, most service is provided by Babylon Branch trains. Approximately 226 trains stop here per week, with only four weekday morning peak trains from West Hempstead serving this station, while hourly Babylon trains serve it daily from about 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM during off peak periods. Babylon Branch trains also serve the station bihourly on weekends. The station sees no late night service.
The station is within Zone 3 and the boundaries of the CityTicket program.