Promised Land station

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Promised Land

General information

Owned by

Long Island Rail Road (former)

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

History

Opened

June 29, 1900

Closed

December 31, 1928

Former services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Fanny Bartlett toward Long Island City		Montauk Division		Montauk Terminus

Promised Land or Promise Land was a former railroad station stop on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It opened as a flag stop only, for employees of neighboring fish processing plants. The station appears as a signal stop as '"Promise Land" in special instructions of employee timetable #15 of June 29, 1900, as well as employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908 and employee timetable #49 of September 9, 1908. It also appears under station designation S106 in 1903, 1913, and 1924 CR4BOOKS according to Art Huneke. The station closed on December 31, 1928 according to Robert Emery.^[1]

References

^ LIRR Station History Promised Land

External links

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