Was there a Springfield Gardens station on the LIRR?

[Pu3rToRoCk8947 0]

I have one curious question for anyone here that may know the answer.My uncle tells me that their existed another station past St. Albans called Springfield Gardens.I have traveled on that branch on my way towards Babylon a few times and i havent seen any evidence of platforms.He tells me there was and i am not disputing what he says.He has been living in the area for 38 years and he says evidence is still there,i haven't seen it yet.Can anyone provide me with any info?

[P32ACDM 714 0]

If I read my search results correctly, there was indeed a Springfield Gardens station.

[Amtrak7 427]

There was once a Springfield Gardens Station. Traveling on the branch, I believe that the tracks still separate a little to accommodate the former island platform that's now demolished.

[Pu3rToRoCk8947 0]

Thankd for the info :tup:

next time i go out to Babylon,i will have to keep an eye out for it.

are there any pictures of the old station?

[P32ACDM 714 0]

I saw some photos of the station, at least I thought it was it, from the 1920s...

[KeystoneRegional 246]

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[Zman 8]

There was once a Springfield Gardens Station. Traveling on the branch, I believe that the tracks still separate a little to accommodate the former island platform that's now demolished.

 

That is correct. Pretty much nothing remains of the station as it was completely demolished.

[Queens Surface 434]

It was demolished due to very low usage.

[Art Vandelay 783]

Where the platform was is still very visible, The tracks separate, and the ballast between appears lighter. I presume this is because it is mixed in with platform bits from the old station.

[Forest Glen 4]

It was right next to my old elementary school (PS 37). It's on Springfield Blvd and I think 137 Avenue.

[metsfan 2]

http://www.forgotten-ny.com

 

Check LIRR links. You might get some more info & photos.

 

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[Neil Feldman 54]

Springfield Gardens would lie directly above Springfield Blvd. on the Montauk Branch to which is adjacent to Laurleton Station on the Atlantic Branch. With lack of patronage, the station was closed in favor of the Laurleton Station. If you ride the head end, or rear end, look out either one of those windows as long as you have a railfan window, and look to where the double trackage gaps out a little with spacing in the middle, and that's where the former station was. The station like Laurleton, and St. Albans was a center-island platform, and closed in the early 1970's.