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Promised Land station

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Promised Land
General information
Owned byLIRR
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
History
OpenedJune 29, 1900 (1900-06-29)
ClosedDecember 31, 1928 (1928-12-31)
Services
None (Closed)
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
Fanny Bartlett   Montauk Branch   Montauk

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. It also appears in the special instructions of employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908. It also appears in special instructions of 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]

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