Bethpage station
Bethpage is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Stewart Avenue and Jackson Avenue, in Bethpage, New York, and serves Ronkonkoma Branch trains. Trains that travel along the Central Branch also use these tracks, but none stop here. History. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tracks were completed on the present line in 1841. At first trains did not stop here, Bethpage appearing only as a notation ("late Bethpage") associated with the Farmingdale station to the east. By 1854, the LIRR stopped at a local station called Jerusalem. A local  post office opened January 29, 1857, with the name Jerusalem Station. In 1867, the residents voted to change the name of the local post office to Central Park, and both that and Jerusalem appeared on LIRR schedules until 1936. The station and the post office were renamed Bethpage on October 1, 1936. In 1959, the station burned down and was replaced. Electrified service through the station was inaugurated in 1987. Two nearby stations also had Bethpage in their name: From 1873 until 1876, the Central Railroad of Long Island had a regularly scheduled stop also named "Central Park" near Stewart  Avenue and Motor Lane in Plainedge, approximately south of the present station. Service was continued by the LIRR at that location until about 1924. Station layout. There are 2 tracks at this station with two 12-car high-level side platforms.