On Wednesday the LIRR shed some light on some of the recent renovations they did to the historic Queens Village station. The station in its current form first opened on September 24, 1924. Over the past year or so, the LIRR spent $8.5 million on the station to add elevators (making the station ADA accessible for the first time), new signage and a new
fire alarm system to the station. The LIRR also rehabilitated the platform waiting room and have made many other improvements throughout the station, including
replacement of platform railings, a new shelter shed, replacement of
platform lighting, "bird abatement devices," drainage and erosion control,
and security cameras.
In the press announcement yesterday the LIRR highlighted that they are trying to pay attention to the riders of eastern Queens. The improvements to station, which sees over 1,500 passengers per day, definitely make the station more usable. It is now the only station on the elevated portion of the branch that is ADA accessible (as Floral Park, Bellerose, and Hollis all don't have elevators), and the station at large seems like a nicer place to catch the train.
I have only passed through the Queens Village station, though from some of the photo's on the
MTA's Flickr page (most of them are included below), the improvements look like money well spent.
This project is just the latest in a series of projects that the LIRR has undertaken in recent years to improve conditions at its stations. Currently, the LIRR is also doing a
complete rehabilitation of Massapequa station. The LIRR is hoping to give
Flushing Main Street a similar treatment to what Queens Village got work very soon.
Here are some of the photos from the
MTA's Flickr Page:
See also: QUEENS Interlocking Walkthrough
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