Hempstead | |||||||||||
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 The bus terminal at the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center, taken before the rebranding of the Nassau Inter-County Express. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | West Columbia Street Hempstead, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′47″N 73°37′31″W / 40.713102°N 73.625307°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road (train station) County of Nassau (bus station) Village of Hempstead (parking fields) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hempstead Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.8 mi (31.9 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms |
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| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express: See below | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1872 (rail), 1993 (bus) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1881, 1913, 1943 (moved), 1963, 2002 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | May 26, 1908[2] 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 3,614[3] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center is an intermodal center and transportation hub in Hempstead, New York. It contains the Nassau Inter-County Express bus system's indoor customer facility between Jackson and West Columbia Streets – as well as the terminus for the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located right across West Columbia Street from the bus terminal.
Serving 17 routes, the bus terminal is a major transfer point for customers using a second Nassau Inter-County Express route or the LIRR. It offers a waiting area, transit information, MetroCard vending machines, a newsstand, and restrooms.[4]
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "Hurrah at Hempstead Over the Third Rail". The Brooklyn Times Union. May 20, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ "LIRR Hempstead Station Hub Reconstruction Work Marked by Dedication Ceremony". Three Village Times. March 19, 1999. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
