Bellerose station
Bellerose is a station along the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The station is at Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road,  south of Jericho Turnpike, in Bellerose, New York and has a full-service ticket machine on the north side of the station, next to the underpass entrance and a daily machine on the south side next to the underpass entrance.

History
Bellerose station was originally built in 1898 and rebuilt in the summer of 1909. It was out of service between December 12–15, 1960, and replaced with a third station between 1960 and 1961. Until 1960, the station had a platform on each side of the four-track Main Line, though almost all trains that stopped ran to and from Hempstead. As part of the grade crossing elimination the junction of Main Line and Hempstead Branch was moved west of Bellerose. The two lines remain closely parallel between Jamaica and Floral Park. The platform was placed between the two Hempstead Branch tracks.

Station layout
The station has one eight-car-long high-level island platform serving the two southern tracks. Main Line trains (the Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, and Branches) bypass the station using the three northern tracks while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southern tracks. The station is served by the  and the  bus routes at Jericho Turnpike, and local taxis do stop here.

References

External links

QUEENS Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
Unofficial LIRR History Website

 Atlantic Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View (underpass)
Platform from Google Maps Street View
Waiting room from Google Maps Street View

Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1898