Republic station
Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Remains of the staircase to the former Republic station | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Broad Hollow Road and Conklin Street Farmingdale, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′25″N 73°25′19″W / 40.740278°N 73.421944°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | None | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 9, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1986 or 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Republic was a station stop along the Ronkonkoma Branch which served employees of the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Manufacturing Company and the nearby Republic Airport from 1940 to the late 1980s. As part of a double-tracking project on the line, the station may be reopened.