Hicksville station

Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County, New York

Hicksville is a station on the Main Line and Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road located in Hicksville, New York. It is the busiest station east of Jamaica and Penn Station by combined weekday/weekend ridership. The Hicksville station is located at Newbride Road (NY 106) and West Barclay Street. It has two island platforms and three tracks. It is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator to each platform from street level. It is served by eight Nassau Inter County Express routes and two cab services on the ground level of the station.

Hicksville station's first depot opened on March 1, 1837, and it served as the temporary terminus of the LIRR. Both the station and the eponymous hamlet were established by Valentine Hicks – the son of an abolitionist preacher who also briefly served as President of the LIRR. The elevated station opened on September 12, 1964. In 1965, an eagle sculpture from the original Penn Station, which had recently been demolished, was moved to the Hicksville station. The sculpture was subsequently installed in the station's parking lot, where it remains standing today. In October 1970, the tracks on the Main Line were electrified from Mineola to Hicksville, and up the Port Jefferson Branch as far east as Huntington. With the electrification came the introduction of electric train service to the Hicksville station and direct service to Penn Station, thus eliminating the need for Hicksville customers to change trains at Jamaica. Platform A was the first platform to be rebuilt, reopening in September 2017. The electrical substation at Hicksville station will be replaced as part of the Main Line third track project. The rehabilitation project was officially completed in September 2018.