Bellerose station

Bellerose station is a commuter rail station along the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located in the Incorporated Villages of Bellerose and Floral Park, in Nassau County, New York. The station is at Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road, 0.25 mi south of Jericho Turnpike.

The station has a full-service ticket vending machine, which is located at the north entrance to the station – in addition to a daily ticket vending machine, which is located at the south 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 each other along the same right-of-way 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 Montauk 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 stop in front of the station.