The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has broken ground on a new Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station in Yaphank. The new station is strategically located closer to William Floyd Parkway, the Long Island Expressway (LIE), and Brookhaven National Laboratory, replacing the existing Yaphank Station.
The new station will be fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and will feature several improvements, including a 50-car parking lot with an integrated bus loop for convenient pickups and drop-offs, a plaza area with an information totem displaying train schedules and bike racks, and a Help Point intercom on the platform for passenger assistance. In the coming weeks, the construction site will undergo grading, and utilities will be installed. The project aims for substantial completion in the second quarter of 2026, with the station scheduled to be commissioned shortly thereafter. Once the new station is operational, the existing Yaphank Station will be demolished.
The platform of the new station will accommodate two train cars, similar to the existing station and sized to the length of trains serving the line between Ronkonkoma and Greenport. The $20 million project to relocate the Yaphank Station further east on the LIRR’s Main Line will be funded through the MTA Capital Program.