History
Syosset Station was originally built by the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad in 1854. The station's former building was built in 1872. The building's first location was at Lockwood’s Grove station, on the formerly LIRR-run Rockaway Branch. The LIRR moved the building to Syosset station in 1877, as the Lockwood's Grove Station had since been abandoned. The building was renovated in 1948, then torn down and replaced in 1948. In 1970 the station was electrified, along with the rest of the Port Jefferson Branch between Mineola and Huntington Stations.
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