Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center
Transportation center in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center is an intermodal center and transportation hub in Hempstead, New York. It contains the Nassau Inter-County Express bus system's indoor customer facility between Jackson and West Columbia Streets – as well as the terminus for the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located right across West Columbia Street from the bus terminal.
For facilities with similar names, see Rosa Parks Station.
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Location | West Columbia Street Hempstead, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.713102°N 73.625307°W / 40.713102; -73.625307 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road (train station) County of Nassau (bus station) Village of Hempstead (parking fields) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Hempstead Branch | ||||||||||
Distance | 19.8 mi (31.9 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||
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Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||
Connections | Nassau Inter-County Express: See below | ||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1872 (rail), 1993 (bus) | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1881, 1913, 1943 (moved), 1963, 2002 | ||||||||||
Electrified | May 26, 1908[2] 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
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2006 | 3,614[3] | ||||||||||
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Serving 19 routes, the bus terminal is a major transfer point for customers using a second Nassau Inter-County Express route or the LIRR. It offers a waiting area, transit information, MetroCard vending machines, a newsstand, and restrooms.[4]