Tarrytown station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Tarrytown, New York. The Tappan Zee Bridge is not far from the station, resulting in its use by Rockland County commuters.
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| Location | 1 Depot Plaza Tarrytown, New York | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°04′32″N 73°51′56″W / 41.0755°N 73.8656°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hudson Line | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bee-Line Bus System: 1T, 13 Lower Hudson Transit Link: H03, H07, H07X | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 909 spaces[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 29, 1849[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890, 1925, 2009–12 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 3,263[4] (Metro-North) | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 13 of 109[4] | |||||||||||||||||
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The station has two slightly offset high-level platforms, each able to accommodate 10 cars. An island platform is located between the western tracks of the four-track line, while a side platform serves the easternmost track.[5]: 3
History
editThe Tarrytown station was first used by commuters in 1890.[6] The original station building, which also served as the terminus of John D. Rockefeller's private telegraph wire to his home in Pocantico Hills,[7] was destroyed in a fire caused by a cigarette in April 1922.[8] Plans for a new station were completed three years later in October 1925.[9]
Almost 120 years after the station first went into use, an announcement was made in November 2007 concerning a large scale refurbishment of the station as part of the second phase of MTA's Capital Program. The renovated building will include a ticket agent and waiting area, new heated overpasses, stairways and elevators as well as new platforms. Metro-North has set aside $3.5 million for the project with the expectation that design work would be completed by the second quarter of 2008.[10] Work at the Tarrytown station began in October 2009 and was completed, under budget and on schedule in 2012.[11] [12]
In March 2020, a bakery named The Bakehouse of Tarrytown opened inside the former station building.[13] [14]
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Postcard of the pre-1925 station -
The 1925-built station building -
The waiting room and ticket office -
Reconstruction work in 2011
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References
edit- ^ "Hudson Line". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ Brenner, Elsa (March 26, 2000). "For Fairness, Metro-North Takes Over Lots". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ "Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Rowe, Claudia (November 21, 1999). "At The Station, Much More Than Trains". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ "Rockefeller Private Wire". The New York Times. October 6, 1911. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ "Tarrytown Station Burns" (PDF). The New York Times. April 29, 1922. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ "Big Apartment for Suburb". The New York Times. October 11, 1925. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ Thiesfeldt, Arnold. "Just the Ticket". River Journal Online. Retrieved May 18, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Corporate and Public Affairs, MTA Metro North Railroad. "We're fixing up our front door(s)" (PDF). Mileposts. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "Reconstruction of Tarrytown Train Station Completed". River Journal Online. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ Viertel, Linda (December 5, 2020). "The Bakehouse of Tarrytown – A Rare Gem". The Hudson Independent. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Our Story". Bakehouse. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
External links
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