Tuxedo station is a commuter rail stop owned by Metro-North Railroad serving trains on the Port Jervis Line, located in the town of Tuxedo, New York, with commuter rail to Hoboken and its connections to New York City.
Tuxedo | |||||||||||||
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 Tuxedo station in August 2024 from the abandoned westbound platform. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 240 Route 17 Tuxedo Park, New York | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′38″N 74°11′05″W / 41.1940°N 74.1848°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro-North Railroad | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | NS Southern Tier Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Short Line Bus: 17M/MD | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 245 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 2511 (Erie Railroad)[2] | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1841 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1885, c. 2010s | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| August 1966 | Station agent eliminated[3] | ||||||||||||
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Tuxedo Park Railroad Station | |||||||||||||
 Tuxedo station building, built in 1885 and renovated in the early 2010s | |||||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1886 | ||||||||||||
| Architect | Bruce Price | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Late Victorian | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 00001529[4] | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 2000 | ||||||||||||
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Station layout and structure
editThe station has one track and a low-level side platform. It is the only stop along the line that retains the old station at the current station site. It was built in 1885 as one of the original Tuxedo Park buildings, designed by architect Bruce Price,[5] and was listed as Tuxedo Park Railroad Station on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It contains a waiting room and a community room often used by the Boy/Girl Scouts and other Tuxedo clubs and organizations.
In 2009 the town, which owns the building, spent $1 million to restore it to what historians believe was its original appearance.[6] The train station currently displays artwork by long-time Tuxedo Park resident and artist Robert Bero. The pieces, a gift from his estate, include woodcuts, etchings and drawings.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Otisville station". Metro-North Railroad. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Erie Closing Tuxedo Depot". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 13, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-471-14389-5.
- ^ King, Matt (May 26, 2009). "Town applauds restoration of Tuxedo station". Times-Herald Record. Ottaway Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- ^ "Reorganization Meeting and Regular Bi-monthly Meeting" (PDF). Tuxedo Town Board. January 26, 2009. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
External links
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