Cortlandt station

The Cortlandt station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Montrose, New York. Trains leave for New York City every hour on weekdays, and about every 25 minutes during rush hour. It is 38.4 miles (61.8 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is about 62 minutes.

Not to be confused with Cortland station, Courtland station, Cortlandt Street station, or WTC Cortlandt station.
Cortlandt
Entrance to the new station building
Location2 Memorial Drive, Montrose, New York
Coordinates41°14′49″N 73°55′24″W
Line(s)Empire Corridor
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBee-Line Bus System: 14
Construction
Parking886 spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone6
History
OpenedJune 30, 1996[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Peekskill
towards Poughkeepsie
 Hudson Line Croton–Harmon
towards Grand Central

History

Cortlandt is the second newest station on the Hudson Line (and seventh-newest on the Metro-North system). The station replaced the low-level Montrose and Crugers stations at a point midway between them on June 30, 1996. Those stations were replaced as part of the last stage of expanding the Hudson Line to six-car high-level platforms. They could not be extended because of the curvature of their platforms.[1]:6 replacing the Montrose and Crugers stations at a point midway between them.[2] Cortlandt is the first station north of Croton–Harmon, where electrification begins southbound.

On February 15, 2012, Metro-North completed the expansion project of the station. The new facility includes an overpass extension that ties the original station east of the tracks with a new entrance on the west side off NY 9A, new parking and a landscaped, canopy-covered, intermodal drop-off plaza. The new overpass has a spacious, heated waiting area with numerous benches and a coffee concession.[3]

Station layout

This station has one six-car-long high-level island platform.[4]:4

M Mezzanine Overpass between parking lots and platform
P
Platform level		 Street level Memorial Drive exit/entrance, eastern parking lots
Track 1 ←      Empire Corridor services do not stop here
←      Hudson Line toward Poughkeepsie (Peekskill)
Island platform
Track 2 ←      Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Croton–Harmon) →
Track 4 ←      Empire Corridor services do not stop here →
Street level Route 9A exit/entrance, western parking lot
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References
  1. Transportation Research Record. Transportation Research Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. 1999. ISBN 9780309071031.
  2. Hershenson, Roberta (September 8, 1996). "Cortlandt Welcomes New Train Station". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  3. New Cortlandt Station Expansion Is Complete, retrieved December 12, 2011
  4. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

Further reading
  • Bennett, Christopher K. (1999). "Metro-North's Cortlandt Station: Regional Intermodal Success Story". Transportation Research Record. 1677 (1): 3–9. ISSN 0361-1981.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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