Yonkers station

Yonkers is a Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak railroad station serving Yonkers, New York. It serves Metro-North commuter trains on the Hudson Line. It is one of four express stations on the line south of Croton–Harmon, but most Metro North express trains do not stop here. It is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and travel time to Grand Central is about 33 minutes.

Yonkers
Main entrance to the station, facing downtown Yonkers.
Location5 Buena Vista Avenue, Yonkers, New York
Coordinates40°56′08″N 73°54′08″W
Owned byMTA Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)Empire Corridor
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBee-Line Bus System: 6, 7, 9, 25, 32
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeYNY
Fare zone3 (Metro North)
History
Opened1911
Rebuilt2004
Electrified700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2018)28,223[1]  4.49% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Croton–Harmon
toward Niagara Falls, New York
 Empire Service New York
Terminus
Croton–Harmon
toward Toronto via Niagara Falls, Ontario
 Maple Leaf
Croton–Harmon
toward Montreal
 Adirondack
Croton–Harmon
toward Rutland
 Ethan Allen Express
     Lake Shore Limited does not stop here
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Glenwood
towards Croton–Harmon
 Hudson Line Ludlow
towards Grand Central
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Tarrytown
toward Chicago
 Main Line 138th Street
toward New York
Glenwood
toward Peekskill
 Hudson Division Ludlow
toward New York

It is the only intercity rail station in heavily populated southern Westchester County, serving points north and west like Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Montreal, and Toronto.

The station is two blocks west of the center of Getty Square in downtown Yonkers (where additional Bee-Line Bus System connections can be made), across the street from the historic Yonkers Post Office. It is also near the former Yonkers Trolley Barn.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 922.[2] Four outdoor bicycle parking racks sit across Buena Vista Avenue from the station at the edge of Van Der Donck Park.

History

The current station building was built in 1911 for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (NYC) in the Beaux-Arts style. The architects were Warren and Wetmore, one of the firms responsible for Grand Central Terminal. It was meant to be a smaller version of Grand Central; Guastavino tiles are featured prominently in both stations.

Upon the merger of the NYC and the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, this became a Penn Central commuter rail station. By this time, intercity service to Yonkers had ended. Penn Central continued operating commuter travel until 1976, when it was taken over by Conrail, which in turn transferred the service to Metro-North in 1983. Intercity service returned to Yonkers in 1989 after a two-decade absence in an effort to revitalize the Saw Mill riverfront. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.

The ticket office at this station closed on July 7, 2010, so that passengers must now buy their tickets from vending machines at street level.[3] A Metro-North Railroad Police substation is in the terminal on the ground floor.

Station layout

The station has two high-level island platforms each 10 cars long.[4]:2

Platforms at Yonkers station
P
Platform level		 Track 3 ←      Hudson Line toward Croton–Harmon (Glenwood)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1 ←      Hudson Line limited service toward Poughkeepsie (Hastings-on-Hudson)
←      Adirondack toward Montreal (Poughkeepsie)
←      Ethan Allen Express toward Rutland (Poughkeepsie)
←      Empire Service toward Niagara Falls (Poughkeepsie)
←      Maple Leaf toward Toronto (Poughkeepsie)
←           Lake Shore Limited and Hudson Line express trains do not stop here
Track 2 ←           Lake Shore Limited and Hudson Line express trains do not stop here →
←      Empire Service, Maple Leaf toward New York–Penn Station (Terminus) →
←      Adirondack, Ethan Allen Express toward New York–Penn Station (Terminus) →
←      Hudson Line limited service toward New York–Grand Central (Harlem–125th Street) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 4 ←      Hudson Line toward New York–Grand Central (Ludlow) →
G Street level Exit/entrance, station house, parking
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References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th". Metro North Railroad. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  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.

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