Port Chester station
Port Chester | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() The station house at Port Chester | |||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 3 Broad Street, Port Chester, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.664703°WCoordinates: 41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.664703°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 811 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | December 25, 1848[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 12.5 kV AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 3,253 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 15 of 124[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Port Chester station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Port Chester, New York. The station is the northernmost station on the line in New York before crossing into Connecticut.
History
Though the New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through Port Chester in the late-1840s, the current station house was built in 1890 by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Between 1929 and 1937[4] it was located across Westchester Avenue from the terminal station of the Port Chester Branch of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Today that former station is the home of the Girtman Memorial Church of the Living God.[5][6]
As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. A restoration project was carried out in 2009.[7] In late 2017 an elevator was opened on the Westchester Avenue side of the station for access to the Northbound platform.[8] The station hosts a restaurant which as of 2018 includes pizza, as well as other food, baked in a coal-fired oven, and a beer garden.[9]
Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, received a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps.[10] The renovations at Port Chester station cost $13.2 million and were completed by the end of February 2019.[11]: 62
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms each 10 cars long.[12]: 19
As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,263 and there are 859 parking spots.[13]
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right ![]() | |
Track 3 | ← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Rye) | |
Track 1 | ← New Haven Line express trains do not stop here ← Amtrak services do not stop here | |
Track 2 | Amtrak services do not stop here → New Haven Line express trains do not stop here → | |
Track 4 | New Haven Line toward Stamford (Greenwich) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
G | Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
Bibliography
- Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day. New York, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
References
- ^ Jenkins 1912, p. 235.
- ^ "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ Port Chester NYW&B Station (New York, Westchester and Boston Railway website)
- ^ Girtman Memorial Church (Facebook Page)
- ^ 2000 Walter Hahn Photo of former Port Chester NYW&B Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
- ^ "Metro-North to Begin Major Station Improvements at Port Chester and Rye" (Press release). Metro-North Railroad. July 8, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ^ "Port Chester train station elevator now open".
- ^ "New restaurants coming to Tarrytown, Port Chester train stations".
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad to Make Design Improvements to Five Stations Under Enhanced Stations Initiative Program". MTA. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Metro-North Station Statistics (The New York Times; August 2006)
External links
Media related to Port Chester station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Port Chester
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- May 28, 1999 Walter Hahn Photo (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
- Westchester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- King Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- CS1: Julian–Gregorian uncertainty
- Use mdy dates from May 2018
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Commons category link is the pagename
- Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
- Stations on the Northeast Corridor
- Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines
- Port Chester, New York
- Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848
- 1849 establishments in New York (state)