Croton Falls station
Croton Falls | |||||||||||
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Croton Falls, New York | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°20′52″N 73°39′44″W / 41.3479°N 73.6622°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Harlem Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Putnam Transit: Croton Falls Shuttle | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 202 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 1, 1847[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1870, 1910, 1984 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1984 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 561[2] (Metro-North) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 70 of 109[2] | ||||||||||
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Croton Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in North Salem, New York.
Southeast
stations.
History
Rail service in Croton Falls can be traced as far back as June 1, 1847 with the establishment of the
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864, and converted the original station house into a freight house in 1870, then built a newer station house on the opposite side of the tracks. A second track was installed through the community by 1907, and the second station house was replaced by a third brick station house in 1910, before the NYC&HR was eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. The 1847-built former freight house,[4] and 1910-built former passenger depot [5]
still exist to this day.
As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with
Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
which made it part of Metro-North in 1983. Metro-North electrified the line and added a standard high-level platform with staircases, a pedestrian bridge and elevators shortly after acquisition.
Station layout
The station has one four-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions.[6]: 13
References
- ^ a b "New York and Harlem Railroad Summer Arrangement". The Evening Post. New York, New York. June 7, 1847. 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.
- ISBN 0-962120-65-0.
- ^ "Former Croton Falls NYCRR Freight House (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ "Third Croton Falls NYCRR Passenger Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)". Archived from the original on February 18, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links
Media related to Croton Falls (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
