Dover Plains station
Dover Plains | |||||||||||
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 Southbound train departing | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Market Street and Mill Street, Dover Plains, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°44′34″N 73°34′34″W / 41.7427°N 73.5762°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Harlem Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Dutchess County Public Transit: D | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 9 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 31, 1848[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1860; August 19, 1996[3] | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 105[4] (Metro-North) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 100 of 109[4] | ||||||||||
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Dover Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Dover, New York.
History
Rail service in Dover Plains can be traced as far back as December 31, 1848 with the establishment of the
Besides passenger service, freight service also originated and stopped at this location, in both directions north and south. It even contained a nearby railroad hotel. Under the New York Central, for the first five decades of the 20th century the station hosted through trains such as the Berkshire Hills Express to North Adams, Massachusetts via other towns in the Berkshires section of Massachusetts.
As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with
Station layout
The station has one four-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the track.[7]: 16
Notes
- ^ Dana 1866, p. 216.
- ^ a b "New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 12, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- ^ Old Dover Plains Passenger Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)
- ^ Old Dover Plains Freight Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
References
- Dana, William B. (1866). The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 55. New York, New York: William B. Dana. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
External links
Media related to Dover Plains (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
