Mount Vernon West station
Mount Vernon West | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1 Mount Vernon Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°54′47″N 73°51′01″W / 40.9130°N 73.8502°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Harlem Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bee-Line Bus System 7, 26, 91 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | 221 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1914[1] | ||||||||||
Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
Previous names | Mount Vernon (????–1974) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018 | 1,765[2] (Metro-North) | ||||||||||
Rank | 36 of 109[2] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
|
Mount Vernon West station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Mount Vernon, New York. Train 352 from Grand Central Terminal terminates here in the PM Rush.
History
The Mount Vernon West station was originally built in the early 1840s by the
Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads
merged in 1968, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad.
Station layout
The station has two slightly offset high-level
Bank of New York
building on Mount Vernon Avenue.
As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 1,172 and there are 221 parking spots.[5] The station house which is addressed at 156 South West Street and still bears the name New York Central Railroad on its façade,[6] is used primarily for retail, and tickets can be purchased from beneath the platforms.
References
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mount Vernon; G.W. Bromley & Co., 34 Pine Street, New York, 1914 (David Rumsey Map Collection)
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuter rail info
- ^ DanTD (April 21, 2011). File:Mount Vernon West Station; NYCRR Building.JPG (photograph). Retrieved November 15, 2012.
{{cite AV media}}
: External link in
(help)|people=
External links
- Media related to Mount Vernon West (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons