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Port Chester station

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Coordinates: 41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.66470°W / 41.00178; -73.66470
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Not to be confused with Portchester railway station in England.
Port Chester
Port Chester station in October 2011
General information
Location3 Broad Street
Port Chester, New York
Coordinates41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.66470°W / 41.00178; -73.66470
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)MTA New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsLocal Transit Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 61
Local Transit CT Transit Stamford: 11A, 11B, 311, 311B
Construction
Parking811 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone14
History
OpenedDecember 25, 1848[1][2]
Rebuilt1890
Passengers
20183,253 daily boardings[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Rye
toward Grand Central
 New Haven Line Greenwich
toward Stamford
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Rye
toward New York
 Main Line Greenwich
toward New Haven
Preceding station New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Following station
Rye
toward Harlem River via Columbus Avenue
 Port Chester Branch Terminus
Location
Map

Port Chester station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad 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. The station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.[4]: 19 

History

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Early-20th-century postcard of the station

The New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through Port Chester in the late-1840s. The current station building was constructed in 1890 by its successor, the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Between 1929 and 1937[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[8] In late 2017 an elevator was opened on the Westchester Avenue side of the station for access to the Northbound platform.[9] The station building hosts a restaurant.[10]

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.[11] The renovations at Port Chester station cost $13.2 million and were completed by the end of February 2019.[12]: 62 

References

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  1. ^ "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ 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. p. 235.
  3. ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  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.
  5. ^ Port Chester NYW&B Station (New York, Westchester and Boston Railway website)
  6. ^ Girtman Memorial Church (Facebook Page)
  7. ^ 2000 Walter Hahn Photo of former Port Chester NYW&B Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
  8. ^ "Metro-North to Begin Major Station Improvements at Port Chester and Rye" (Press release). Metro-North Railroad. July 8, 2009. Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  9. ^ Rom, Gabriel (December 1, 2017). "Port Chester train station elevator now open". Rockland/Westchester Journal News.
  10. ^ Muchnick, Jeanne (April 30, 2018). "New restaurants coming to Tarrytown, Port Chester train stations". Rockland/Westchester Journal News.
  11. ^ "Metro-North Railroad to Make Design Improvements to Five Stations Under Enhanced Stations Initiative Program". MTA. December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  12. ^ "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
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