White Plains TransCenter
White Plains TransCenter | |
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General information | |
Location | Ferris Avenue & Water Street White Plains, New York United States |
Coordinates | 41°02′02″N 73°46′25″W / 41.03389°N 73.77361°W |
Owned by | Westchester County, New York or City of White Plains |
Bus routes | 25 Westchester routes 2 Short Line routes 1 ToR Route 1 CT Stamford route 1 Leprechaun Line route 1 Greyhound route 1 Trailways of New York |
Bus stands | in lanes A, B, C, D, E & F |
Connections | Metro-North Railroad: White Plains |
History | |
Opened | 1987 |
Passengers | |
daily | 25,000[1] |
The White Plains TransCenter is an intermodal transit center in White Plains, New York. It serves as a terminal/transfer point for many Bee-Line Buses, as well as intercity buses, and taxicabs. The terminal is located along Ferris Avenue north of Hamilton Street (westbound NY 119), diagonally across from the White Plains station of Metro-North Railroad, and includes a parking garage located next door to the railroad station, across that street. Ferris Avenue is a one-way street north of Main Street (eastbound NY 119), and is flanked by northbound and southbound buses only lanes between Hamilton Street and Water Street.
The main building of the TransCenter can be found on the block along Ferris Avenue to the west, Water Street to the south, Lexington Avenue to the west, and New Street to the north, which is also covered by the building itself. The parking garage across the street also contains bicycle racks on the northwest corner of Ferris Avenue and New Street, which is also the entrance to the station parking lot north of NY 119.
History
[edit]The White Plains Railroad Station has been a major transportation hub from its days as a New York Central and Hudson River Railroad station, with trolley routes such as the New York, Elmsford and White Plains Railroad[2][3] and the Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck Railway Company,[4] both of which were acquired by the Westchester Street Railroad Company, an affiliate of the Third Avenue Railway. Throughout the 20th century, trolleys were replaced by buses, many of which were private and localized companies, that were eventually acquired by Bee-LineBus beginning in 1978. It also attracted intercity buses, such as Greyhound, Trailways, Short Line, and other companies. The station was merged with Pennsylvania Railroad transforming it into a Penn Central Railroad station. Buses and trains continued to use the station through the collapse of Penn Central, the acquisition by Conrail and the MTA, the full control by Metro-North Railroad, and the reconstruction of the station during the mid-1980s. The current TransCenter was built shortly after the reconstruction of the aforementioned railroad station.[5]
Bus list
[edit]The following bus routes serve the White Plains TransCenter area, in the vicinity of the station.
Route | Stop location | Terminal1 | Terminal2 | via | notes |
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Bee-Line Bus | |||||
1W
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Lane F and Lane C | Riverdale, Bronx 242nd Street and Broadway at Van Cortlandt Park-242 Street ( 1 train) |
White Plains City Center |
Broadway, Warburton Avenue, Tarrytown Road | |
3
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Lane F and Lane C | Riverdale, Bronx 242nd Street and Broadway at Van Cortlandt Park-242 Street ( 1 train) |
Purchase The Centre at Purchase at MasterCard headquarters |
Broadway, Sprain Brook Parkway, Westchester Avenue |
|
5
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Lane F and Lane C | Yonkers Getty Square Riverdale Avenue |
Harrison Oakland Avenue and Halstead Avenue |
Nepperhan Avenue, Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown Road, North Street |
|
6
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Lane F and Lane C | Yonkers Nepperhan Plaza at Yonkers Metro-North Station |
Pleasantville Bedford Road and Wheeler Avenue at Pleasantville Metro-North Station |
Broadway, Dobbs Ferry Road, Columbus Avenue | |
11
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Lane B | Croton-on-Hudson Croton–Harmon (Metro-North station) |
White Plains Main Street and North Broadway |
Central Park Avenue |
|
12
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Lane B | to Armonk
North Castle Town Hall |
Westchester Avenue, Purchase Street, Anderson Hill Road, King Street |
| |
13
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Lane F and Lane C | Ossining Ossining (Metro-North station) and Ferry Terminal |
Rye Playland | Midland Avenue, Westchester Avenue, Tarrytown Road, White Plains Road, Broadway |
|
14
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Lane B and Lane E | White Plains City Center |
Cortlandt Town Center |
Tarrytown Road, Saw Mill River Road, Albany Post Road, Riverside Avenue, Westchester Avenue, Washington Street, Main Street |
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15
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Lane B and Lane E | White Plains City Center |
Peekskill Main Street and Nelson Avenue |
Knollwood Road, Saw Mill River Road, Crompond Road |
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17
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Lane B | Cortlandt Town Center | White Plains Main Street and North Broadway |
New York State Route 9A |
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20
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Lanes C and E | Bedford Park, Bronx Bedford Park Boulevard and Jerome Avenue at Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College ( 4 train) |
White Plains City Center |
Central Park Avenue |
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21
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Lanes C and E | Bedford Park, Bronx Bedford Park Boulevard and Jerome Avenue at Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College ( 4 train) |
White Plains Main Street and North Broadway |
Central Park Avenue |
|
27
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Lanes B and E | Hawthorne Mid-Westchester Executive Park |
White Plains Main Street and North Broadway |
Saw Mill River Road |
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40
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Lane B | Wakefield, Bronx 241st Street and White Plains Road at Wakefield-241 Street ( 2 train) |
Westchester Medical Ctr | White Plain Road/ Post Road |
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41
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Lane E | Wakefield, Bronx 241st street and White Plains Road at Wakefield-241 Street ( 2 train) |
Westchester Medical ctr |
White Plain Road/ Post Road |
|
60
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Lane B | to Fordham Plaza Bus Terminal at East 189th Street and Third Avenue (southbound or Fordham Road and Third Avenue (northbound) |
Boston Road, Palmer Avenue, Mamaroneck Avenue |
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62
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Lane B | Boston Post Road, New England Thruway, Westchester Avenue | Express to the Bronx | ||
63
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Lane B | to Scarsdale Railroad Station
East side |
Old Mamaroneck Road Palmer Avenue Crossway Popham Road |
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77
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Lanes B and C | Carmel Putnam Plaza |
White Plains Main Street and North Broadway |
US 6, NY 132, Taconic State Parkway, Sprain Brook Parkway, I-287, |
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A
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Lane A | to White Plains
Platinum Mile |
Westchester Avenue | ||
B
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Lane A | to White Plains
Platinum Mile |
Westchester Avenue | ||
C
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Lane A | Cross-Westchester Expressway | |||
D
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Lane A | to White Plains
Platinum Mile |
Westchester Avenue | ||
F
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Lane A | I-287, NY 119 | |||
H
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Lane A | Lake Street, King Street | |||
CT Transit (Stamford) | |||||
I-Bus (971)
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Lane C | I-Bus to Stamford
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I-287, I-95 |
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Transport of Rockland | |||||
Hudson Link
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Lane E | Hudson Link to Spring Valley and Palisade Ctr
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I-287, I-87 | ||
Short Line Bus | |||||
287/OWL
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Lane E | Monticello | White Plains Platinum Mile | I-87, I-287 | |
495
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Lane E | Monticello | Patchogue | I-87, I-287, I-495 | |
Leprechaun Lines | |||||
TLC
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Lanes C and E[7] | Poughkeepsie[8] | White Plains Platinum Mile[9] | US 9, NY 9A, NY 119, I-287 | |
Greyhound Lines | |||||
GREY
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New York City | Boston | I-287, I-95, I-91, I-84, Massachusetts Turnpike | ||
Trailways of New York | |||||
TNY
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Albany | Babylon | I-87, I-287, I-495, NY 24, NY 109, NY 27 | [10] |
References
[edit]- ^ Regional Hub (City of White Plains; Official site)
- ^ "When the Trolleys Ran in Tarrytown," by Richard Miller (River Journal; July 28, 2006)
- ^ Transit Systems in New York City/North Suburbs (Chicago Railfan)
- ^ Transit Systems in New York City/North Suburbs (Chicago Railfan)
- ^ "White Plains Opens New Train Station Tomorrow," by James Feron (New York Times; January 25, 1987)
- ^ News 12 article on discontinue portion of route 12
- ^ Leprechaun Lines (White Plains Commuter Bus)
- ^ To Poughkeepsie
- ^ White Plains area
- ^ Trailways Albany to Long Island Service