Millerton (NYCRR station)

Millerton

The former 1911-built Millerton NYCRR station, which replaced the still existing 1852 NY&H station.
Location 20 North Center Street
Millerton, New York 12546
Coordinates 41°57′14″N 73°30′41″W / 41.9539°N 73.5115°W / 41.9539; -73.5115Coordinates: 41°57′14″N 73°30′41″W / 41.9539°N 73.5115°W / 41.9539; -73.5115
Tracks 0
History
Opened 1852 (NY&H)
1911 (NYC)
Closed March 22, 1972 (Passenger Service)
March 27, 1980 (Freight)
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   New York Central Railroad   Following station
Harlem Division
toward Chatham

Millerton was a former New York Central Railroad train station that served the residents of Millerton, New York.

Platform and track configuration

Millerton had two tracks previously with a side platform on the west side of the tracks closest to the station house.

History

Millerton station was located on the NYC Harlem Division, originally the New York & Harlem Railroad. Tracks first reached Millerton after 1848, and reached the end of the line in Chatham in 1852. The NY&H was acquired by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually became the Upper Harlem Division of the New York Central Railroad. The station included a passenger station and a freight station, and also served the Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad, and even a spur from the Main Line of the Central New England Railway.[1] In 1911, the NY&H passenger station was replaced by a new station built by NYC, but all three station houses still survive to this day. Passenger service ended at Millerton on March 22, 1972 when successor Penn Central won a heated court battle to end its unsubsidized train service north of Dover Plains. Freight service continued, though the station itself was closed permanently by the winter of 1975.[2]

Freight service continued to be provided by Penn Central Railroad until the advent of Conrail on April 1, 1976. All freight service north of Wassaic to Ghent was terminated on this date; however, the New York State Department of Transportation subsidized freight service between Millerton and Wassaic until March 27, 1980 when the line between Wassaic and Millerton was abandoned. The tracks were removed during the summer of 1981,[3] however upon removal of tracks the railroad siding for the old Agway feed store remains in place. The station is currently used by various businesses. The Harlem Valley Rail Trail currently terminates at the railroad station, however there are plans to extend the trail as far north as Chatham, the original terminus of the NYCRR Harlem Division.

References

  1. ↑ 1901 Central New England Railway Map (Catskill Archive)
  2. ↑ Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming Of The New York And Harlem Railroad. Pawling, New York: Louis V. Grogan. p. 364.
  3. ↑ "Harlem Valley Rail Trail - History". 2010-02-25. Retrieved February 25, 2010.

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