Yonkers station

Yonkers
Metro-North and Amtrak station

Main entrance to the station, facing downtown Yonkers.
Location 5 Buena Vista Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701
Coordinates 40°56′08″N 73°54′08″W / 40.9356°N 73.9023°W / 40.9356; -73.9023Coordinates: 40°56′08″N 73°54′08″W / 40.9356°N 73.9023°W / 40.9356; -73.9023
Owned by MTA Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)

Amtrak:

Metro-North:

Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bee-Line: 6, 9, 25, 32
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code YNY
Fare zone 3 (Metro North)
History
Opened 1911
Rebuilt 2004
Electrified 700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 26,127[1]Increase 5.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Montreal
Adirondack
Terminus
Empire Service
toward Rutland
Ethan Allen Express
toward Toronto
Maple Leaf
Metro-North Railroad
Hudson Line
toward Poughkeepsie
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
toward Chicago
Water Level Route
138th Street
toward Peekskill
Hudson Division

Yonkers station is a railroad station in the Getty Square area of Yonkers, New York. It serves Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak trains via the Hudson Line. It was formerly one of four express stations on that line south of Croton–Harmon,[2] but as of November 9, 2014 the only express trains that stop there are a few reverse peak trains in early morning and late evening.[3] Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and travel time to Grand Central is about 33 minutes.

The station also serves as the only Amtrak station in Southern Westchester serving points north and west like Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Montreal, and Toronto.

The station is two blocks west of the center of Getty Square in downtown Yonkers (where additional Bee-Line Bus System connections can be made), across the street from the historic Yonkers Post Office. It is also near the former Yonkers Trolley Barn.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 922.[4] Four outdoor bicycle parking racks sit across Buena Vista Avenue from the station at the edge of Van Der Donck Park.

Nearby amenities

Getty Square, Yonkers' downtown that surrounds the station, has workplaces, shops, restaurants, tourist attractions, and other services.

Attractions

Transport services

There are four outdoor bicycle parking racks across Buena Vista Avenue from the station at Van Der Donck Park. There is currently no indoor bicycle parking or a bicycle valet.

Car sharing Zipcars are available near the Yonkers Train Station since 2012.[6]

There are two parking garages for car storage: south of the station on Main between Hawthorne and Buena Vista Avenues with 428 spaces; and, east of the station at Warburton and Wells Avenues with 300 spaces.[7][8]

History

The current station building was built in 1911 for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in the Beaux-Arts style. The architects were Warren and Wetmore, one of the firms responsible for Grand Central Terminal, and Guastavino tiles are featured prominently in both stations. As with many NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon the merger between NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968. Amtrak inherited long-distance travel at the station in 1971, while Penn Central continued commuter travel until it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, which was taken over by Metro-North Railroad in 1983. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.

The ticket office at this station was closed July 7, 2010 and tickets must be purchased from vending machines downstairs from the platforms.[9] A Metro-North Railroad Police substation is in the terminal on the ground floor.

Platforms and tracks

4  Hudson Line for Grand Central
2  Hudson Line for Grand Central
 Empire Corridor for Penn Station
 Empire Corridor no stop
1  Hudson Line for Poughkeepsie
 Empire Corridor for Niagara Falls, Rutland, Montreal, or Toronto
 Empire Corridor no stop
3  Hudson Line for Poughkeepsie

The station has two high-level island platforms each 10 cars long. The west platform next to Tracks 2 and 4 is generally used by southbound trains. The east platform next to Tracks 1 and 3 is generally used by northbound trains.

The Hudson Line has four tracks here.

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. "2006 Hudson Line timetable" (PDF).
  3. "Nov 9 2014 Hudson Line timetable" (PDF).
  4. The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Ella Fitzgerald". Yonkershistory.org. 1918-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  6. "Twitter / ZipcarNYC: Zipcars have arrived in #Yonkers!". Twitter.com. 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  7. "iPark public garage on Wells Avenue in Yonkers - News 12 Hudson Valley". Hudsonvalley.news12.com. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  8. "MNR Stations". As0.mta.info. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  9. "mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th". Metro North Railroad. Retrieved 2010-07-10.

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