Tarrytown station

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Tarrytown
Tarrytown train station.jpg
Looking south, with the Tappan Zee Bridge in the distance.
General information
Location1 Depot Plaza
Tarrytown, New York
Coordinates 41°04′32″N73°51′56″W / 41.0755°N 73.8656°W / 41.0755; -73.8656
Line(s) Hudson Line
Platforms1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Bee-Line Bus System: 1T, 13
Aiga bus trans.svg Lower Hudson Transit Link: H03, H07, H07X
Construction
Parking909 spaces [1] [2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone5
History
OpenedSeptember 29, 1849 [3]
Rebuilt1890, 1925, 200912
Passengers
20183,263 [4] (Metro-North)
Rank13 of 109 [4]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Philipse Manor Hudson Line Irvington
Ossining
toward Poughkeepsie
Harlem–125th Street
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Ossining
toward Chicago
Main Line Yonkers
toward New York
Philipse Manor
toward Peekskill
Hudson Division Irvington
toward New York
Location
Tarrytown station

Tarrytown station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Tarrytown, New York. The Tappan Zee Bridge is not far from the station, resulting in its use by Rockland County commuters.

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The station has two slightly offset high-level platforms, each able to accommodate 10 cars. An island platform is located between the western tracks of the four-track line, while a side platform serves the easternmost track. [5] :3

History

The Tarrytown station was first used by commuters in 1890. [6] The original station building, which also served as the terminus of John D. Rockefeller's private telegraph wire to his home in Pocantico Hills, [7] was destroyed in a fire caused by a cigarette in April 1922. [8] Plans for a new station were completed three years later in October 1925. [9]

Almost 120 years after the station first went into use, an announcement was made in November 2007 concerning a large scale refurbishment of the station as part of the second phase of MTA's Capital Program. The renovated building will include a ticket agent and waiting area, new heated overpasses, stairways and elevators as well as new platforms. Metro-North has set aside $3.5 million for the project with the expectation that design work would be completed by the second quarter of 2008. [10] Work at the Tarrytown station began in October 2009 and was completed, under budget and on schedule in 2012. [11] [12]

In March 2020, a bakery named The Bakehouse of Tarrytown opened inside the former station building. [13] [14]

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