Fleetwood station is a

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

stop on the

Metro-North Railroad Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State public benefit corporations, public authority of the U.S. state of New Yor ...

Harlem Line The Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line, originally chartered as the New York and Harlem Railroad, is an commuter rail line running north from New York City to Wassaic, in eastern Dutchess County. The lower from Grand Central Terminal to Southea ...

, located in the Fleetwood section of

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. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 2,355 and there are 654 parking spots.

History

Fleetwood station was originally built on October 25, 1924 by the

New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midw ...

. The

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was built over the station, and was widened during the 1950s and 1960s. As with the rest of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with

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in 1968 transformed it into a

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station, whose service was gradually merged with the

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, and officially became part of Metro-North in 1983. In the Spring of 1989, the platforms were reconstructed, along with those of

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, Tuckahoe, and Crestwood stations. A two-track girder bridge over the

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can be found north of the station. When the station was triple-tracked, a new bridge for the third track was built north of the station.

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level platforms each 12 cars long.

References

External links

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West Broad Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewPlatforms from Google Maps Street ViewWaiting Room (Above Platforms) from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleetwood (Metro-North Station) Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state) Former New York Central Railroad stations Mount Vernon, New York Railway stations in Westchester County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1924 Transportation in Westchester County, New York 1924 establishments in New York (state)