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Glenwood station is a
commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...
stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in the Glenwood neighborhood of
Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as en ...
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Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
s each able to accommodate eight cars.


Abandoned power plant

Between the Glenwood station and the
Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
lies the abandoned Yonkers Power Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, a massive building which was constructed in 1907 to hold electrical generators to provide power for the electrification of the railroad. In 2008 the
Preservation League of New York State The Preservation League of New York State (Preserve NYS) is a nonprofit organization which works to preserve historic structures in New York. Established in 1974, Preserve NYS supports preservation efforts through information on best practices, pr ...
named the plant as one of the seven most endangered sites in the state, and in 2013 the building began to be renovated into the "PowerHouse", an "arts-focused event complex with eventual plans for restaurants, a hotel and a marina." Phase One of the conversion is expected to finish in 2016 at the cost of $70 million, while Phase Two, which includes the restaurant, hotel and marina, is expected to cost $80 million, and could take up to ten years to complete. File:Glenwood power plant 2.jpg, Abandoned Yonkers Power Station File:Glenwood on September 2nd, 2018.png, Glenwood from the southwest File:Glenwood Power Plant on September 2nd, 2018.png, Glenwood from the northwest


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Entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glenwood (Metro-North Station) Former New York Central Railroad stations Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state) Transportation in Yonkers, New York Railway stations in Westchester County, New York