Riverdale station (also known as Riverdale–West 254th Street 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 public authority of the U.S. state of New York and under contract with the Connectic ...

's Hudson Line, serving the Riverdale neighborhood of

the Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New ...

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. The Riverdale station, located at the foot of West 254th Street, is the northernmost Metro-North station in the Bronx. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 543 and there were 153 parking spaces.

History

The former

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 Mi ...

depot at the location burned down on the morning of June 23, 1982, after a suspicious fire, requiring two trains to bypass the station. Under the 2015–2019

Metropolitan Transportation Authority The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in th ...

Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, received a complete overhaul as part of the

Enhanced Station Initiative Since the late 20th century, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has started several projects to maintain and improve the New York City Subway. Some of these projects, such as subway line automation, proposed platform screen doors, the FA ...

. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps. The renovations at Riverdale station cost $9.5 million and were completed by the end of September 2018.

Station layout

Southbound Metro North Train, Riverdale, Bronx, NY

The station has two high-level,

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s, each eight cars long. An additional track is located west of the southbound platform, but is not powered nor used. Just south of the station are switches that allow Empire Corridor trains to diverge to

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via the

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and

Spuyten Duyvil Bridge The Spuyten Duyvil Bridge is a railroad swing bridge that spans the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx, in New York City. The bridge is located at the northern tip of Manhattan where the Spuyten Duyvil Creek meets the Hudson R ...

. Next to the station's southbound platform lies the Riverdale Waterfront Promenade and Fishing Access Site. Dedicated in 2005, by Mayor

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, the park "is wide and long, providing benches and a place to fish or take a stroll between Metro-North train tracks and the Hudson shoreline."

References

External links

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Entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riverdale (Metro-North Station) Metro-North Railroad stations in New York City Former New York Central Railroad stations Riverdale, Bronx Railway stations in the Bronx