Yonkers station is a
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 ...
and
Amtrak
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railroad station located in
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 enu ...
. It serves Metro-North commuter trains on the
Hudson Line. It is one of four express stations on the line south of
Croton–Harmon, but most Metro North express trains do not stop here. It is the only intercity rail station in the southwestern portion of
Westchester County
Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population o ...
, connecting the region to
Albany and points beyond.
The station is two blocks west of the center of
Getty Square
Getty Square is the name for downtown Yonkers, New York, centered on the public square. Getty Square is the civic center, central business district, and transit hub of the City of Yonkers. A dense and growing residential area, it is located ...
in downtown Yonkers (where additional
Bee-Line Bus System
The Westchester County Bee-Line System, branded on the buses in lowercase as ''the bee-line system'', is a bus system serving Westchester County, New York. The system is owned by the county's Department of Public Works and Transportation.
History ...
connections can be made), across the street from
the historic Yonkers Post Office. It is also near the former
Yonkers Trolley Barn
The former Yonkers Trolley Barn is located on Main Street in Yonkers, New York, United States. It is a massive steel frame brick building in the Renaissance Revival style built at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2002 it was listed on the Nati ...
.
, daily commuter ridership was 922. Four outdoor bicycle parking racks sit across Buena Vista Avenue from the station at the edge of Van Der Donck Park.
History
The current station building was built in 1911 for the
New York Central & Hudson River 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 Mid ...
(NYC) in the
Beaux-Arts style. The architects were
Warren and Wetmore
Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm in New York City which was a partnership between Whitney Warren (1864–1943) and Charles Delevan Wetmore (June 10, 1866 – May 8, 1941), that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and w ...
, one of the firms responsible for
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus ...
. It was meant to be a smaller version of Grand Central;
Guastavino tiles are featured prominently in both stations.
Upon the merger of the NYC and the
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...
in 1968, the station became a
Penn Central
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American Railroad classes, class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals (the Pennsylvania Railroad ...
commuter rail station. By this time, intercity service to Yonkers had ended. Penn Central continued operating commuter travel until 1976, when it was taken over by
Conrail
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, which in turn transferred the service to Metro-North in 1983. Intercity service returned to Yonkers in 1989 after a two-decade absence in an effort to revitalize the
Saw Mill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ( dimens ...
riverfront. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.
The ticket office at the station closed on July 7, 2010, so that passengers must now buy their tickets from vending machines at street level.
A
Metro-North Railroad Police
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Officers of the MTAPD are fully empowered under the New York State Public Authorities Law and are com ...
substation is in the terminal on the ground floor.
Amtrak's ''
Berkshire Flyer
The ''Berkshire Flyer'' is a seasonal Amtrak passenger train service between New York City and the Berkshire Mountains in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, via the Hudson Valley. The weekly train departs Penn Station on Friday afternoons during the s ...
'' began running on July 8, 2022, providing direct service to on summer weekends.
Station layout
The station has two high-level
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s each 10 cars long.
References
Further reading
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External links
Governor Pataki Celebrates Restoration of Historic Yonkers Station (N.Y. State press release)Station House from Google Maps Street ViewComparison of Yonkers Train Station with Grand Central Terminal
{{NYC Main Line stations
Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
Former New York Central Railroad stations
Amtrak stations in New York (state)
Transportation in Yonkers, New York
Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1911
Warren and Wetmore buildings
1911 establishments in New York (state)
Transportation in Westchester County, New York