Cold Spring station

Cold Spring
Southbound Metro-North train arriving at Cold Spring.
Location Market Street,
Cold Spring, New York, 10516
Coordinates 41°24′55″N 73°57′31″W / 41.4152°N 73.9585°W / 41.4152; -73.9585Coordinates: 41°24′55″N 73°57′31″W / 41.4152°N 73.9585°W / 41.4152; -73.9585
Line(s)
  Hudson Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Putnam Transit: Cold Spring Trolley
Construction
Parking 223 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 7
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 122,460 Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Hudson Line
toward Poughkeepsie
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward New York
Storm King
toward Chicago

Cold Spring is a Metro-North Railroad station in Cold Spring, New York on the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every hour on weekdays, and about every 25 minutes during rush hour. It is 52.5 miles (85 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour and 21 minutes.

History

The old station, now a local restaurant called, "The Cold Spring Depot"

The Hudson River Railroad was built through Cold Spring in 1851 in order to expand the Troy and Greenbush Railroad from the Albany area to New York City. HRR was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1864, which also built a depot here in 1893. A pedestrian tunnel was added in 1929 connecting the two sections of Main Street, and a road bridge over the tracks was built in 1930,[1] but the station was closed to passengers in 1954, despite remaining in use. As with all stations along the Hudson Line, it was converted into a Penn Central Railroad station upon the merger of NYC with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968. Bankruptcy for Penn Central in 1970 forced them to turn passenger service over to the MTA in 1972, the same year that the former station house was converted into a restaurant after spending 18 years as a car dealership.[2] MTA control of passenger service continued through the period when it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, and then by Metro-North Railroad in 1983. Cold Spring station was one of the last stations within the system to be rebuilt and relocated with high-level platforms, a pedestrian bridge, and elevators. The former station house is within the boundaries of the Cold Spring Historic District.[3] The current Cold Spring station is located slightly south of the old one, still standing at the foot of Cold Spring's Main Street. Walkways on both sides of the tracks connect the old and new station, and the pedestrian tunnel built by New York Central Railroad is still in use today by both commuters and local residents.[4][5][6]


Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long.

M Mezzanine Platform crossover
Street/platform
level
Exit/entrance, parking, buses
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Garrison)
← Empire Corridor trains do not stop here
Track 2 Empire Corridor trains do not stop here →
Hudson Line toward Poughkeepsie (Breakneck Ridge or Beacon) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ Lunn Terrace Bridge over Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line (UglyBridges.com)
  2. ↑ Cold Spring Depot Food and Drink
  3. ↑ Cold Spring Historic District Map (LivingPlaces.com)
  4. ↑ Rusty "Subway To New York Trains" sign...
  5. ↑ ..on the "To River" Tunnel Portal (TheSubwayNut)
  6. ↑ Tunnel Portal "To Upper Village" (TheSubwayNut)
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