Greystone station

Greystone
View north from station overpass,
with local M7A train arriving, 2011
Location 61 Harriman Avenue
Yonkers, NY, 10701
Coordinates 40°58′20″N 73°53′23″W / 40.9721°N 73.8896°W / 40.9721; -73.8896Coordinates: 40°58′20″N 73°53′23″W / 40.9721°N 73.8896°W / 40.9721; -73.8896
Line(s)
  Hudson Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bee-Line Bus System: 1C, 1T, 1W
Construction
Parking 250 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1899
Electrified 700V (DC) third rail
Previous names Harriman (1899–1910)[1]
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Hudson Line
toward Poughkeepsie
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
toward Peekskill
Hudson Division
toward New York

The Greystone Metro-North Railroad station serves the Greystone neighborhood of Yonkers, New York via the Hudson Line. It is the northernmost station on the Hudson Line in Yonkers. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 17.1 miles (27.5 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is about 41 minutes.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 513 and there are 250 parking spots.[2]

History

Greystone station was originally built in 1899 by developer Charles Harriman as "Harriman station" for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, who insisted that he rename the station "Greystone" in 1910. A pedestrian bridge was built in 1915. As with many NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon the merger between NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, until it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, and then by Metro-North Railroad in 1983.


Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each eight cars long.

M Mezzanine Crossover between tracks
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 4 ← Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Glenwood)
Track 2 ← Hudson Line express trains do not stop here
← Empire Corridor trains do not stop here
Track 1 Empire Corridor trains do not stop here →
Hudson Line express trains do not stop here →
Track 3 Hudson Line toward Croton–Harmon or Poughkeepsie (Hastings-on-Hudson) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

References

  1. ↑ The Building of the Greystone section of Northwest Yonkers (formerly known as Harriman) by Harriman and Hawley in the late 1890's (VictorianSource.com)
  2. ↑ "Metro North Station Ridership". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-11.

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