Hartsdale station

Hartsdale
Hartsdale station as seen from East Hartsdale Avenue
Location 1 East Hartsdale Avenue and Fenimore Road
Hartsdale, NY, 10530
Line(s)
  Harlem Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Bee-Line Bus System: 34, 38, 39
Construction
Parking 797 spaces
Disabled access Yes (to each platform);
No (between platforms)
Other information
Fare zone 4
History
Opened mid-1840s (NY&H)
Rebuilt 1915 (NYC)[1]
Electrified 700V (DC) third rail
Previous names Hart's Corner
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 794,405 Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Harlem Line
toward Wassaic
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
toward Chatham
Harlem Division
toward New York
Hartsdale Railroad Station
Location Hartsdale, New York, USA
Coordinates 41°0′40″N 73°47′45″W / 41.01111°N 73.79583°W / 41.01111; -73.79583Coordinates: 41°0′40″N 73°47′45″W / 41.01111°N 73.79583°W / 41.01111; -73.79583
Architect Warren and Wetmore[2]
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP reference # 11000453[3]
Added to NRHP July 14, 2011

The Hartsdale Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Hartsdale, New York and Scarsdale, New York via the Harlem Line. It is 20.6 miles (33.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal, and the average travel time varies between 42 and 48 minutes depending on whether a train is local or express.

This station is located in the Zone 4 Metro-North fare zone.

History

The station building was originally built in 1915 (or 1914 according to the MTA[4]) by the Warren and Wetmore architectural firm for the New York Central Railroad, as a replacement for a smaller wooden depot built by the New York and Harlem Railroad originally known as "Hart's Corner Station."[5] Unlike most Warren & Wetmore-built NYC stations, which were grand cathedral-like structures using Beaux-Arts architecture, this one was strictly of the Tudor Revival style. The station was named after the valley owned by the Harts.[6]:28

As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which made it part of Metro-North in 1983. In 2011, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

Station layout

This station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. There is space for a third at this location.

M Mezzanine Crossover between platforms
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 2 ← Harlem Line toward Grand Central (Scarsdale)
Track 1 Harlem Line toward North White Plains, Southeast or Wassaic (White Plains) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance, parking, buses

See also

References

  1. ↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York
  2. ↑ Dolkart, Andrew S.; Dierickx, Mary (September 1988). "Hartsdale Railroad Station" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places listings for July 22, 2011". National Park Service. July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ Metro-North Railroad's Hartsdale Station Building Is Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (MTA Press Release: August 15, 2011)
  5. ↑ 1858 New York and Harlem Railroad Map (I Ride the Harlem Line)
  6. ↑ Hyatt, Elijah Clarence (1898). History of the New York & Harlem Railroad. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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