Scarsdale station

The Scarsdale station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Scarsdale, New York. It is 19 miles (31 km) from Grand Central Terminal, and the average travel time varies between 30 and 45 minutes (depending on if a train is express or local). Scarsdale is the southernmost station on the two-track section of the Harlem Line; a third track begins to the south.

Scarsdale
Scarsdale railroad station
Location1 Depot Place, Scarsdale, New York
Line(s)Harlem Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBee-Line Bus System: 63, 64, 65, 66
Construction
Parking35 spaces
Other information
Fare zone4
History
OpenedDecember 1, 1844[1][2]
Rebuilt1904 (NYC),[3] 2007 (MNRR)
Electrified700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2007)1.219 million  0%
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Crestwood
towards Grand Central
 Harlem Line Hartsdale
towards North White Plains
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Crestwood
toward New York
 Harlem Division Hartsdale
toward Chatham
Scarsdale Railroad Station
LocationScarsdale, New York, USA
Coordinates40°59′23.64″N 73°48′29.88″W
Built1902
ArchitectNichols, Grant[4]
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.00000837
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 2000

Scarsdale is the second busiest Metro-North station in Westchester County, after White Plains. It is the southernmost station in the Zone 4 Metro-North fare zone. As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 4,080, and there are 919 parking spots.[5]

History
Interior

The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Scarsdale during the 1840s, and established a station in Scarsdale as far back as 1846.[6] The existing station house was built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1904 (although some evidence dates it back to 1902) in the Tudor Revival style. As with the rest 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, and it officially became part of Metro-North in 1983. The station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since the year 2000, and faced a restoration project in 2007.[7]

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, which are 12 cars long.[8]:10

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

See also

Bibliography
  • Dunbar, Seymour (1915). A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unity of the White Race: the Part Played by Travel Methods in the Economic Conquest of the Continent: and Those Related Human Experiences, Changing Social Conditions and Governmental Attitudes which Accompanied the Growth of a National Travel System · Volume 3. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

References
  1. Dunbar 1915, p. 984.
  2. Carman, W.S. (December 13, 1844). "New York and Harlem Railroad Company Winter Arrangements". The New York Daily Herald. p. 3. Retrieved May 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York
  4. Westchester County Listings -- National Register of Historic Places
  5. New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuuter rail info
  6. History of Scarsdale (Official Village Website)
  7. 2007 Restoration Project (Peter F. Gaito and Associates)
  8. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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