Tuxedo station

The Tuxedo station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, serving the community of Tuxedo, New York, and the gated village of Tuxedo Park, New York. Trains leave the station for Hoboken, 37 miles (59.5 km) away; travel time to that destination is approximately an hour. It is located along the Orange Turnpike segment of NY 17 almost directly across from the main entrance to Tuxedo Park.

Tuxedo
The station building, originally constructed in 1885.
Location240 Route 17
Tuxedo, NY
Coordinates41.1940°N 74.1848°W / 41.1940; -74.1848
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections Short Line Bus: 17M/MD
Construction
Parking245
Other information
Station code2511 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened1841
Rebuilt1885
Key dates
August 1966Station agent eliminated[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Harriman
towards Port Jervis
 Port Jervis Line Sloatsburg
towards Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Harriman
toward Chicago
 Main Line Sloatsburg
toward Jersey City
Southfields
toward Chicago
Tuxedo Park Railroad Station
LocationNY 17, Tuxedo, New York
Coordinates41°11′36″N 74°11′14″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1886
ArchitectBruce Price
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.00001529[3]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 2000

Station layout and structure

Tuxedo is the only stop along the line that retains the old station at the current station site. It was built in 1885 as one of the original Tuxedo Park buildings, designed by architect Bruce Price,[4] and was listed as Tuxedo Park Railroad Station on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The town of Tuxedo currently owns it, and has restored it to its original beauty. The station contains a waiting room and a community room often used by the Boy/Girl Scouts and other Tuxedo clubs and organizations.

In 2009 the town spent $1 million to restore the building itself to what historians believe was its original appearance.[5] The train station currently displays artwork by long-time Tuxedo Park resident and artist Robert Bero (now deceased). The pieces, a gift from the estate of the late artist, include woodcuts, etchings and drawings.[6]

This station has one track and a low-level side platform.

Ground/
Platform level		 Track 1 ←      Port Jervis Line toward Port Jervis (Harriman)
←      Port Jervis Line toward Hoboken (Sloatsburg) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Station building, ticket machine, parking

References
  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. "Erie Closing Tuxedo Depot". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 13, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978-0471143895.
  5. King, Matt (May 26, 2009). "Town applauds restoration of Tuxedo station". Times-Herald Record. Ottaway Community Newspapers. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
  6. http://www.tuxedogov.org/PDF/Minutes%202009/01-26-09%20Reorg.%20&%20Reg.pdf
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