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Peekskill (Metro-North station)
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The Peekskill Metro-North Railroad
station
serves residents of Peekskill, New York
via the Hudson Line
. Trains leave for New York City
every hour on weekdays and about every 25 minutes during rush hour
. It is 41.2 miles (66.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal
and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour. It is the northernmost station on the line in Westchester County
.
It is just south of a grade crossing
whose gates remain down as long as any northbound train is in the station. The former station building built by the New York Central in 1874 still stands, although it is no longer staffed.
-bound. Track 4 ends at this station and is used by terminating trains. The east platform is a side platform next to Track 1 which is used primarily by northbound or outbound trains. Track 3 also terminates at this station but it is not next to either platform.
Metro-North Railroad
The Metro-North Commuter Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service that is run and managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , an authority of New York State. It is the busiest commuter railroad in the United...
station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
serves residents of Peekskill, New York
Peekskill, New York
Peekskill is a city in Westchester County, New York. It is situated on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from Jones Point.This community was known to be an early American industrial center, primarily for its iron plow and stove products...
via the Hudson Line
Hudson Line (Metro-North)
Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line is a commuter rail line running north from New York City along the east shore of the Hudson River. Metro-North service ends at Poughkeepsie, with Amtrak's Empire Corridor trains continuing north to and beyond Albany...
. Trains leave for New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
every hour on weekdays and about every 25 minutes during rush hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
. It is 41.2 miles (66.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal —often incorrectly called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour. It is the northernmost station on the line in Westchester County
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
.
It is just south of a grade crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
whose gates remain down as long as any northbound train is in the station. The former station building built by the New York Central in 1874 still stands, although it is no longer staffed.
Platforms and tracks
The station has four tracks and two high-level platforms each six cars long. Tracks 3 and 4 terminate at the North end of the station while tracks 1 and 2 continue North. The west platform is an island platform between Tracks 2 and 4. Trains on Track 2 are primarily southbound or inbound or ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
-bound. Track 4 ends at this station and is used by terminating trains. The east platform is a side platform next to Track 1 which is used primarily by northbound or outbound trains. Track 3 also terminates at this station but it is not next to either platform.
History
- A 1943 New York Central schedule lists Peekskill as the northern terminus of its Hudson Division commuter service. Trains continuing north of Peekskill were "long distance" trains, continuing not just to PoughkeepsiePoughkeepsie (city), New YorkPoughkeepsie is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany...
but also to AlbanyAlbany, New YorkAlbany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
and other destinations.