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Spuyten Duyvil (Metro-North station)
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The Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North Railroad
station serves the residents of the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line
. Trains leave for New York City
every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is about 10.4 miles from Grand Central Terminal
and travel time to Grand Central is about 23 minutes.
As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 913 and there were 100 parking spots. More than half of the commuters travel to the station using the Hudson Rail Link
bus.
generally used by northbound or Westchester County
-bound trains. The south one is a four-car-long island platform
generally used by southbound or Manhattan
-bound trains.
The Hudson Line has three tracks here. The northbound platform is next to Track 1 and the southbound platform is between Tracks 2 and 4.
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 serves the residents of the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx, New York 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 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is about 10.4 miles 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 about 23 minutes.
As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 913 and there were 100 parking spots. More than half of the commuters travel to the station using the Hudson Rail Link
Hudson Rail Link
The Hudson Rail Link is a feeder bus system in The Bronx, operated by Atlantic Express for Metro-North Railroad. It connects with the Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil stations on the Hudson Line. As of 2007, more than half of the daily commuters who use Spuyten Duyvil station arrive using the feeder...
bus.
Platforms and tracks
The station has two high-level platforms. The north one is an eight-car-long side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
generally used by northbound or 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...
-bound trains. The south one is a four-car-long island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
generally used by southbound or Manhattan
Manhattan
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 trains.
The Hudson Line has three tracks here. The northbound platform is next to Track 1 and the southbound platform is between Tracks 2 and 4.