Peekskill station

Peekskill
Peekskill
	Station and overpass, 2014
Location	300 Railroad Avenue, Peekskill, New York
Coordinates	41°17′06″N 73°55′51″W / 41.28500°N 73.93083°WCoordinates: 41°17′06″N 73°55′51″W / 41.28500°N 73.93083°W
Line(s)	Empire Corridor
Platforms	1 side platform; 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 16, 18, 31
Construction
Parking	488 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	6
History
Opened	September 29, 1849
Rebuilt	1874
Services
Former services

Peekskill station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Peekskill, New York. Trains leave for New York City every hour on weekdays and about every 25 minutes during rush hour. The train stops at several places on its way, such as Cortlandt, Ossining, and Tarrytown. It is 41.2 miles (66.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour.^[2] It is the northernmost station on the line in Westchester County.

It is just south of a grade crossing whose gates remain down when any northbound train is in the station. The former station building built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1874^[3] still stands, although it is no longer staffed.^[4]

History[]

The former station building, 2014

Interior of the building

Rail service in Peekskill began on September 29, 1849 with the Hudson River Railroad.^[1] The freight depot, was the site of a February 19, 1861 visit by Abraham Lincoln who stopped there during his train trip to his inauguration. The railroad was acquired by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in November 1869, and they rebuilt the passenger station in 1874. NYC&HR rebuilt the freight depot around 1890 and today it is on the National Register of Historic Places, as is the Standard House which served the railroad, as well as ships on the Hudson River.

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 Poughkeepsie but also to Albany and other destinations.

With the railroads in decline during the post-WW II era, New York Central merged with their long time rival Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 and the station became a Penn Central station. Amtrak took over intercity passenger service in 1971, but Peekskill station continued to serve only the expanded Penn Central Hudson Division trains which by that time ran to Poughkeepsie and were subsidized by the MTA. Conrail took over Penn Central in 1976 and ran Hudson Branch trains as far north as Albany until 1981 when they reverted to Poughkeepsie where it has remained ever since. MTA assigned the station to the newly established Metro-North Commuter Railroad in 1983.

Station layout[]

The station has four tracks and two high-level side platforms each six cars long. Tracks 4 and 6 terminate at the north end of the station while tracks 1 and 2 continue on.^[5]^: 5

M	Mezzanine	Transfer between platforms
P Platform level	Street level	Railroad Avenue, exit/entrance, station house, eastern parking lot
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	← Hudson Line toward Poughkeepsie (Manitou or Garrison) ← Empire Corridor services do not stop here
	Track 2	← Empire Corridor services do not stop here → ← Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Cortlandt) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 4	No regular service →
	Track 6	No regular service →
	Street level	Hudson Avenue exit/entrance, western parking lot

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "MNR Stations - Peekskill". New York, New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
^ Butcher, Faith Ann (July 9, 2011). "Ossining, Peekskill Historic Railroad Buildings Available to Rent". The Examiner News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
^ Google Street View; Peekskill New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Depot
^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

External links[]

Media related to Peekskill (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

[Sep1849-1] "Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[peekskill-2] "MNR Stations - Peekskill". New York, New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2011.

[3] Butcher, Faith Ann (July 9, 2011). "Ossining, Peekskill Historic Railroad Buildings Available to Rent". The Examiner News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

[4] Google Street View; Peekskill New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Depot

[5] "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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