Tuxedo station
Tuxedo | |||||||||||||
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Location | 240 Route 17 Tuxedo, NY | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°11′38″N 74°11′05″W / 41.1940°N 74.1848°WCoordinates: 41°11′38″N 74°11′05″W / 41.1940°N 74.1848°W | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Short Line Bus: 17M/MD | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 245 | ||||||||||||
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Station code | 2511 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1841 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1885 | ||||||||||||
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August 1966 | Station agent eliminated[2] | ||||||||||||
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Tuxedo Park Railroad Station | |||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||
Location | NY 17, Tuxedo, New York | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°11′36″N 74°11′14″W / 41.19333°N 74.18722°W | ||||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||
Built | 1886 | ||||||||||||
Architect | Bruce Price | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Late Victorian | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 00001529[3] | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | December 13, 2000 |
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.
Station layout and structure[]
The station has one track and a low-level side platform. It 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 appearance. 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. The pieces, a gift from the estate of the late artist, include woodcuts, etchings and drawings.[6]
References[]
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Erie Closing Tuxedo Depot". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 13, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978-0471143895.
- ^ King, Matt (May 26, 2009). "Town applauds restoration of Tuxedo station". Times-Herald Record. Ottaway Community Newspapers. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- ^ http://www.tuxedogov.org/PDF/Minutes%202009/01-26-09%20Reorg.%20&%20Reg.pdf
External links[]
- Media related to Tuxedo (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Railway stations in Orange County, New York
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1841
- Former Erie Railroad stations
- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Bruce Price buildings