Yonkers station

Yonkers
Yonkers
	Main entrance to the station, facing downtown Yonkers
Location	5 Buena Vista Avenue, Yonkers, New York
Coordinates	40°56′08″N 73°54′08″W / 40.9356°N 73.9023°WCoordinates: 40°56′08″N 73°54′08″W / 40.9356°N 73.9023°W
Owned by	MTA Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Empire Corridor
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 6, 7, 9, 25, 32
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	YNY
Fare zone	3 (Metro North)
History
Rebuilt	August 1912; 2004
Passengers
2018	28,223 4.49% (Amtrak)
Services
	Lake Shore Limited does not stop here
show Former services

Yonkers station is a Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak railroad station located in Yonkers, New York. It serves Metro-North commuter trains on the Hudson Line. It is one of four express stations on the line south of Croton–Harmon, but most Metro North express trains do not stop here. It is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and travel time to Grand Central is about 33 minutes. It is the only intercity rail station in the southwestern portion of Westchester County, connecting the region to Albany and points beyond.

The station is two blocks west of the center of Getty Square in downtown Yonkers (where additional Bee-Line Bus System connections can be made), across the street from the historic Yonkers Post Office. It is also near the former Yonkers Trolley Barn.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 922.^[3] Four outdoor bicycle parking racks sit across Buena Vista Avenue from the station at the edge of Van Der Donck Park.

History[]

The current station building was built in 1911 for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (NYC) in the Beaux-Arts style. The architects were Warren and Wetmore, one of the firms responsible for Grand Central Terminal. It was meant to be a smaller version of Grand Central; Guastavino tiles are featured prominently in both stations.

Upon the merger of the NYC and the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, the station became a Penn Central commuter rail station. By this time, intercity service to Yonkers had ended. Penn Central continued operating commuter travel until 1976, when it was taken over by Conrail, which in turn transferred the service to Metro-North in 1983. Intercity service returned to Yonkers in 1989 after a two-decade absence in an effort to revitalize the Saw Mill riverfront. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.

The ticket office at the station closed on July 7, 2010, so that passengers must now buy their tickets from vending machines at street level.^[4] A Metro-North Railroad Police substation is in the terminal on the ground floor.

Station layout[]

The station has two high-level island platforms each 10 cars long.^[5]^:2

Platforms at Yonkers station

P Platform level	Track 3	← Hudson Line toward Croton–Harmon (Glenwood)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 1	← Lake Shore Limited and Hudson Line express trains do not stop here ← Hudson Line limited service toward Poughkeepsie (Hastings-on-Hudson) ← Other northbound Amtrak service to Albany–Rensselaer and beyond (Croton-Harmon)
	Track 2	← Lake Shore Limited and Hudson Line express trains do not stop here → ← Hudson Line limited service toward New York–Grand Central (Harlem–125th Street) → → Other southbound Amtrak service to New York–Penn Station (Terminus) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 4	← Hudson Line toward New York–Grand Central (Ludlow) →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house, parking

References[]

^ "New Structure is Now In Use". The Yonkers Statesman. August 20, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
^ "Hudson Line". The New York Times.
^ "mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th". Metro-North Railroad. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ "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 Yonkers station at Wikimedia Commons

Yonkers, NY – Amtrak

[1] "New Structure is Now In Use". The Yonkers Statesman. August 20, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[3] "Hudson Line". The New York Times.

[mta_641-4] "mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th". Metro-North Railroad. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2010.

[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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Yonkers station

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Station layout[]

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