Peekskill station

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Peekskill
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Station and overpass, 2014
General information
Location300 Railroad Avenue, Peekskill, New York
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LineTemplate:Pluralize from textHudson Line
Platforms1 side platform
1 island platform
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus transport Bee-Line Bus System: 16, 18, 31
Construction
Parking488 spaces
Accessibleyes
Other information
Fare zone6
History
OpenedSeptember 29, 1849[1]
Rebuilt1874
Passengers
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20181,598[2] (Metro-North)
Rank39 of 109[2]
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Peekskill station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Peekskill, New York.

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 Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 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]Template:Rp The station is located just south of a grade crossing.

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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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