White Plains (Metro-North station)
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White Plains | |||||||||||
View of White Plains station from the intersection of Main Street and Bank Street |
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Address | 16 Ferris Avenue White Plains, New York, 10601 |
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Connections | Greyhound Lines Adirondack Trailways I-BUS (Stamford) Tappan Zee Express Bee-Line Buses |
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Parking | 1,226 spaces | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2006) | 2.383 million[1] ▬ 0% | ||||||||||
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The White Plains Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of White Plains, New York via the Harlem Line. It is 22.3 miles (36 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time varies between 30 and 44 minutes (depending on if a train is local or express).
Though it is not a terminal station, White Plains is one of the key stations on the Harlem Line. Its downtown White Plains location is not far from many businesses and office buildings making it very convenient to commuters and making it a stop for all trains regardless of terminal location. A short walk from the station is the White Plains TransCenter, a terminal/transfer point for many Bee-Line buses as well as intercity buses (Greyhound Lines and Adirondack Trailways) and Connecticut Transit's I-Bus to Stamford, Connecticut.
Pace University's Graduate Center is located across the street from the White Plains Station, while Pace Law School's 12-acre campus lies several blocks away on North Broadway. Mercy College, Berkeley College, as well as The College of Westchester are also located within walking distance of the station.
This station is located in the Zone 4 Metro-North fare zone.
Due to security reasons, overhead images of the station cannot be viewed in Google Maps or Google Earth.
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- ^ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (9,166)