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The two center tracks at Mount Vernon West station |
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| Address | 1 Mount Vernon Avenue Mount Vernon, New York, 10550 |
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| Connections | Bee-Line Bus System 7, 26, 91 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 221 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1914[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 304,720 0% | ||||||||||
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The Mount Vernon West Metro-North Railroad station is the first station in Westchester County, New York on the Harlem Line. It is 13.1 miles (21 km) from Grand Central Terminal. Its ticket office and waiting area are at the bottom level of the Bank of New York building on Mount Vernon Avenue.
This station is the southernmost station in the Zone 3 Metro-North fare zone.
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Mount Vernon West Station was originally built in 1914 by the New York Central Railroad, although the bridge over Mount Vernon Avenue was built in 1910. As with most NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 1,172 and there are 221 parking spots.[2] The station house which is addressed at 156 South West Street, is used primarily for retail, and tickets can be purchased from beneath the platforms.
This station has two slightly offset high-level island platforms, each 12 cars long. The western platform, adjacent to Tracks 2 and 4, is generally used by southbound or Manhattan-bound trains. The eastern platform, adjacent to Tracks 1 and 3, is generally used by northbound or outbound trains.
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