Croton Falls (Metro-North station)
Croton Falls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location |
5 Front Street, between West Cross and Center Streets Croton Falls, NY, 10519 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°20′52″N 73°39′44″W / 41.3479°N 73.6622°WCoordinates: 41°20′52″N 73°39′44″W / 41.3479°N 73.6622°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |
 Short Line Bus: Croton Falls Shuttle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 202 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified |
1984 700V (DC) third rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) |
148,200[1]  0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Croton Falls Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of North Salem, New York and surrounding communities via the Harlem Line. It is 47.7 miles (77 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time to Grand Central is 1 hour, 16 minutes.
This station is located in the Zone 7 Metro-North fare zone on the Harlem Line.
The station, the northernmost on the line in Westchester County, is not far from the Putnam County line. Putnam runs a shuttle to the station for commuters closer to its location than those of Brewster and Southeast stations. While Interstate 684 is further away from the station than at Purdy's and Golden's Bridge, the next two stations to the south, it is a short drive away via Hardscrabble Road (Exit 8).
It is somewhat smaller than some of the other stations on the line, located on the hamlet's main street. Only four cars can platform at Croton Falls. Service to Manhattan is provided approximately every 15–30 minutes during peak hours and approximately every hour during off-peak hours. Some parking is located at the station with more spaces available a short walk away.
History
Rail service in Croton Falls can be traced as far back as 1847 with the establishment of the New York and Harlem Railroad, which became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. The 1870-built former freight house,[2] and 1910-built former passenger depot [3] still exist to this day. As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which made it part of Metro-North in 1983.
Platform and track configuration
| 2 | ■Harlem Line | for Grand Central |
| 1 | ■Harlem Line | for Wassaic |
This station has one four-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions. The Harlem Line has two tracks at this location.
References
- ↑ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (570)
- ↑ Former Croton Falls NYCRR Freight House (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
- ↑ Third Croton Falls NYCRR Passenger Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
