Dobbs Ferry (Metro-North station)

Dobbs Ferry

Southbound M7A EMU train stopping at Dobbs Ferry
Location 11 Station Plaza, between
High & Palisades Streets
Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522
Coordinates 41°00′45″N 73°52′46″W / 41.01250°N 73.87944°WCoordinates: 41°00′45″N 73°52′46″W / 41.01250°N 73.87944°W
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bee-Line Bus System: 1C, 1T, 1W, 6, 66
Construction
Parking 576 Spaces
Other information
Fare zone 4
History
Opened 1850's
Rebuilt 1889, 2006-2008
Electrified 700V (DC) third rail
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Hudson Line
toward Poughkeepsie
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
toward Peekskill
Hudson Division

The Dobbs Ferry Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Dobbs Ferry, New York via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekday rush-hour (peak trains). Trains run hourly during non-peak times, and on weekends and holidays. It is 19.9 miles from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is about 44 minutes by local train.

Dobbs Ferry Station can be traced at least as far back as 1851 with its origins as part of the Hudson River Railroad.[1] The current station house, which was built in 1889 by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, became a Penn Central station upon the merger between NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 like many NYCRR stations in Westchester County, until it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, and then by Metro-North Railroad in 1983. It was restored between 2006 and 2008 by Metro-North.[2]

Platforms and tracks

4 ■Hudson Line for Grand Central
2 ■Hudson Line no stop
■Empire Service no stop
1 ■Hudson Line no stop
■Empire Service no stop
3 ■Hudson Line for Poughkeepsie

This station has two high-level side platforms each eight cars long. The west platform next to Track 4 is generally used by southbound trains. The east platform next to Track 3 is generally used by northbound trains.

The Hudson Line has four tracks; the two inner tracks not next to either platform are used by express trains, one of which does not include a third rail.

References

  1. ↑ Reprint of October 1, 1851 Hudson River Railroad Northbound timetable (I Ride the Harlem Line)
  2. ↑ Metro-North and Villages Celebrate Completion of Station Work At Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley and Irvington (MTA Press Release; June 20, 2008)

External links

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