Ossining (Metro-North station)
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Ossining 
View southbound along tracks to Sing Sing, 2007Station statistics Address 1 Main Street and Westerly Road
Ossining, NY, 10562Lines Connections Bee-Line Bus System: 11, 13, 14, 19
NY Waterway: Haverstraw–Ossining FerryPlatforms 2 island platforms Tracks 4 Other information Electrified 700V (DC) third rail Accessible 
Fare zone 5 Services Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station toward Grand CentralHudson Line toward PoughkeepsieThe Ossining Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Ossining, New York via the Hudson Line and is one of four express stations on that line south of Croton–Harmon seeing most trains minus peak hour trains to/from Poughkeepsie. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 30.1 miles from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is about 48 minutes.
Near the station is a ferry dock which is used by the NY Waterway-operated ferry connection to Haverstraw, allowing Rockland County, New York commuters to use the Hudson Line as an alternative to the New Jersey Transit-operated lines across the Hudson River.
Just south of the station is a section of track which runs through the middle of Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
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Platforms and tracks
The station has two high-level island platforms each 10 cars long. The west platform next to Tracks 2 and 4 is generally used by southbound or Manhattan-bound trains. The east platform next to Tracks 1 and 3 is generally used by northbound or outbound trains.
The Hudson Line has four tracks here. Only one of the inner express tracks is powered.
History
The Hudson River Railroad reached Ossining in 1848, opening the village up to industrial development along the waterfront and allowing farmers inland to ship their produce to the markets of New York City. Among the riverside industrial concerns benefiting from the railroad were the marble quarries at Sing Sing Prison, Benjamin Brandreth's pill factory (still extant a short distance up the river) and others. These businesses gradually supplanted the boat builders and docks that had occupied the riverfront in the early 19th century.
Originally the station building was at grade level. In 1914 the New York Central Railroad, which the Hudson River had long been merged into, built a new station, the current building, in the Renaissance Revival style. It was placed on metal stilts to allow Main Street to pass over the tracks, eliminating the grade crossing that had been part of the original station.[1]
Media
Ossining Station was visible in the background of certain commercials for Kaopectate used in 2009.
In Season 1 of AMC's Mad Men, Ossining was shown to be the final destination of Don Draper's character's travel home.
References
- ^ Village of Ossining, Village of Ossining Significant Sites and Structures GuidePDF, April 2010, pp. 252–54, retrieved June 26, 2011.
External links
Categories:- Metro-North Railroad stations in New York
- Stations along New York Central Railroad lines
- Transportation in Westchester County, New York
- Renaissance Revival architecture in New York
- Buildings and structures completed in 1914
- Ossining, New York
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