Tarrytown (Metro-North station)

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The Tarrytown Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Tarrytown, New York and other commuters 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.Verify source|date=June 2008 Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 25.2 miles (40 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately 44 minutes (35 minutes express).

The Tappan Zee Bridge is not far from the station and as a consequence, the station sees a share of usage from commuters from Rockland County. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 2677 and there were 909 parking spots,cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html|title=Hudson Line|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18] fewer than 100 of which are owned by the railroad.cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E6DE143DF935A15750C0A9669C8B63|title=For Fairness, Metro-North Takes Over Lots|last=Brenner|first=Elsa|date=2000-03-26|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18]

tation Building

The Tarrytown station was first used by commuters in 1890. [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE5DF1F3DF932A15752C1A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=At The Station, Much More Than Trains|last=Rowe|first=Claudia|date=1999-11-21|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18] The original station building, which also served as the terminus of John D. Rockefeller's private telegraph wire to his home in Pocantico Hills [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9805E0D81131E233A25755C0A9669D946096D6CF|title=Rockefeller Private Wire|date=1911-10-06|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18] was destroyed in a fire caused by a cigarette in April 1922.cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE5D71E3CE533A2575AC2A9629C946395D6CF|title=Tarrytown Station Burns|date=1922-04-29|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18] Plans for a new station were completed three years later in October 1925. [cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20F11F7355C17738DDDA80994D8415B858EF1D3|title=Big Apartment for Suburb|date=1925-10-11|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18] Almost 120 years after the station first went into use, an announcement was made in November 2007 concerning a large scale refurbishment of the station as part of the second phase of MTA's Capital Program. The renovated building will include a ticket agent and waiting area, new heated overpasses, stairways and elevators as well as new platforms. Metro-North has set aside $3.5 million for the project with the expectation that design work would be completed by the second quarter of 2008 and construction to be completed by 2010. cite news|url=http://www.riverjournalonline.com/article.php?focus=1195180354&jda=|title=Just the Ticket|last=Thiesfeldt|first=Arnold|work=River Journal Online|accessdate=2008-05-18]

Parking

The station has several parking options. The Green street lot provides 467 permit parking spaces available for both residents and non-residents having no maximum daily limit. The Depot Plaza lot provides 289 resident-only permit parking spaces having no maximum daily limit. The South Depot Plaza lot provides 46 metered parking spaces having a maximum 12-hour limit. These meters are in operation from 9AM to 6PM except Sundays and legal holidays. Parking permits can be purchased from the Village of Tarrytown on an annual or semi-annual basis. Annual permits run from June 1 through May 31st. The prices depend on the type of permit: [ [http://www.tarrytowngov.com/pages/tarrytownny_parking/index Village of Tarrytown, NY - Village Parking ] ] Permit Type: Annual Fee/Semi-Annual Fee

Resident: $175/$110
Non-Resident: $995/$575
Business: $200/$140

Connections

The station is currently served by a number of bus lines, including the Westchester Bee-Line, Tappan Zee Express as well as a number of other connections. Historically, the station was connected to other Westchester County communities via a trolley. [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0DEEDF153BEE33A25750C1A9639C94679ED7CF|title=New Trolley to Tarrytown|date=1896-05-13|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-18]

References

External links

* [http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=30 Metro-North Railroad - Tarrytown]