Riverdale (Metro-North station)

Infobox Station
name=Riverdale
style=MNRR Hudson
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image_size=250
image_caption=The Riverdale Metro-North station
address=200 West 254th Street
Bronx, NY, 10463
line=rail color box|system=MNRR|line=Hudson
other=Hudson Rail Link
platform=2 side platforms
tracks=5
parking=143 spaces available
bicycle=
passengers=141,180
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
opened=
rebuilt=
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zone=2
services=The Riverdale Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 13 miles (21 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately 26 minutes.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 543 and there were 153 parking spaces. [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html]

Considering the station's location on 254th Street, the name "Riverdale," while technically accurate, can be confusing. The station is one of two possible exit points for Riverdale bound passengers, the other being Spuyten Duyvil. Actually, when compared with Spuyten Duyvil's daily 913 daily riders, [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html] the Riverdale station serves a smaller percent of Riverdale's population than Spuyten Duyvil. That said, the station is almost exclusively responsible for serving the railroad needs of the majority of Riverdale's neighborhoods: Fieldston, and North Riverdale (three out of five).

Adjacent to the station's southbound platform lies the Riverdale Waterfront Promenade and Fishing Access Site. Dedicated in 2005, by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the park "is convert|20|ft|m wide and convert|600|ft|m long, providing benches and a place to fish or take a stroll between Metro-North train tracks and the Hudson shoreline." [Thomas J. Lueck. "On a Sliver of the Bronx, a Waterfront Respite. " New York Times [New York, N.Y.] 5 Dec. 2006, Late Edition (East Coast): B.2. ProQuest National Newspapers Premier. ProQuest. 5 Jul. 2008]

Connections

Hudson Rail Link: Routes A, B, C, D

References

External links

* [http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=12 Metro-North Railroad - Riverdale]