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Beacon (Metro-North station)

Beacon
Beacon train station platform.jpg
View south down the island platform
Location 1 Ferry Plaza and Beekman Street
Beacon, NY, 12508
Coordinates 41°30′20″N 73°59′07″W / 41.5055°N 73.9853°W / 41.5055; -73.9853Coordinates: 41°30′20″N 73°59′07″W / 41.5055°N 73.9853°W / 41.5055; -73.9853
Owned by Metro-North
Line(s) Empire Corridor
Platforms 1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks 3
Connections Local Transit Dutchess County LOOP: Beacon RailLink
Local Transit Leprechaun Lines: Newburgh-Beacon-Stewart Shuttle
BSicon BOOT.svg NY Waterway: Newburgh-Beacon Ferry
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 8
History
Opened 1850s (HRR)
Rebuilt 1915 (NYC & CNE)
Previous names Fishkill Landing (HRR)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 530,400 Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station   MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Hudson Line
toward Poughkeepsie
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
toward Chicago
Water Level Route

Beacon is a Metro-North Railroad station that serves the residents of Beacon, New York, via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every hour during off peak hours, and about every 15–25 minutes during rush hour. It is 59 miles (95 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central Terminal vary depending on run, ranging from 1 hour and 10 minutes (super-express runs) to 1 hour and 15–18 minutes (trains making all local stops north of Croton-Harmon and 1 hour and 25–30 minutes (trains making all local stops north of Croton-Harmon and some lower Hudson stops, such as Ossining, Tarrytown, Yonkers, Marble Hill).

It is a wheelchair accessible station, featuring wheelchair ramps, an elevator to the train platform, and a high-level island platform which is level with the doors on the train (for many years, most Upper Hudson Line stations had platforms that were lower than the train doors). It also boasts a small newsstand on the platform itself, open daily. It is not fully ADA accessible.

Paid parking is provided. There are spaces that require permits and others which can be paid for on a daily basis. Parking is free on weekends and holidays.

Recent renovations by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority reflect the station's increasing traffic and importance as a destination. The Dia:Beacon art museum, a short walk from the station, has drawn regular visitors from the city since its 2003 opening to see its collection of large installations which could not be shown in the more limited spaces available in Manhattan. Many signs in and around the station point the way. The heavy Dia traffic on weekends is complemented by visitors to prisoners at Fishkill or Downstate correctional facilities, who take many of the taxis available from the station to the prisons just outside town. Inmates being released are sometimes dropped off here as well to catch trains back to the city.


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