Beacon (Metro-North station)

Beacon
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   Hudson Line
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Dutchess County LOOP: Beacon RailLink Leprechaun Lines: Newburgh-Beacon-Stewart Shuttle 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  0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Breakneck Ridge toward Grand Central Hudson Line New Hamburg toward Poughkeepsie   Former services   New York Central Railroad Chelsea toward Chicago Water Level Route Cold Spring toward New York City

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^[update] 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.