Mount Vernon West (Metro-North station)

Mount Vernon West
The two center tracks at Mount Vernon West station looking south
Location	1 Mount Vernon Avenue Mount Vernon, New York, 10550
Coordinates	40°54′47″N 73°51′01″W / 40.9130°N 73.8502°W / 40.9130; -73.8502Coordinates: 40°54′47″N 73°51′01″W / 40.9130°N 73.8502°W / 40.9130; -73.8502
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System 7, 26, 91
Construction
Parking	221 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1914
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Mount Vernon (????–1974)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	317,512  0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Yankees – East 153rd Street toward Grand Central Harlem Line Yankee game days only Fleetwood toward Wassaic Wakefield toward Grand Central Harlem Line   Former services   New York Central Railroad Wakefield toward New York City Harlem Division Fleetwood toward Chatham

The Mount Vernon West Metro-North Railroad station is the first station in Westchester County, New York on the Harlem Line. It is 13.1 miles (21.1 km) from Grand Central Terminal. Its ticket office and waiting area are at the bottom level of the Bank of New York building on Mount Vernon Avenue.

This station is the southernmost station in the Zone 3 Metro-North fare zone.

Mount Vernon West station was originally built in the early-1840s by the New York and Harlem Railroad along the median of what is today MacQuestor Parkway just south of Mount Vernon Avenue. The line was electrified and realigned in southern Mount Vernon by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and commissioned the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore to build a new station along the realigned segment in 1914, although the bridge over Mount Vernon Avenue was built in 1910. As with most NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 1,172 and there are 221 parking spots. The station house which is addressed at 156 South West Street and still bears the name New York Central Railroad on its façade, is used primarily for retail, and tickets can be purchased from beneath the platforms.

This station has two slightly offset high-level island platforms, each 12 cars long.