Pawling (Metro-North station)

Pawling
The Pawling Metro-North station
Location	1 Memorial Avenue Pawling, NY, 12564
Coordinates	41°33′53″N 73°36′01″W / 41.5646°N 73.6004°W / 41.5646; -73.6004Coordinates: 41°33′53″N 73°36′01″W / 41.5646°N 73.6004°W / 41.5646; -73.6004
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Dutchess County LOOP: E (flag stop on NY 22/55)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	8
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Patterson toward Grand Central Harlem Line Appalachian Trail toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Patterson toward New York City Harlem Division State Hospital toward Chatham

The Pawling Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Pawling, New York via the Harlem Line. Trains leave for New York City every two hours, and about every 30 minutes during rush hour. It is 63.7 miles (104 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour, 48 minutes.

This station is located in the Zone 8 Metro-North fare zone. It is the southernmost station in Dutchess County on the Harlem Line.

Though the New York and Harlem Railroad ran through the community as far back as the late-1840s, Pawling didn't receive a passenger station until the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad built one in 1881, and continued to serve as it was incorporated into a village in 1893. As with the rest of the Harlem Division, the station became part of Penn Central Railroad upon New York Central's merger with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which continued through Penn Central's acquisition by Conrail in 1976. The ticket agent/office was closed in 1977. Today it is used by the local chamber of commerce.

The station consists of a four-car-long high-level side platform to the east of the track.