Peekskill (Metro-North station)
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Peekskill
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The station house in October 2014
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| Location | 300 Railroad Avenue Peekskill, New York, 10566-4412 |
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| Coordinates | 41°17′06″N 73°55′51″W / 41.28500°N 73.93083°WCoordinates: 41°17′06″N 73°55′51″W / 41.28500°N 73.93083°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Empire Corridor |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform 1 island platform |
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| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bee-Line Bus System: 16, 18, 31 |
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| Parking | 488 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Peekskill Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Peekskill, New York via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every hour on weekdays and about every 25 minutes during rush hour. It is 41.2 miles (66.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour. It is the northernmost station on the line in Westchester County.
It is just south of a grade crossing whose gates remain down as long as any northbound train is in the station. The former station building built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1874 still stands, although it is no longer staffed.
Rail service in Peekskill can be traced as far back as 1850 to the Hudson River Railroad. The freight depot, was the site of a February 19, 1861 visit by Abraham Lincoln who stopped there during his train trip to his inauguration. The railroad was acquired by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in November 1869, and they rebuilt the passenger station in 1874. NYC&HR rebuilt the freight depot around 1890 and today it is on the National Register of Historic Places, as is the Standard House which served the railroad, as well as ships on the Hudson River.
A 1943 New York Central schedule lists Peekskill as the northern terminus of its Hudson Division commuter service. Trains continuing north of Peekskill were "long distance" trains, continuing not just to Poughkeepsie but also to Albany and other destinations.
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