Port Chester station
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Port Chester
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The station house at Port Chester
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| Location | 3 Broad Street, Port Chester, NY 10573 |
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| Coordinates | 41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.664703°WCoordinates: 41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.664703°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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 Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 61, 76 CT Transit Stamford: 11A, 11B |
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| Parking | 811 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 12,500V (AC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 588,300  0% |
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The Port Chester Metro-North Railroad station serves Port Chester, New York via the New Haven Line. The station is the last station on the line in New York before crossing into Connecticut. Port Chester is 25.7 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 53 minutes.
As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,263 and there are 859 parking spots.
Though the New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through Port Chester in the late-1840s, the current station house was built in 1890 by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Between 1929 and 1937 it was located across Westchester Avenue from the terminal station of the Port Chester Branch of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Today that former interurban station is the home of the Girtman Memorial Church of the Living God.
As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. A restoration project was carried out in 2009. Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, would receive a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps.
This station has two high-level side platforms each 10 cars long.
Local Grand Central Terminal-bound train from Stamford arriving at the station
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