Tuckahoe (Metro-North station)

Tuckahoe
Looking southwest at Tuckahoe Station from the northwest corner of Main Street and Oak Avenue
Location	1 Depot Square (Main Street @ Oak Avenue) Tuckahoe, NY, 10707-4003
Coordinates	40°57′02″N 73°49′42″W / 40.9505°N 73.8284°W / 40.9505; -73.8284Coordinates: 40°57′02″N 73°49′42″W / 40.9505°N 73.8284°W / 40.9505; -73.8284
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 8
Construction
Parking	314 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1844
Rebuilt	1901, c. 1912, 1989
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	358,280  0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Bronxville toward Grand Central Harlem Line Crestwood toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Bronxville toward New York City Harlem Division Crestwood toward Chatham

The Tuckahoe Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the village of Tuckahoe, New York via the Harlem Line. It is 16 miles (25.7 km) from Grand Central Terminal. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 1,378 and there are 314 parking spots. This station is located in the Zone 3 Metro-North fare zone.

The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Tuckahoe during the mid-1840s, and evidence of a station in Tuckahoe can be found at least as far back as the 1850s. The current Tuckahoe station building was originally built in 1901, by the New York Central Railroad, and was given an additional baggage elevator approximately in 1912. The station continued to serve commuters without much change until the New York Central merged with rival Pennsylvania Railroad to form Penn Central in 1968. As Penn Central was facing bankruptcy, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began subsidizing service in 1970, and high-level platforms were constructed to accommodate the new M1A electric MU cars being delivered at the time. Operation of the railroad continued and was passed on to Conrail in 1976. Metro-North took over direct operation in 1983.

In the Spring of 1989, the platforms were reconstructed, along with those of Fleetwood, Bronxville, and Crestwood stations. The baggage and freight elevators were also converted into passenger elevators. Along with Hartsdale and Scarsdale, it is one of three stations on the Harlem Line that features a Starbucks coffee shop inside its station building, a location which opened in June 2006.

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long.