Hastings-on-Hudson station

The Hastings-on-Hudson station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 30 minutes. It is 18.7 miles from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central, making local stops, is about 41 minutes.

Hastings-on-Hudson
View north along tracks
Location134 Southside Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Coordinates40°59′41″N 73°53′05″W
Line(s)Empire Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBee-Line Bus System: 6, 1C, 1T, 1W
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
OpenedSeptember 29, 1849[1]
Rebuilt1910
Electrified700V (DC) third rail
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Dobbs Ferry
towards Croton–Harmon
 Hudson Line Greystone
towards Grand Central
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Dobbs Ferry
toward Peekskill
 Hudson Division Greystone
toward New York

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 1154 and there are 783 parking spots.[2]

History

Hastings-on-Hudson has had railroad service from as far back as the 1840s, pre-dating the Hudson River Railroad,[3] and served both passengers and a local sugar refinery. In 1875, a major fire destroyed the waterfront, and the company running the sugar refinery left town, but other industries ended up taking its place.[4]

The current Hastings-on-Hudson station building was built in 1910 by the New York Central Railroad. As with many NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon the merger between NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, until it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, and then by Metro-North Railroad in 1983.

Station layout

This station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms each eight cars long. The inner tracks not next to either platform are used by express trains, only one of the express tracks is powered.[5][6]:2

M Mezzanine Connection between platforms
P
Platform level		 Street level Southside Avenue exit/entrance, station house, eastern parking
Side platform
Track 3 ←      Hudson Line toward Croton–Harmon (Dobbs Ferry)
Track 1 ←      Hudson Line express service do not stop here
←      Empire Corridor services do not stop here
Track 2 ←      Empire Corridor services do not stop here →
←      Hudson Line express service do not stop here →
Track 4 ←      Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Greystone) →
Side platform
Street level River Street exit/entrance and western parking

References
  1. "Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Metro-North Station Statistics (The New York Times; August 2006)
  3. Hastings Historical Society (2008). Images of America: Hastings-on-Hudson. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 9780738556840. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  4. "History". Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Atlantic Richfield Company. 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  5. DanTD (June 27, 2016). Hastings-on-Hudson MNRR-005 (photograph). Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  6. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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