Tenmile River station

The Tenmile River station (formerly State School station) is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Amenia, New York. Trains depart about every two hours for Southeast which connect to trains for New York City with service to Grand Central Terminal. It is 80 miles (128.7 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time there is approximately two hours, five minutes.

Tenmile River
Southeast-bound train approaching station
Location12 Sinpatch Road, Wassaic, New York
Coordinates41.7795°N 73.5590°W / 41.7795; -73.5590
Line(s)Harlem Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsDutchess County Public Transit: D
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
OpenedJuly 9, 2000 (2000-07-09)
Previous namesState School (NYC)
Passengers
20079,716  0%
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Dover Plains
towards Southeast
 Harlem Line
Wassaic Branch
(weekdays)
 Wassaic
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Dover Plains
toward New York
 Harlem Division Wassaic
toward Chatham

This station is the next northernmost station in the Zone 10 Metro-North fare zone. It is located on Sinpatch Road (Dutchess CR 5), next to the crossing of the creek, a short distance east of NY 22/343. Tenmile River is named for the waterway of the same name adjacent to the station as well as north of the grade crossing with Sinpatch Road, and is in nearly the same spot as the State School station (named for a nearby institution for the developmentally disabled, now Taconic Developmental Center) which was closed with Penn Central's abandonment of passenger service north of Dover Plains in 1972.

History

This station was re-opened with the Wassaic train station on July 9, 2000.[1] North of Dover Plains was Penn Central territory in 1972 and was mainly used for freight. After departing Dover, the train would cross the State School station (an area formerly known as "Weebutook") and not far after that, arrive at a small shelter with the sign reading "State School" at Mile Post 78.90. In addition to the few passengers that came to visit the New York State-operated juvenile developmental disability center, the major amount of railroad traffic was involved the shipments of soft coal on a regular basis. On any average day numerous carloads were moved in and empties switched out. Similar to the renaming of the State Facility at Wingdale, reflecting the vogue of the era, the State School was renamed the "Wassaic Developmental Center" in the late 1970s.

Station layout

This station has one two-car-long high-level side platform to the east of the track.[2]:16 Unusually, the MTA has placed identifying signage on concrete pilings opposite the platform to complement the signs on the platform itself.[3]

P
Platform level		 Track 1 ←      Harlem Line weekdays toward Southeast (Dover Plains)
←      Harlem Line weekdays toward Wassaic (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

References
  1. Rowe, Claudia (July 9, 2000). "6 Miles for $6 Million". The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  2. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. Image of MTA's Tenmile River signs on concrete pilings (I Ride the Harlem Line.com)
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