Ardsley-on-Hudson station

Ardsley-on-Hudson
View looking northbound from east platform; the Tappan Zee Bridge is visible beyond the station.
General information
Location	1 Ardsley Avenue, Irvington, New York
Coordinates	41°01′37″N73°52′37″W / 41.0270°N 73.8769°W / 41.0270; -73.8769
Line(s)	Hudson Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	ca. 1896
Rebuilt	2006–07
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2018	587 [1] (Metro-North)
Rank	69 of 109 [1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Irvington toward Croton–Harmon Hudson Line Dobbs Ferry toward Grand Central
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Irvington toward Peekskill Hudson Division Dobbs Ferry toward New York

Ardsley-on-Hudson station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in the Ardsley Park area of Irvington, New York. It serves both the neighborhood and the northern part of the village of Dobbs Ferry; the main campus of Mercy College is within walking distance of the station.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 420 and there were 134 parking spots. ^[2]

History

The original New York Central Railroad station house along the northbound platform with features dating back to the demolished Ardsley Casino Country Club.

The station was originally part of the Ardsley Casino Clubhouse, a country club created through the support of some of the most notable and successful men in the US including Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt (New York Central entrepreneur) and John Pierpont Morgan. The Casino was built overlooking the Hudson River and besides the station, had a private dock to accommodate the yachts of members. The Ardsley Racquet and Swim Club, an offshoot established in 1927, inherited the property in 1935, and the casino was closed in 1936. ^[3] The site was replaced by the Hudson House Apartments. Even with all the changes, the original mid-1890s New York Central Railroad depot remained intact. As with many stations along the Hudson Division, the New York Central merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 to form Penn Central Railroad. The 1970 bankruptcy of Penn Central forced it to turn service over to the MTA, which continued through the time it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, and then by Metro-North Railroad in 1983. While there is no official station house, Metro-North does maintain a small two-story brick depot, housing the northbound waiting room, ticket machines, and the United States Post Office for ZIP Code 10503.

The crossover ramp to southbound or New York City-bound trains was inside the depot until 2006, when Metro-North razed the ramp and built one a few steps to the south, with a higher clearance for projected double-deck trains. At that time new, longer platforms were installed on both sides of the tracks. ^[4] On February 1, 2010, a sanitation truck smashed into the historic pedestrian bridge leading from the station house to the Hudson House Apartments. ^[5] The bridge was never rebuilt.

In December 2017, the Village Board of Irvington, which has jurisdiction over the station, passed local legislation which expanded the types of business which would be allowed to be situated in the station's building, while still prohibiting fast-food restaurants, drive-through type businesses and businesses which produced "odor, dust, noise, smoke, gas, fumes or radiation". ^[6]

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms each eight cars long. Only one of the express tracks, specifically Track 2 is powered by third rail. ^{[7] : 3}

In popular culture

The station was used as a location for the 2002 film Unfaithful , starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane. It also figured in the setting of the 1984 film Falling in Love . ^[8] Emily Blunt's character Rachel takes the train out of Ardsley-on-Hudson in the 2016 film The Girl on the Train .

References

1. METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
2. Staff (August 2006) "Metro-North Station Statistics" The New York Times
3. "Ardsley Country Club builds a court in response to APTA efforts to grow the game". Platform Tennis Hall of Fame.
4. "Metro-North and Villages Celebrate Completion of Station Work At Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley and Irvington" (Press release). MTA. June 20, 2008.
5. "Pedestrian bridge destroyed after weekend crash (News 12 Westchester County: February 1, 2010 9:03 AM)". Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
6. Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge (December 6, 2017) "Irvington okays changes at Ardsley-on-Hudson station" Lohud.com
7. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
8. Falling in Love (1984) part 1 (Vagebond's Movie Screen Shots)

External links

• Media related to Ardsley-on-Hudson (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metro-North station page for Ardsley-on-Hudson
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Ardsley-on-Hudson Metro-North Station (TheSubwayNut)
• Entrance from Google Maps Street View