Patterson station (Metro-North)

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Patterson
Patterson train station.jpg
Southbound train approaching Patterson station
General information
Location1 Front Street, Patterson, New York
Coordinates 41°30′42″N73°36′15″W / 41.51174°N 73.60428°W / 41.51174; -73.60428 Coordinates: 41°30′42″N73°36′15″W / 41.51174°N 73.60428°W / 41.51174; -73.60428
Line(s) Harlem Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections Putnam Transit : PART 3
Other information
Fare zone8
History
OpenedDecember 31, 1848 [1] [2]
Key dates
June 1959Station agent eliminated [3]
Passengers
200737,908Steady2.svg 0%
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Southeast
Terminus
Harlem Line
Wassaic Branch
(weekdays)
Pawling
toward Wassaic
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Towner's
toward New York
Harlem Division Pawling
toward Chatham

Patterson station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Patterson, New York.

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It is the northernmost station on the line in Putnam County, and the first station beyond the end of electrification.

History

The New York and Harlem Railroad built their main line through Patterson towards Dover Plains in 1848, when Patterson station opened. [2] NY&H was acquired by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. On August 3, 1952, a derailment of milk cars and other freight at the station took place, which resulted in no injuries or deaths, but nevertheless startled the community. [4] As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, who eventually converted into a Metro-North station in 1983.

Station layout

The station consists of a four-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the track. [5] :15

Notes

  1. Dana 1866, p. 216.
  2. 1 2 "New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 12, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 12, 2019 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "NYC Discontinue Patterson Agency". The Brewster Standard. June 18, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved April 17, 2020 via Newspaperarchive.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Self-Published. pp. 166–167. ISBN   0-962120-65-0.
  5. "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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