Port Chester station

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Port Chester
Port Chester NY railroad station.jpg
Port Chester station in October 2011
General information
Location3 Broad Street
Port Chester, New York
Coordinates 41°00′06″N73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.66470°W / 41.00178; -73.66470
Owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)MTA New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 61
Aiga bus trans.svg CT Transit Stamford: 11A, 11B, 311, 311B
Construction
Parking811 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone14
History
OpenedDecember 25, 1848 [1] [2]
Rebuilt1890
Passengers
20183,253 daily boardings [3]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Rye New Haven Line Greenwich
toward Stamford
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Rye
toward New York
Main Line Greenwich
toward New Haven
Preceding station New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Following station
Rye Port Chester BranchTerminus

Port Chester station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Port Chester, New York. The station is the northernmost station on the line in New York before crossing into Connecticut.

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History

Early-20th-century postcard of the station Port Chester station postcard.jpg
Early-20th-century postcard of the station

Though the New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through Port Chester in the late-1840s, the current station house was built in 1890 by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Between 1929 and 1937 [4] it was located across Westchester Avenue from the terminal station of the Port Chester Branch of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Today that former station is the home of the Girtman Memorial Church of the Living God. [5] [6]

As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. A restoration project was carried out in 2009. [7] In late 2017 an elevator was opened on the Westchester Avenue side of the station for access to the Northbound platform. [8] The station hosts a restaurant which as of 2018 includes pizza, as well as other food, baked in a coal-fired oven, and a beer garden. [9]

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, received a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps. [10] The renovations at Port Chester station cost $13.2 million and were completed by the end of February 2019. [11] :62

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms each 10 cars long. [12] :19

As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,263 and there are 859 parking spots. [13]

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  4. Port Chester NYW&B Station (New York, Westchester and Boston Railway website)
  5. Girtman Memorial Church (Facebook Page)
  6. 2000 Walter Hahn Photo of former Port Chester NYW&B Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
  7. "Metro-North to Begin Major Station Improvements at Port Chester and Rye" (Press release). Metro-North Railroad. July 8, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  8. Rom, Gabriel (December 1, 2017). "Port Chester train station elevator now open". Rockland/Westchester Journal News.
  9. Muchnick, Jeanne (April 30, 2018). "New restaurants coming to Tarrytown, Port Chester train stations". Rockland/Westchester Journal News.
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