Valhalla station

Valhalla
Valhalla
	Northbound view of Valhalla station from the southbound side of the platform.
General information
Location	2 Cleveland Street, Valhalla, New York
Coordinates	41°04′24″N73°46′22″W / 41.0732°N 73.7729°W Coordinates: 41°04′24″N73°46′22″W / 41.0732°N 73.7729°W
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bee-Line : 6
Construction
Parking	191 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	1890
Electrified	1984; 700V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2007	118,404 0%
Services
Former services

Last updated February 13, 2023

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

History

Rail service in Valhalla can be traced as far back as 1846, with the establishment of the New York and Harlem Railroad, which installed a station named "Davis Brook," but by 1851 the name had been changed to "Kensico." The NY&H became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. By the late-1880s Kensico and the rail line that ran through it were relocated to make way for the Kensico Reservoir despite protests from the community lasting for the rest of the century, and the community that replaced it was named "Valhalla." The current station house was built in 1890, and at some point was converted into a restaurant.^[1]^[2]

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 which made it part of Metro-North in 1983.

Prior to Metro-North Railroad's electrification of this section of the Harlem Line in 1984, service at the station had been greatly reduced compared to other similar stations. In the late 1970s, weekday service was about half that of most other stations north of North White Plains, and weekend service was limited to a flag stop for six trains.^[3] By 1990, service had been restored to fourteen trains a day on weekends, the equivalent of that at other similar stations.

On February 3, 2015, the Valhalla train crash occurred north of the station, in which a Metro-North train crashed into a Mercedes-Benz SUV^[4] at Commerce Street near the Taconic State Parkway. The crash caused 6 deaths and at least 15 injuries, including 7 serious injuries.^[5]

Station layout

The station has one six-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions.^[6]^: 11

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References

↑ NY Existing Stations-Westchester
↑ The Valhalla Crossing Restaurant
↑ Harlem Line timetables effective 30 October 1977 and 17 September 1979
↑ Santora, Marc; Flegenheimer, Matt (February 4, 2015). "Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash". The New York Times . Retrieved February 4, 2015.
↑ Trott, Bill; Heavey, Susan (February 4, 2015). "Cuomo says death toll in commuter train accident revised to six". Reuters . Retrieved February 4, 2015.
↑ "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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[1] NY Existing Stations-Westchester

[2] The Valhalla Crossing Restaurant

[3] Harlem Line timetables effective 30 October 1977 and 17 September 1979

[4] Santora, Marc; Flegenheimer, Matt (February 4, 2015). "Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash". The New York Times . Retrieved February 4, 2015.

[Reuters-5] Trott, Bill; Heavey, Susan (February 4, 2015). "Cuomo says death toll in commuter train accident revised to six". Reuters . Retrieved February 4, 2015.

[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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