Mount Vernon East station

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Mount Vernon East
Mount Vernon East Station; to Grand Central Terminal.JPG
A New York City-bound train arriving at Mount Vernon East station
General information
Location1 East First Street
Mount Vernon, New York
Coordinates 40°54′43″N73°49′54″W / 40.911942°N 73.831678°W / 40.911942; -73.831678
Owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s) New Haven Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Bee-Line Bus System: 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, 91
Construction
Parking283 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone12
History
RebuiltDecember 20, 1972
Previous namesMount Vernon (December 20, 1972c.1997) [1]
Passengers
20182,876 daily boardings [2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Fordham New Haven Line Pelham
toward Stamford
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Harlem–125th Street
toward New York
Main Line Columbus Avenue
toward New Haven

Mount Vernon East station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Mount Vernon, New York. The station is the first station north of the junction where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line and is the northernmost station on the line before it changes from third rail power to overhead catenary power, which takes place between the Mount Vernon East and Pelham stations.

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Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each 850 feet (10 cars) long, serving the outer of the line's four tracks. [3] :18 The tracks are slightly below ground in a cut; a footbridge connects the platforms and entrances. The main entrances are located on Elm Avenue on the north side of the tracks, and in a parking lot off 1st Street on the south side; a staircase also connects the east end of the southern (northbound) platform to Fulton Avenue.

Bee-Line Bus System busses 53 and 54 stop at the Elm Avenue entrance to the station. Petrillo Plaza, on East Prospect Avenue slightly west of the station, is a hub for the Bee-Line Bus System. Busses servicing Petrillo Plaza are 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 55, and 91.

History

Early postcard of Mount Vernon station Mount Vernon station undivided back postcard.jpg
Early postcard of Mount Vernon station

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad originally had two stations in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon (Prospect Avenue) was located between 3rd Avenue and Park Avenue, slightly west of the modern station. Columbus Avenue station was located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the east at Columbus Avenue. It was a transfer point to the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway – one of five NYW&B stations within the city. [4] The station building was destroyed by a fire on March 31, 1957, though trains continued to stop. [5]

Penn Central closed the two stations and replaced them with the Mount Vernon station on December 20, 1972. The new station was built with two high-level 850 feet (260 m) side platforms, allowing the new M2 cars to platform at the station. The two old stations were subsequently demolished. [6]

Stained glass artwork named Tranquility by Marjorie Blackwell was installed in 2001. [7] The station stood in for the Rockville Centre station during the filming of the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . [8]

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References

  1. Mount Vernon East station (Road and Rail Pictures)
  2. Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  3. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. Columbus Avenue NHRR and NYW&B station; October 1937 (TrainsAreFun)
  5. "Railroad Depot Razed by Blaze". New York Daily News . April 1, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2019 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. "Penn Central to Consolidate Two Stations". The Hartford Courant . December 19, 1972. p. 52. Retrieved September 15, 2019 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. Mount Vernon East; Marjorie Blackwell; Tranquility, 2001 (MTA; Arts for Transit and Urban Design)
  8. Site about the film Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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