Scarsdale (Metro-North station)

Scarsdale
Scarsdale Railroad Station
Location	1 Depot Place Scarsdale, NY, 10583-3707
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 63, 64, 65, 66
Construction
Parking	919 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1846
Rebuilt	1904, 2007
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1.060 million  0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Crestwood toward Grand Central Harlem Line Hartsdale toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Crestwood toward New York City Harlem Division Hartsdale toward Chatham
Scarsdale Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Scarsdale, New York, USA
Coordinates
Built	1902
Architect	Nichols, Grant
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	00000837
Added to NRHP	July 27, 2000

The Scarsdale Metro-North Railroad station serves Scarsdale, New York via the Harlem Line. It is 19 miles (31 km) from Grand Central Terminal. Scarsdale is the southernmost station on the two-track section of the Harlem Line; a third track begins to the south. The Scarsdale station is the last stop in Westchester County on express trains going into New York City.

Scarsdale is the second busiest Metro-North station in Westchester County, after White Plains. It is the southernmost station in the Zone 4 Metro-North fare zone. As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 4,080, and there are 919 parking spots.

History

File:VIEW (INTERIOR) TOWARD ENTRANCE, INBOUND STATION - Scarsdale Railroad Station, East Parkway, Scarsdale, Westchester County, NY HABS NY,60-SCARD,3-15.tif

Interior

The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Scarsdale during the 1840s, and established a station in Scarsdale as far back as 1846. The existing station house was built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1904 (although some evidence dates it back to 1902) in the Tudor Revival style. As with the rest 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, and it officially became part of Metro-North in 1983. The station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since the year 2000, and faced a restoration project in 2007.

Platform and track configuration

2	■ Harlem Line	for Grand Central
1	■ Harlem Line	for Wassaic

This station has two high-level side platforms. The western platform, 11 cars long and adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by southbound trains. The eastern platform, 12 cars long and adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by northbound trains.

The Harlem Line has two tracks at this location.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-6292, "Scarsdale Railroad Station, East Parkway, Scarsdale, Westchester County, NY", 13 photos, 16 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
• Metro-North Railroad - Scarsdale
• List of upcoming train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Popham Road entrance from Google Maps Street View