Tarrytown station

Tarrytown station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Tarrytown, New York. The Tappan Zee Bridge is not far from the station, resulting in its use by Rockland County commuters.

The station has two slightly offset high-level platforms, each able to accommodate 10 cars. An island platform is located between the western tracks of the four-track line, while a side platform serves the easternmost track.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp

History

The station opened on September 29, 1849, when the Hudson River Railroad opened between New York City and near Peekskill.<ref name="Sep1849">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> An 1890-built station building, which also served as the terminus of John D. Rockefeller's private telegraph wire to his home in Pocantico Hills,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> was destroyed in a fire caused by a cigarette in April 1922.<ref name="burn">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Plans for a new station were completed three years later in October 1925.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Almost 120 years after the station first went into use, an announcement was made in November 2007 concerning a large scale refurbishment of the station as part of the second phase of MTA's Capital Program. The renovated building was to include a ticket agent and waiting area, new heated overpasses, stairways and elevators as well as new platforms. Metro-North set aside $3.5 million for the project with the expectation that design work would be completed by the second quarter of 2008.<ref name="fixing">Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref> Work at the Tarrytown station began in October 2009 and was completed, under budget and on schedule in 2012.<ref name="tick">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In March 2020, a bakery named The Bakehouse of Tarrytown opened inside the former station building.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Postcard of the pre-1925 station
  Postcard of the pre-1925 station
• The 1925-built station building
  The 1925-built station building
• The waiting room and ticket office
  The waiting room and ticket office
• Reconstruction work in 2011
  Reconstruction work in 2011