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{{Short description|Metro-North Railroad station in New York}}
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{{confused|text=the Nevada stagecoach station, [[Cold Springs Station Site]]}}
{{Infobox Station
| name = Cold Spring
| image = Cold Spring train station.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = Southbound Metro-North train arriving at Cold Spring.
| style = MNRR
| style2 = Hudson
| address = Market Street,<br>[[Cold Spring, New York]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41.4152|-73.9585|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]]
| other = '''[[Putnam Transit]]''': Cold Spring Trolley
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 2
| parking = 223 spaces
| bicycle = 
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| opened = 
| rebuilt = 
| accessible = yes
| code = 
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| zone = 7
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   |left2=Beacon|right2=Garrison}}
| other_services_header = Former services
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'''Cold Spring station''' is a [[commuter rail]] stop on the [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]], located in [[Cold Spring, New York]].

==History==
[[Image:Old Cold Spring station.jpg|250px|left|thumb|The old station, now a local restaurant called, "The Cold Spring Depot"]]
The [[Hudson River Railroad]] was built through Cold Spring in 1851 in order to expand the Troy and Greenbush Railroad from the Albany area to New York City. HRR was acquired by the [[New York Central Railroad]] in 1864, which also built a depot here in 1893<!--may not be the first station-->. A pedestrian tunnel was added in 1929 connecting the two sections of Main Street, and a road bridge over the tracks was built in 1930,<ref>[http://bridgereports.com/1384496 Lunn Terrace Bridge over Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line (UglyBridges.com)]</ref> but the station was closed to passengers in 1954, despite remaining in use.

As with all stations along the Hudson Line, it was converted into a [[Penn Central Railroad]] station upon the merger of NYC with [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1968. Bankruptcy for Penn Central in 1970 forced them to turn passenger service over to the MTA in 1972, the same year that the former station house was converted into a restaurant after spending 18 years as a car dealership.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.coldspringdepot.com/restaurant-near-breakneck-ridge-cold-spring-ny.html |title=Cold Spring Depot Food and Drink |access-date=2017-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101554/http://www.coldspringdepot.com/restaurant-near-breakneck-ridge-cold-spring-ny.html |archive-date=2017-12-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

MTA control of passenger service continued through the period when it was taken over by [[Conrail]] in 1976, and then by Metro-North Railroad in 1983. Cold Spring station was one of the last stations within the system to be rebuilt and relocated with high-level platforms, a pedestrian bridge, and elevators. The former station house is within the boundaries of the [[Cold Spring Historic District]].<ref>[http://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Putnam_County/Cold_Spring_Village/Cold_Spring_Historic_District_Map.html Cold Spring Historic District Map (LivingPlaces.com)]</ref> The current Cold Spring station is located slightly south of the old one, still standing at the foot of Cold Spring's Main Street. [[Walkway]]s on both sides of the tracks connect the old and new station, and the pedestrian tunnel built by New York Central Railroad is still in use by both commuters and local residents.<ref>[http://subwaynut.com/mnr/cold_spring/cold_spring18.jpg Rusty "Subway To New York Trains" sign...]</ref><ref>[http://subwaynut.com/mnr/cold_spring/cold_spring20.jpg ..on the "To River" Tunnel Portal (TheSubwayNut)]</ref><ref>[http://subwaynut.com/mnr/cold_spring/cold_spring26.jpg Tunnel Portal "To Upper Village" (TheSubwayNut)]</ref> <!--They receive ample use not only from local residents taking the train but from city residents visiting the village, as the station is adjacent to the quaint shops and streets of the [[Cold Spring Historic District]]. [[Hiking|Hikers]] can often be seen around the station on warmer weekends, headed to or from the nearby peaks of the [[Hudson Highlands]], since service here is regular while the more convenient [[Breakneck Ridge (Metro-North station)|Breakneck Ridge]] is merely a [[flag stop]].-->

==Station layout==
The station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf|title=Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015|date=2015|publisher=Metro-North Railroad|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|5}}

==Notable places nearby==
*[[Chuang Yen Monastery]]
*[[Hudson Highlands]]
*[[Storm King Mountain (New York)|Storm King Mountain]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat-multi|Cold Spring (Metro-North station)|Cold Spring (NYC station)}}
{{MNR links}}
*[http://subwaynut.com/mnr/cold_spring/index.php Cold Spring Metro-North Station (TheSubwayNut)]
*{{Youtube|1twbvrI_rB0|Metro-North at Cold Spring, NY}}
*{{Youtube|lwDrVG2fs_Y|Metro North Genesis departs Cold Spring}}
* [http://www.google.com/maps/@41.414812,-73.957573,3a,75y,3.06h,87.03t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-vhbdpD6Wl78%2FVMJVlMTcqeI%2FAAAAAAAACh8%2F10sk7TTAvpMrNvINlj_v1yYaIHhhlYDuQCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-vhbdpD6Wl78%2FVMJVlMTcqeI%2FAAAAAAAACh8%2F10sk7TTAvpMrNvINlj_v1yYaIHhhlYDuQCLIB%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i10240!8i5120?hl=en Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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