Pleasantville (Metro-North station)
Pleasantville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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400 Manville Road, and 1 Wheeler Avenue Pleasantville, NY, 10570 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°08′05″N 73°47′32″W / 41.1348°N 73.7923°WCoordinates: 41°08′05″N 73°47′32″W / 41.1348°N 73.7923°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bee-Line: 6, 15, 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 263 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1905, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified |
1984 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2006) | 292,500 0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pleasantville Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Pleasantville, New York, via the Harlem Line. Trains leave or arrive approximately every 20 minutes during peak periods, hourly otherwise. It is 30.5 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time to Grand Central is 47 minutes. There is also bus service to the station from Pace University.
This station is located in the Zone 5 Metro-North fare zone.
History
The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Pleasantville during the 1840s. Evidence of the existence of Pleasantville station can be found as far back as October 1846.[1] The existing station house was built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1905.[2] In 1959, the New York Central Railroad undertook a grade separation project that lowered the tracks through town and eliminated several grade crossings. 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.
Platform and track configuration
2 | ■ Harlem Line | for Grand Central |
1 | ■ Harlem Line | for Wassaic |
This station has one six-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions. The Harlem Line has two tracks at this location.
References
- ↑ Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Self-Published. p. 14. ISBN 0-962120-65-0.
- ↑ Existing Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
External links
Media related to Pleasantville (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North Railroad - Pleasantville
- List of upcoming train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Bedford Road entrance from Google Maps Street View