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Peekskill
Station and overpass, 2014
General information
Location	300 Railroad Avenue, Peekskill, New York
Coordinates	41°17′06″N 73°55′51″W / 41.28500°N 73.93083°W / 41.28500; -73.93083
Line(s)	Hudson Line
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 16, 18, 31
Construction
Parking	488 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	6
History
Opened	September 29, 1849
Rebuilt	1874
Passengers
2018	1,598 (Metro-North)
Rank	39 of 109
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Manitoutoward Poughkeepsie Hudson Linelimited service Cortlandttoward Grand Central Garrisontoward Poughkeepsie Hudson Line
Former services Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Manitoutoward Poughkeepsie Hudson Line Montroseclosed 1995toward Grand Central Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Manitoutoward Chicago Main Line Harmontoward New York Terminus Hudson Division Montrosetoward New York
Location

Peekskill station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Peekskill, New York.

The former station building built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1874 still stands, although it is no longer staffed.

History

Rail service in Peekskill began on September 29, 1849 with the Hudson River Railroad. The freight depot was the site of a February 19, 1861 visit by Abraham Lincoln who stopped there during his train trip to his inauguration. The railroad was acquired by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in November 1869, and they rebuilt the passenger station in 1874. NYC&HR rebuilt the freight depot around 1890 and today it is on the National Register of Historic Places, as is the Standard House which served the railroad, as well as ships on the Hudson River.

A 1943 New York Central schedule lists Peekskill as the northern terminus of its Hudson Division commuter service. Trains continuing north of Peekskill were "long distance" trains, continuing not just to Poughkeepsie but also to Albany and other destinations.

With the railroads in decline during the post-WW II era, New York Central merged with their long time rival Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 and the station became a Penn Central station. Amtrak took over intercity passenger service in 1971, but Peekskill station continued to serve only the expanded Penn Central Hudson Division trains which by that time ran to Poughkeepsie and were subsidized by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Conrail took over Penn Central in 1976 and ran Hudson Branch trains as far north as Albany until 1981 when they reverted to Poughkeepsie where it has remained ever since. MTA assigned the station to the newly established Metro-North Commuter Railroad in 1983.

Station layout

The station has four tracks and two high-level side platforms each six cars long. Tracks 4 and 6 terminate at the north end of the station while tracks 1 and 2 continue on. The station is located just south of a grade crossing.

References

1. ^ "Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
3. Butcher, Faith Ann (July 9, 2011). "Ossining, Peekskill Historic Railroad Buildings Available to Rent". The Examiner News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
4. Google Street View; Peekskill New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Depot
5. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

External links

• Media related to Peekskill (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Peekskill
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Peekskill Metro-North Hudson Line Station (Road and Rail Pictures)
• Entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
• Former New York Central Railroad stations
• Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
• Buildings and structures in Peekskill, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1849
• U.S. Route 9
• 1849 establishments in New York (state)