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Port Chester
The station house at Port Chester
General information
Location	3 Broad Street, Port Chester, NY 10573
Coordinates	41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.664703°W / 41.00178; -73.664703
Owned by	Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 61, 76 CT Transit Stamford: 11A, 11B
Construction
Parking	811 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	1890
Electrified	12,500V (AC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006	588,300  0%
Services
Preceding station   MNRR   Following station Template:MNRR stationstoward Template:MNRR stations Template:MNRR lines Template:MNRR stationstoward Template:MNRR stations
Former services Preceding station   NYNH&H   Following station Template:NYNH&H stationstoward Template:NYNH&H stations Template:NYNH&H lines Template:NYNH&H stationstoward Template:NYNH&H stations

The Port Chester station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Port Chester, New York. The station is the northernmost station on the line in New York before crossing into Connecticut. Port Chester is 25.7 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 53 minutes.

As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,263 and there are 859 parking spots.

History

Though the New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through Port Chester in the late-1840s, the current station house was built in 1890 by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Between 1929 and 1937 it was located across Westchester Avenue from the terminal station of the Port Chester Branch of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Today that former interurban station is the home of the Girtman Memorial Church of the Living God.

As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. A restoration project was carried out in 2009. Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, would receive a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps.

In late 2017 an elevator was opened on the Westchester Avenue side of the station for access to the Northbound platform (for trains towards Greenwich, etc).

The station now hosts a restaurant which as of 2018 includes pizza, as well as other food, baked in a coal-fired oven, and a beer garden.

In late 2018 the parking area on the Broad Street side (Southbound trains towards Grand Central Terminal) was repaved, a much needed improvement. Other improvements are also either completed or underway to the station and the station area.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms each 10 cars long.

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Rye)
	Track 1	← Northeast Corridor, New Haven Line express trains do not stop here
	Track 2	Northeast Corridor, New Haven Line express trains do not stop here →
	Track 4	New Haven Line toward Stamford, New Canaan, New Haven or New Haven–State Street (Greenwich) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

References

1. Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (2,263)
2. Metro-North Station Statistics (The New York Times; August 2006)
3. Port Chester NYW&B Station (New York, Westchester and Boston Railway website)
4. Girtman Memorial Church (Facebook Page)
5. 2000 Walter Hahn Photo of former Port Chester NYW&B Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
6. "Metro-North to Begin Major Station Improvements at Port Chester and Rye" (Press release). Metro-North Railroad. July 8, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
7. https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2017/12/01/port-chester-train-station-elevator-now-open/911391001/
8. "Metro-North Railroad to Make Design Improvements to Five Stations Under Enhanced Stations Initiative Program". MTA. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
9. https://www.lohud.com/story/life/food/restaurants/2018/04/30/new-restaurants-coming-tarrytown-port-chester-train-stations/563937002/

Gallery

• Local Grand Central Terminal-bound train from Stamford arriving at the station
• Local Stamford-bound train from Grand Central Terminal departing the station

External links

Media related to Port Chester (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North Railroad - Port Chester
• List of upcoming train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• May 28, 1999 Walter Hahn Photo (Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York)
• Westchester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• King Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
• Stations on the Northeast Corridor
• Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines
• Port Chester, New York
• Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
• Railway stations opened in 1890
• 1890 establishments in New York (state)