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Scarborough
View from Scarborough Park
General information
Location156 Scarborough Station Road
Scarborough, New York, 10510
Coordinates41°08′13″N 73°51′59″W / 41.1370°N 73.8664°W / 41.1370; -73.8664
Line(s)
  Hudson Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Parking420 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone5
History
Rebuilt2007
Electrified700V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2004750 southbound during AM peak
Services
Preceding station   MNRR   Following station
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  Former services  
NYC
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The Scarborough Metro-North Railroad station serves Scarborough-on-Hudson and Briarcliff Manor, New York, via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. The station is 28.7 miles (46.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is about 42 minutes on the express and 61 minutes on local service. The Scarborough station is within walking distance of most houses in the hamlet.[2] As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 922.[3]

History

A one-story post office building
A one-story post office building
Former station house and current post office c. 1970s and in 2014

The first station house was built by the New York Central Railroad sometime before 1860.[4] On August 4, 1898, there was a large thunderstorm; the newly-renovated station house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. At the time, the building also housed Scarborough's post office. Mail was destroyed although registered mail and money was being kept at the postmaster's house each night; damage amounted to $5,000 ($183,100 today[5]) and the post office opened the next day, with mail being held in a pushcart.[6]

The replacement station house was used in the first episode of the 1966 television soap opera Dark Shadows as the Collinsport train station, and is now the Scarborough Post Office.[7] The Briarcliff Manor village government purchased the station house in 1961.[8]

As with the rest of the Hudson Line, the station became a Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The station and the railroad were turned over to Conrail in 1976, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. In 2007, the MTA overhauled the station, installing new systems such as platforms, canopies, shelters, enclosed staircases, lighting, and benches. The station's overpass was demolished and a replacement was built with elevators on either side.[9] The new overpass was designed in a less modern style and now has glass-sided elevators. During the construction, Metro-North built a temporary wooden station to the station's south.[10]

In 2010, Metro-North began a program called Arts for Transit. As part of the program, an art installation was created for the station. The work, titled Untitled with Sky, comprises six stained glass windows and twelve seats covered in mosaic tiles. Liliana Porter and Ana Tiscornia worked with Willet Hauser Architectural Glass to create the installations. The windows were originally intended for the overpass, where they were installed for a short time. Around 2011, the windows were moved to the platform.[11]

In 2011, Hurricane Irene caused a mudslide onto the tracks near the Scarborough station; it damaged 300 feet (91 m) of third rail.[12]

Notable passengers

Notable regular passengers have included William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, C. C. Clarke (the First Vice President of the Hudson River Railroad), Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard, Walter William Law, and the Webb family.[6]

Facilities

Platforms and tracks

4 ■ Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Philipse Manor)
2 ■ Hudson Line no stop
■ Empire Service no stop
1 ■ Hudson Line no stop
■ Empire Service no stop
3 ■ Hudson Line toward Poughkeepsie (Ossining)

At the Scarborough station, the railroad has four tracks. The two inner tracks not next to either platform are used by express trains. All of the tracks are powered except Track 1.

The station has two high-level side platforms, each eight cars long. The west platform next to Track 4 is for boarding southbound trains, while the east platform next to Track 3 is for boarding northbound trains.

Parking

Since the 2007 station overhaul, the station's parking lot has used a valet service. The ongoing construction took up parking spaces, which spurred the village government to institute valet parking. The parking service has remained since the construction finished. A private contractor has an agreement with the village for three employees to manage that part of the lot. An additional section of the station parking lot is privately owned. The valet service has no extra charge.[13]

  • Stained glass windows in a train station shelter
    Untitled with Sky
  • Train station and tracks
    View from tracks
  • View of tracks from a train station overpass
    View from overpass
  • Train station overpass
    Station entrance

References

  1. ^ "Comprehensive Plan - Village of Briarcliff Manor" (PDF). Village of Briarcliff Manor. November 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Brenner, Elsa (June 30, 2002). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Scarborough; Where Plutocrats Enjoyed a River View". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Hudson Line". The New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Collision on the Hudson River Railroad.; Coroner's Inquest at Yonkers--Testimony Conflicting". The New York Times. January 24, 1860. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  5. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Post Office in a Pushcart". The New York Times. August 5, 1898. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  7. ^ Midge Bosak, ed. (1977). A Village Between Two Rivers: Briarcliff Manor. White Plains, New York: Monarch Publishing, Inc. OCLC 6163930.
  8. ^ Folsom, Merrill (December 4, 1961). "Old Depots Converted to Stores, Banks and Church". The New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "Station Reconstruction Begins at Ossining, Scarborough and Philipse Manor". MTA Press Releases. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  10. ^ Valenti, Ken (July 29, 2011). "Metro-North upgrades at 3 Hudson River stations improve form, function". The Journal News. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  11. ^ "Arts for Transit and Urban Design". Mta.info. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  12. ^ "East Coast transit services slowly returning following hurricane". Metro Magazine. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  13. ^ Bonvento, Robert (May 20, 2011). "V is for Valet… Taking the Stress Out of Commuting in Scarborough". River Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

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