Peekskill station
{{Short description|Metro-North Railroad station in New York}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Peekskill
| logo =
| logo_size =
| image = Peekskill railroad station crossover.jpg
| image_caption = Station and overpass, 2014
| style = MNRR
| style2 = Hudson
| address = 300 Railroad Avenue, Peekskill, New York
| coordinates = {{Coord|41|17|06|N|73|55|51|W|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-NY}}
| line = Hudson Line
| other = {{bus icon}} Bee-Line Bus System: 16, 18, 31
| platform = 1 side platform
1 island platform
| tracks = 4
| parking = 488 spaces
| bicycle =
| passengers = {{rail pass box|system=Metro-North|pass_year=2018|pass_rank=39 of 109|passengers=1,598{{cite book|title=METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS|date=April 2019|publisher=Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad|page=6}}|}}
| rebuilt = 1874
| accessible = yes
| code =
| owned =
| zone = 6
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MNRR
| line1 = Hudson upper
| note-mid1 = limited service
| left1 = Manitou
| right1 = Cortlandt
| left2 = Garrison
| right2 = Cortlandt
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations
| system1 = MNRR
| line1 = Hudson upper
| left1 = Manitou
| right1 = Montrose
| note-right1 = closed 1995
| system2 = New York Central Railroad
| line2 = main
| left2 = Manitou
| right2 = Harmon
| line3 = Hudson Division
| right3 = Montrose
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#009B3A |zoom=14 }}
}}
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{{cite news |title=Ossining, Peekskill Historic Railroad Buildings Available to Rent |first=Faith Ann |last=Butcher |url=http://www.theexaminernews.com/2011/07/ossining-and-peekskill-historic-railroad-buildings-available-to-rent/ |newspaper=The Examiner News |date=July 9, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812080937/http://www.theexaminernews.com/2011/07/ossining-and-peekskill-historic-railroad-buildings-available-to-rent/ |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }} still stands, although it is no longer staffed.[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=302+Railroad+Avenue,+Peekskill,+NY&hl=en&sll=41.285833,-73.930278&sspn=0.002842,0.006539&oq=302+Rail&t=h&hnear=302+Railroad+Ave,+Peekskill,+New+York+10566&z=16 Google Street View; Peekskill New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Depot]
History
File:Peekskill railroad station house.jpg
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.{{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}}{{Rp|5}} The station is located just south of a grade crossing.
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Peekskill (Metro-North station)}}
{{MNR links}}
- [http://www.roadandrailpictures.com/rnypeeks.htm Peekskill Metro-North Hudson Line Station (Road and Rail Pictures)]
- [http://www.google.com/maps/@41.2847997,-73.9308228,3a,75y,318.97h,87.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sevsSMcj3PYfwR0IMTrke-w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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{{NYC Main Line stations}}
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Category:Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
Category:Former New York Central Railroad stations
Category:Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
Category:Buildings and structures in Peekskill, New York
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1849