Mount Vernon East station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Mount Vernon, New York. The station is the first station north of the junction where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line and is the northernmost station on the line before it changes from third rail power to overhead catenary power, which takes place between the Mount Vernon East and Pelham stations.
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 A New York City-bound train arriving at Mount Vernon East station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 East First Street Mount Vernon, New York | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′43″N 73°49′54″W / 40.911942°N 73.831678°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | New Haven Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bee-Line Bus System: 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, 91 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 283 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 12 | ||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | December 20, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Mount Vernon (December 20, 1972–c. 1997)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 2,876 daily boardings[2] | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
editThe station has two high-level side platforms, each 850 feet (10 cars) long, serving the outer of the line's four tracks.[3]: 18 The tracks are slightly below ground in a cut; a footbridge connects the platforms and entrances. The main entrances are located on Elm Avenue on the north side of the tracks, and in a parking lot off 1st Street on the south side; a staircase also connects the east end of the southern (northbound) platform to Fulton Avenue.
Bee-Line Bus System busses 53 and 54 stop at the Elm Avenue entrance to the station. Petrillo Plaza, on East Prospect Avenue slightly west of the station, is a hub for the Bee-Line Bus System. Busses servicing Petrillo Plaza are 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 55, and 91.
History
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The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad originally had two stations in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon (Prospect Avenue) was located between 3rd Avenue and Park Avenue, slightly west of the modern station. Columbus Avenue station was located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the east at Columbus Avenue. It was a transfer point to the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway – one of five NYW&B stations within the city.[4] The station building was destroyed by a fire on March 31, 1957, though trains continued to stop.[5]
Penn Central closed the two stations and replaced them with the Mount Vernon station on December 20, 1972. The new station was built with two high-level 850 feet (260 m) side platforms, allowing the new M2 cars to platform at the station. The two old stations were subsequently demolished.[6]
Stained glass artwork named Tranquility by Marjorie Blackwell was installed in 2001.[7] The station stood in for the Rockville Centre station during the filming of the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.[8]
References
edit- ^ Mount Vernon East station (Road and Rail Pictures)
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Columbus Avenue NHRR and NYW&B station; October 1937 (TrainsAreFun)
- ^ "Railroad Depot Razed by Blaze". New York Daily News. April 1, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn Central to Consolidate Two Stations". The Hartford Courant. December 19, 1972. p. 52. Retrieved September 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mount Vernon East; Marjorie Blackwell; Tranquility, 2001 (MTA; Arts for Transit and Urban Design)
- ^ Site about the film Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to Mount Vernon East station at Wikimedia Commons