Montrose station (Metro-North)

The Montrose station was a station on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving the hamlet of Montrose, New York. It closed in 1996 when it and the next station southbound, Crugers, were replaced by the Cortlandt station between them.

Montrose
Former Metro-North Hudson Line station
The former Montrose station as seen in 2011, 15 years after its closure, with a Metro-North train bound for Poughkeepsie visible.
LocationVictoria Avenue,
Montrose, New York
Line(s)Empire Corridor
Platforms2 low-level side platforms
Tracks3 tracks
Construction
Parking102 parking spaces[1]
History
ClosedJune 30, 1996
Former services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Peekskill
towards Poughkeepsie
 Hudson Line Crugers
towards Grand Central
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Peekskill
Terminus
 Hudson Division Crugers
toward New York

History

The station, isolated and lightly used, and Crugers station were replaced as part of the last stage of expanding the Hudson Line to six-car high-level platforms. Together, they recorded 332 riders in the morning peak in 1991.[2]:7 While they could be converted to high-level platforms, there was no space to lengthen the platforms or provide expanded parking because the station was surrounded by protected wetlands as well as a bridge abutment adjacent to the station prohibiting such expansion. The station had 102 parking spaces for commuter usage.[1] The station closed on June 30, 1996.[2]:6

References
  1. Hershenson, Roberta (September 8, 1996). "Cortlandt Welcomes New Train Station". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  2. Transportation Research Record. Transportation Research Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. 1999. ISBN 9780309071031.


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