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Harrison station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Harrison, New York, United States. During peak hours, some local trains (namely those not subsidized by the Connecticut Department of Transportation) originate or terminate here as opposed to locals from Stamford.

Harrison
Harrison station in July 2019
General information
Location	452 Halstead Avenue, Harrison, New York
Coordinates	40.970°N 73.711°W / 40.970; -73.711
Owned by	Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)	New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 5, 61
Construction
Parking	709 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	13
History
Opened	c. 1840s
Rebuilt	c.1870s
Passengers
2018	2,829
Rank	21 of 124[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Mamaroneck toward Grand Central New Haven Line Rye toward Stamford
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Mamaroneck toward New York Main Line Rye toward New Haven Preceding station New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Following station West Street toward Columbus Avenue Port Chester Branch Rye toward Port Chester

History

Railroad service through Harrison dates back to the 1840s when the New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through the town. Unfortunately, it was little more than a flag stop until NY&NE built a station in 1870, before the line was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1872. Between 1927 and 1937, it also served as a station for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B),[2] and was one of two stations in Harrison to serve the NYW&B, the other one was at West Street and lasted just as long.[3]

As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by the Penn Central Railroad in 1969. The station was updated in 1972 from low-level to high-level platforms.[4][5] This was done to accommodate the arrival of new rail cars known then as Cosmopolitans, now more commonly known as M2s. The new cars did not include boarding steps, or traps, as their predecessor 4400 Pullman "Washboard" cars did, and could only board passengers at stations with high-level platforms. This reconstruction project was taking place despite Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s, which forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MTA transferred the station to Metro-North in 1983.

On September 25, 2013, a main feeder cable that provides electricity to an 8-mile (13 km) long segment of the New Haven Line failed, causing electric train service over the line to halt. Consolidated Edison and Metro-North installed a temporary substation at Harrison on September 28 in an effort to help alleviate the outage for Monday's regular services.[6][7][8][9][10]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms each 10 cars long.[11]^: 19 Both platforms were added in 1972.[12][13]

As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,211 and there are 739 parking spots.[14]

M	Mezzanine	Crossover between tracks
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	←      New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Mamaroneck)
	Track 1	←      New Haven Line express trains do not stop here ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 2	←      Amtrak services do not stop here → ←      New Haven Line express trains do not stop here →
	Track 4	←      New Haven Line toward Stamford (Rye) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

References

External links

• Media related to Harrison station (Metro-North) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metro-North station page for Harrison
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA

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