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Yonkers station is a Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak railroad station located in Yonkers, New York. It serves Metro-North commuter trains on the Hudson Line. It is one of four express stations on the line south of Croton–Harmon, but most Metro North express trains do not stop here. It is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and travel time to Grand Central is about 33 minutes. It is the only intercity rail station in the southwestern portion of Westchester County, connecting the region to Albany and points beyond.

Yonkers
Amtrak and Metro-North station
Main entrance to the station, facing downtown Yonkers
General information
Location	5 Buena Vista Avenue Yonkers, New York United States
Coordinates	40°56′08″N 73°54′08″W
Owned by	MTA Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Hudson Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 30, 32, 78
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: YNY
Fare zone	3 (Metro-North)
History
Rebuilt	August 1912[1] 2004
Passengers
FY 2021	23,839[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Croton–Harmon toward Niagara Falls, New York Empire Service New York Terminus Croton–Harmon toward Toronto Maple Leaf Croton–Harmon toward Montreal Adirondack Croton–Harmon toward Burlington Ethan Allen Express Croton–Harmon toward Pittsfield Berkshire Flyer      Lake Shore Limited does not stop here Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Glenwood toward Croton–Harmon Hudson Line Ludlow toward Grand Central
Former services Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Tarrytown toward Chicago Main Line 138th Street toward New York Glenwood toward Peekskill Hudson Division Ludlow toward New York

The station is two blocks west of the center of Getty Square in downtown Yonkers (where additional Bee-Line Bus System connections can be made), across the street from the historic Yonkers Post Office. It is also near the former Yonkers Trolley Barn.

As of August 2006^[update], daily commuter ridership was 922.[3] Four outdoor bicycle parking racks sit across Buena Vista Avenue from the station at the edge of Van Der Donck Park.

History

The current station building was built in 1911 for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (NYC) in the Beaux-Arts style. The architects were Warren and Wetmore, one of the firms responsible for Grand Central Terminal. It was meant to be a smaller version of Grand Central; Guastavino tiles are featured prominently in both stations.

Upon the merger of the NYC and the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, the station became a Penn Central commuter rail station. By this time, intercity service to Yonkers had ended. Penn Central continued operating commuter travel until 1976, when it was taken over by Conrail, which in turn transferred the service to Metro-North in 1983. Intercity service returned to Yonkers in 1989 after a two-decade absence in an effort to revitalize the Saw Mill riverfront. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.

The ticket office at the station closed on July 7, 2010, so that passengers must now buy their tickets from vending machines at street level.[4] A Metro-North Railroad Police substation is in the terminal on the ground floor.

Amtrak's Berkshire Flyer began running on July 8, 2022, providing direct service to Pittsfield on summer weekends.[5]

Station layout

The station has two high-level island platforms each 10 cars long.[6]^: 2

P Platform level	Track 3	←      Hudson Line toward Croton–Harmon (Glenwood)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 1	←           Lake Shore Limited and Hudson Line express trains do not stop here ←      Hudson Line limited service toward Poughkeepsie (Hastings-on-Hudson) ←      Other northbound Amtrak service to Albany–Rensselaer and beyond (Croton-Harmon)
	Track 2	←           Lake Shore Limited and Hudson Line express trains do not stop here → ←      Hudson Line limited service toward New York–Grand Central (Harlem–125th Street) → →      Other southbound Amtrak service to New York–Penn Station (Terminus) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 4	←      Hudson Line toward New York–Grand Central (Ludlow) →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house, parking

References

Further reading

• Pepe, Phil Jr. (2019). "How the CIty of Yonkers Won an AMTRAK Stop..." (PDF). New York By Rail. pp. 37–39.

External links

Media related to Yonkers station at Wikimedia Commons

• Yonkers, NY – Amtrak
• Yonkers, NY – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Metro-North station page for Yonkers
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Governor Pataki Celebrates Restoration of Historic Yonkers Station (N.Y. State press release)
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Comparison of Yonkers Train Station with Grand Central Terminal

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