Port Chester station

41°00′06″N 73°39′53″W / 41.00178°N 73.66470°W / 41.00178; -73.66470Owned byMetropolitan Transportation AuthorityLine(s)MTA New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)Platforms2 side platformsTracks4Connections Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 61
CT Transit Stamford: 11A, 11B, 311, 311BConstructionParking811 spacesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone14HistoryOpenedDecember 25, 1848^[1][2]Rebuilt1890Passengers20183,253 daily boardings^[3] Services

Preceding station	Metro-North Railroad			Following station
Rye toward Grand Central		New Haven Line		Greenwich toward Stamford

Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Rye toward New York Main Line Greenwich toward New Haven Preceding station New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Following station Rye toward Columbus Avenue Port Chester Branch Terminus

Location

Port Chester station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Port Chester, New York. The station is the northernmost station on the line in New York before crossing into Connecticut. The station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.^[4]: 19

History

The New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through Port Chester in the late-1840s. The current station building was constructed in 1890 by its successor, the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Between 1929 and 1937^[5] it was located across Westchester Avenue from the terminal station of the Port Chester Branch of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Today that former station is the home of the Girtman Memorial Church of the Living God.^[6][7]

As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. A restoration project was carried out in 2009.^[8] In late 2017 an elevator was opened on the Westchester Avenue side of the station for access to the Northbound platform.^[9] The station building hosts a restaurant.^[10]

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, received a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps.^[11] The renovations at Port Chester station cost $13.2 million and were completed by the end of February 2019.^[12]: 62

References

External links

Media related to Port Chester station at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Port Chester
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA