Fleetwood station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon, New York.
Fleetwood | |||||||||||
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 Fleetwood station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1 North MacQuesten Parkway, Mount Vernon, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°55′37″N 73°50′24″W / 40.9270°N 73.8400°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Harlem Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bee-Line Bus System: 26, 55 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 654 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 25, 1924[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 2,678[2] (Metro-North) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 23 of 109[2] | ||||||||||
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As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 2,355 and there are 654 parking spots.[3]
History edit
Fleetwood station was originally built on October 25, 1924 by the New York Central Railroad. The Cross County Parkway was built over the station, and was widened during the 1950s and 1960s.[4][5] As with the rest of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed it into a Penn Central station, whose service was gradually merged with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and officially became part of Metro-North in 1983. In the Spring of 1989, the platforms were reconstructed, along with those of Bronxville, Tuckahoe, and Crestwood stations.[6] A two-track girder bridge over the Bronx River can be found north of the station. When the station was triple-tracked, a new bridge for the third track was built north of the station.[7]
Station layout edit
The station has two slightly offset high-level platforms each 12 cars long.[8]: 10
References edit
- ^ Historic American Buildings Survey (Fleetwood Railroad Station; Page 4)
- ^ a b METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuuter rail info
- ^ Fleetwood NYC Station, Mount Vernon, New York; 1954 (NETR Online; Historic Aerials)
- ^ "Fleetwood PC Station, Mount Vernon, New York; 1974 (NETR Online; Historic Aerials)". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ Harlem Line Schedule History (iRide the Harlem Line)
- ^ Peter Erlich's September 30, 2006 Photo north of Fleetwood Station (WorldNYCSubway.org)
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links edit
Media related to Fleetwood (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
