Ossining station

Ossining station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Ossining, New York. It is one of two express stations on that line south of Croton–Harmon, along with Tarrytown, that serve most trains, excluding peak hour trains to/from Poughkeepsie.

Ossining
View southbound along tracks to Sing Sing, 2007
General information
Location1 Main Street, Ossining, New York
Coordinates41°9′27.07″N 73°52′8.90″W
Line(s)Hudson Line
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus transport Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 19
NY Waterway: Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone5
History
OpenedSeptember 29, 1849[1]
Rebuilt1914
Electrified700V (DC) third rail
Previous namesSing-Sing
Passengers
20181,656[2] (Metro-North)
Rank38 of 109[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Croton–Harmon
Terminus
 Hudson Line Scarborough
toward Grand Central
Croton–Harmon
toward Poughkeepsie
 Tarrytown
toward Grand Central
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Harmon
toward Chicago
 Main Line Tarrytown
toward New York
Harmon
toward Peekskill
 Hudson Division Scarborough
toward New York
Location

Near the station is a ferry dock which is used by the NY Waterway-operated ferry connection to Haverstraw, allowing Rockland County, New York commuters to use the Hudson Line as an alternative to the New Jersey Transit-operated lines across the Hudson River.

Just south of the station is a section of track which runs through the middle of Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

History
The station building in the early 20th century

The Hudson River Railroad reached Ossining on September 29, 1849,[1] opening the village up to industrial development along the waterfront and allowing farmers inland to ship their produce to the markets of New York City. Among the riverside industrial concerns benefiting from the railroad were the marble quarries at Sing Sing Prison, Benjamin Brandreth's pill factory (still extant a short distance up the river) and others. These businesses gradually supplanted the boat builders and docks that had occupied the riverfront in the early 19th century.

Originally the station building was at grade level. In 1914 the New York Central Railroad, which the Hudson River had long been merged into, built a new station, the current building, in the Renaissance Revival style. It was placed on metal stilts to allow Main Street to pass over the tracks, eliminating the grade crossing that had been part of the original station.[3] Like the rest of the Hudson Line, the station became a Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The station and the railroad were turned over to Conrail in 1976, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. In 2000, New York Waterways used the station as the eastern port for the Haverstraw–Ossining Pedestrian Ferry creating a link between the station and Central Rockland County.

Station layout

The station has two high-level island platforms each 10 cars long.[4]: 4  Track 1 does not have electric power, and is used by diesel trains only.

G Street level Secor Road exit/entrance, station house, access to platforms
P
Platform level		 Street level Depot Plaza exit/entrance, eastern parking lot
Track 3 ←      Hudson Line toward Croton–Harmon (Terminus)
Island platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Hudson Line toward Poughkeepsie (Croton–Harmon)
←      Empire Corridor services do not stop here
Track 2 ←      Empire Corridor services do not stop here →
←      Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Tarrytown) →
Island platform Disabled access
Track 4 ←      Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Scarborough) →
Street level Westerly Road exit/entrance, western parking lot

Ossining station was visible in the background of certain commercials for Kaopectate used in 2009.

In the series premiere of AMC's Mad Men ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"), set in March 1960, Don Draper is seen disembarking the New York Central train at Ossining; this is the first indication that he lives in the area.

References
  1. "Hudson River Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. October 2, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
  3. Village of Ossining, "Village of Ossining Significant Sites and Structures Guide" (PDF)., April 2010, pp. 252–54, retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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