Montrose (Metro-North station)

Montrose
Former Metro-North Hudson Line station

The former Montrose station as seen in 2011, 15 years after its closure, with a Metro-North train bound for Poughkeepsie visible.
Location Victoria Avenue,
Montrose, New York
Line(s)
  Hudson Line
Platforms 2 low-level side platforms
Tracks 3 tracks
Construction
Parking 102 parking spaces[1]
History
Closed 1996
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Hudson Line
toward Poughkeepsie
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
Terminus
Hudson Division

Montrose was a station on the Hudson Line of the Metro-North Railroad which served the residents of the hamlet of Montrose, New York until its closure in 1996 when it and the next station southbound, Crugers, were replaced by the Cortlandt station between them.

The station, isolated and lightly used, was replaced as the last stage of expanding the Hudson Line to six-car high-level platforms. Such a conversion was not possible at Montrose due to the station being surrounded by protected wetlands as well as a bridge abutment adjacent to the station prohibiting such expansion. The station had 102 parking spaces for commuter usage.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hershenson, Roberta (September 8, 1996). "Cortlandt Welcomes New Train Station". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2011.


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