Hawthorne station (Metro-North)

Hawthorne station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Mount Pleasant, New York.

For other uses, see Hawthorne station (disambiguation).

Hawthorne
General information
Location	398 Elwood Avenue, Hawthorne, New York
Coordinates	41.1090°N 73.7960°W / 41.1090; -73.7960
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System: 15
Construction
Parking	308 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	1847
Electrified	1984 700V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Unionville (1847–1901)
Passengers
2018	808[1] (Metro-North)
Rank	61 of 109[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Mount Pleasant toward Grand Central Harlem Line limited service Pleasantville toward Southeast Valhalla toward Grand Central Harlem Line
Former services Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Mount Pleasant toward Grand Central Harlem Line Thornwood closed 1984 toward Wassaic Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Mount Pleasant toward New York Harlem Division Thornwood toward Chatham
Location

History

Rail service in Hawthorne can be traced as far back as 1847, when the New York and Harlem Railroad built a line and a railroad station with the name "Unionville", the former name of Hawthorne itself. The railroad and the station became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and was eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. By the early 20th century, when Rose Hawthorne Lathrop established a home for victims of incurable cancer, the community and the station were renamed "Hawthorne". A grade crossing existed just north of the station for Broadway at Elwood Avenue until 1951, when the New York State Department of Public Works realigned New York State Route 141 onto a bridge over the tracks south of the station leading to a wye at Elwood Road.^[2][3] Sometime during the late-1950s^[when?] the former Richardson Romanesque depot was replaced with a simple brick structure.

As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which made it part of Metro-North in 1983. At some point, the station was remodeled and moved about 100-foot (30 m) from its original location.^[4]

Station layout

The station has one eight-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions.^[5]: 11

References

1. METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
2. 1947 Topographical Map of Hawthorne New York and Vicinity (NETR Historic Aerials Online)
3. Route 141 over MNRR Harelem Line; Westchester County, New York (UglyBridges.com)
4. "Existing Railroad Stations in Westchester County, New York". Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
5. "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

• Media related to Hawthorne (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metro-North station page for Hawthorne
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Station from Google Maps Street View