Peekskill station
# Peekskill station

Peekskill station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Peekskill, New York.

The former station building built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1874 still stands, although it is no longer staffed.

## History

Rail service in Peekskill began on September 29, 1849 with the Hudson River Railroad. The freight depot, was the site of a February 19, 1861 visit by Abraham Lincoln who stopped there during his train trip to his inauguration. The railroad was acquired by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in November 1869, and they rebuilt the passenger station in 1874. NYC&HR rebuilt the freight depot around 1890 and today it is on the National Register of Historic Places, as is the Standard House which served the railroad, as well as ships on the Hudson River.

A 1943 New York Central schedule lists Peekskill as the northern terminus of its Hudson Division commuter service. Trains continuing north of Peekskill were "long distance" trains, continuing not just to Poughkeepsie but also to Albany and other destinations.

With the railroads in decline during the post-WW II era, New York Central merged with their long time rival Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 and the station became a Penn Central station. Amtrak took over intercity passenger service in 1971, but Peekskill station continued to serve only the expanded Penn Central Hudson Division trains which by that time ran to Poughkeepsie and were subsidized by the MTA. Conrail took over Penn Central in 1976 and ran Hudson Branch trains as far north as Albany until 1981 when they reverted to Poughkeepsie where it has remained ever since. MTA assigned the station to the newly established Metro-North Commuter Railroad in 1983.

## Station layout

The station has four tracks and two high-level side platforms each six cars long. Tracks 4 and 6 terminate at the north end of the station while tracks 1 and 2 continue $on.^{:5}$ The station is located just south of a grade crossing.

| M | Mezzanine | Transfer between platforms |
| - | - | - |
| P Platform level | Street level | Railroad Avenue, exit/entrance, station house, eastern parking lot |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right ||
| P Platform level | Track 1 | ← Hudson Line toward Poughkeepsie (Manitou or Garrison) ← Empire Corridor services do not stop here |
| P Platform level | Track 2 | ← Empire Corridor services do not stop here → ← Hudson Line toward Grand Central (Cortlandt) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right ||
| P Platform level | Track 4 | No regular service → |
| P Platform level | Track 6 | No regular service → |
| P Platform level | Street level | Hudson Avenue exit/entrance, western parking lot |
