Otisville (Metro-North station)
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 Hoboken-bound train arriving at Otisville station. |
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| Address | 1 Kelley Hill Road, just off Route 211 Otisville, NY. |
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| Coordinates | 41°28′19″N 74°31′51″W / 41.4720°N 74.5308°WCoordinates: 41°28′19″N 74°31′51″W / 41.4720°N 74.5308°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Otisville Metro-North station serves the residents of that community and the town of Mount Hope in Orange County, New York. Trains depart regularly for Hoboken, 81.6 miles (131 km) away; travel time is about an hour and 50 minutes.
It is located a short distance off NY 211 near the eastern village line. The station has long been among the least developed on the Metro-North system, with a shelter on the bare concrete low-level platform but no roof, and minimal parking. However, as of 2006[update] the MTA, Metro-North's governing body, is addressing at least the last and building a new parking lot across the street.
A short distance west of the station, trains enter the mile-long (1.6-km) Otisville Tunnel under the Shawangunk Ridge, the longest in the Metro-North system and one of only two outside of the city. There is thus a long siding beginning just west of the station to allow trains to wait if another one is coming through the tunnel the other way, and as a result Otisville appears to be a double-track station. When trains coming the other direction are near, in fact, one will board on the siding via a wooden platform on the tracks (see photo).
