Rye (Metro-North station)
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| Address | 2 Station Plaza, Rye, NY 10580 |
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| Coordinates | 40°59′16″N 73°40′45″W / 40.987803°N 73.679123°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections |  Bee-Line Bus System: 61, 75, 76 |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 675 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | 12,500V (AC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Owned by | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2006) | 642,200[1]  0% |
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Rye is a Metro-North commuter rail station that serves Rye, New York via the New Haven Line. During the spring and summer months, the Playland amusement park is accessible from the station via the seasonal 75-Playland route on the Bee-Line Bus System; this service provides a sizeable source of additional ridership in non-peak hours.
For many years, Rye was the Westchester County station for Amtrak,[2] until it was replaced by New Rochelle.
Rye is 24.1 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 50 minutes.
As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,470, and there are 696 parking spots.[3]
[edit] Platform and track configuration
This station has two high-level side platforms each 10 cars long. The northern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by westbound or Manhattan-bound trains. The southern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound or Connecticut-bound trains.
The New Haven Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains.
[edit] References
- ^ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (2,470)
- ^ Amtrak June 11, 1972 Schedule (Museum of Railway Timetables)
- ^ The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html.
