Dover Plains station

Coordinates: 41°44′34″N 73°34′34″W / 41.7427°N 73.5762°W / 41.7427; -73.5762
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Dover Plains
View south along tracks from station
General information
LocationMarket Street & Mill Street
Dover Plains, New York, 12522
Coordinates41°44′34″N 73°34′34″W / 41.7427°N 73.5762°W / 41.7427; -73.5762
Line(s)
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsDutchess County LOOP: 10, 11
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone9
Services
Preceding station   MNRR   Following station
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(Closed)
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The Dover Plains Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Dover Plains, New York via the Harlem Line. Trains leave for New York City every two hours, and about every 30 minutes during rush hour. It is 76.5 miles (123 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately two hours, two minutes. It is a terminal of Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line.

The 7.5-mile (12 km) distance from Dover Plains to Harlem Valley-Wingdale, the next station to the south, is the longest between two stations on the Harlem Line.

The Ticket Agent/Office was closed in September 1981.

Station at dusk

Platform and track configuration

This station has one four-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the track. The Harlem Line has one track at this location.

History

Dover Plains was a terminal station from the beginning days of the New York Central Railroad until 2000. Besides passenger service, freight service also originated and stopped at this location, in both directions north and south.

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