Tenmile River station

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Coordinates: 41°46′46″N 73°33′32″W / 41.7795°N 73.5590°W / 41.7795; -73.5590
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Tenmile River
Southeast-bound train approaching station
General information
Location12 Sinpatch Road,
Amenia, NY, 12501
Coordinates41°46′46″N 73°33′32″W / 41.7795°N 73.5590°W / 41.7795; -73.5590
Line(s)
  Harlem Line
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsDutchess County LOOP: 10
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
Previous namesState School (NYC)
Services
Preceding station   MNRR   Following station
Template:MNRR lines

The Tenmile River (formerly State School) Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Amenia, New York via the Harlem Line. About every two hours trains depart bound for Southeast which connect to trains for New York City with direct service to Grand Central Terminal. It is 80 miles (128 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately two hours, nine minutes.[1]

This station is the second/second-to-last station in the Zone 10 Metro-North fare zone.[2] It is located on Sinpatch Road, next to the crossing of the creek, a short distance east of NY 22/343.

Tenmile River is named for the waterway of the same name adjacent to the station and is in nearly the same spot as the State School station (named for a nearby institution for the developmentally disabled, now Taconic Developmental Center) which was closed with Penn Central's abandonment of passenger service north of Dover Plains in 1972.

Platform and track configuration

This station has one two-car-long high-level side platform to the east of the track. The Harlem Line has one track at this location. Unusually, the MTA has placed identifying signage on concrete pilings opposite the platform to complement the signs on the platform itself.

History

This station was re-opened with the Wassaic train station on July 9, 2000.[3] North of Dover Plains was Penn Central territory in 1972 and was mainly used for freight. After departing Dover, the train would cross the State School Station, which the Indians knew as "Weebutook", and not far after that you would arrive at a small shelter with the sign reading State School at Mile Post 78.90. In addition to the few passengers that came to visit the New York State-operated juvenile correctional facility, the major amount of railroad traffic was involved the shipments of soft coal on almost a regular basis. On any average day numerous carloads were moved in and empties switched out. Similar to the renaming of the State Facility at Wingdale, reflecting the vogue of the era, the State School was renamed the "Wassaic Developmental Center" in the late 1970s.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=172
  2. ^ MTA Metro-North Map
  3. ^ Rowe, Claudia (2000-07-09). "ROAD AND RAIL; 6 Miles for $6 Million". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-15.

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