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{{Infobox station
| name                  = Hyde Park
| style                 = New York Central Railroad
| logo                  = 
| logo_size             = 
| image                 = Old Hyde Park, NY, train station.jpg
| caption               = Station building in 2007
| address               = 34 River Road, [[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 12538
| line                  = 
| other                 = 
| platform              = 2 side
| tracks                = 4
| parking               = 
| bicycle               = 
| passengers            = 
| pass_year             = 
| pass_percent          = 
| rebuilt               = 
| closed                = 1958
| code                  = 
| owned                 = 
| zone                  = 
| other_services_header = Former&nbsp;services
| other_services        = {{Adjacent stations
| system2               = New York Central Railroad
| line3                 = Main Line
| left3                 = Staatsburgh
| right3                = Poughkeepsie
}}
| nrhp                  = 
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                  = Hyde Park Railroad Station
| nrhp_type             = 
| coordinates           = {{coord|41|47|14|N|73|56|47|W|display=inline,title}}
| area                  = 
| built                 = 1914<ref name="Station history">{{cite web|title=Hyde Park Station History|url=http://www.hydeparkstation.com/hpshistory.html|date=January 25, 2003|accessdate=November 17, 2007|archive-date=May 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509143557/http://www.hydeparkstation.com/hpshistory.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| architect             = [[Warren and Wetmore]]
| architecture          = [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission]]/[[Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture|Spanish Revival]]
| added                 = 1981
| visitation_num        = 
| visitation_year       = 
| refnum                = 81000403
| mpsub                 = 
| embed                 = yes
}}
}}
'''Hyde Park''' is a former [[New York Central Railroad]] [[train station|station]] located where Crum Elbow Creek flows into the [[Hudson River]] in [[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. A one-story wooden station was first established by the Central at the spot in 1851 by the Hudson River Railroad, connecting [[New York City]] and [[Albany, New York|Albany]]. It was replaced by the existing building, built in a combination of the [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission]] and [[Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture|Spanish Revival]] [[architectural style|styles]] by [[Warren and Wetmore]], the railroad's preferred architects who had also designed [[Grand Central Terminal]] and the nearby [[Poughkeepsie (Metro-North station)|Poughkeepsie station]], in 1914.<ref name="Station history" />

The station saw heavy use throughout the early years of its existence, due to the proximity of estates such as the [[Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site|Vanderbilt Mansion]] and, later, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s frequent retreats to [[Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site|his home]] in Hyde Park. Roosevelt is known to have passed through the station twice during his presidency: in 1939 when he greeted [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] of the United Kingdom on their 1939 visit, and posthumously in 1945, when his body was unloaded there in preparation for burial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hyde Park Railroad Station {{!}} Hyde Park, NY |url=https://hydeparkny.us/322/Hyde-Park-Railroad-Station |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=hydeparkny.us |quote=In April 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral train stopped at the siding and his casket was transferred to a horse-drawn caisson to carry him to his home for interment.}}</ref> However, even by Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, it was only a local stop on local New York City{{ndash}}Albany trains, with the named trains bypassing the station.<ref>New York Central timetable, March 5, 1933, Tables 18-21</ref>

When passenger rail transport in the U.S. declined as air and auto established themselves as alternatives in mid-century, the station began to see less traffic. Regular train service was suspended in 1953, after which it may have become a [[flag stop]]. It was listed by the Central as a station until 1958, after which the outer two of the line's four tracks were torn up and the tunnel to the southbound platforms closed off. Eventually the Central sold the station building to the Town of Hyde Park, one of many assets it divested itself of as it tried to stay afloat.<ref name="Station history" />

Local youths began fixing the station up for use as a [[teen center]], but they failed to finish the project. By 1975 the abandoned building had fallen into disrepair and become heavily [[vandalism|vandalized]]. It was one day away from [[demolition]] when the Hudson Valley Railroad Society (HVRS) took possession, [[renting|rent]]ing the station from the town for a dollar per year for fifteen years. The HVRS completed the extensive interior and exterior renovations needed, including completely restoring the tiled roof, and began converting it into a regional rail museum, raising operating funds with an annual model train show.<ref name="Station history" />

The tracks, fenced off for safety reasons, remain in use by [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] and [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Empire Service (Amtrak)|Empire Service]]''. The station could possibly become part of an active passenger station again if the idea of extending [[Metro-North Railroad|Metro-North]]'s [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] [[commuter rail]] service northward from its current terminus at Poughkeepsie is ever realized.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.hydeparkstation.com/hps.html Hudson Valley Railroad Society's Hyde Park Station homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113111641/http://www.hydeparkstation.com/hps.html |date=November 13, 2007 }}

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[[Category:Warren and Wetmore buildings]]
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