Yonkers (Metro-North station)

Infobox Station
name=Yonkers
style=MNRR Hudson
type=Metro-North Hudson Line station
Amtrak station

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image_size=300
image_caption=Southbound Amtrak train arriving at Yonkers station
address=5 Buena Vista Avenue Yonkers, NY 10701
line=Amtrak:Metro-North:
other=Bee-Line: 6, 23, 25
platform=2
tracks=4
parking=
bicycle=
passengers=17,096 [Amtrak only.]
pass_year=2007
pass_percent=3.8
opened=1911
rebuilt=2004
ADA=Yes
code=YNY
owned=
zone=3 (Metro North)
services=s-rail|title=AmtrakThe Yonkers Metro-North Railroad station serves the downtown area of Yonkers, New York via the Hudson Line. It is one of four express stations on that line south of Croton-Harmon, seeing most trains minus peak hour trains to/from Poughkeepsie. Some Amtrak trains also serve it. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 15.1 miles (24 km) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Travel time to Grand Central is approximately 33 minutes. The station is located 2 blocks west of Getty Square.The station was built in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style. The architects were Warren and Wetmore, one of the firms responsible for Grand Central Terminal. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 922 and there were 783 parking spaces. [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/commutemetro-north.html]

Connections

*Westchester Bee-Line Routes; 6, 9, 23, and 25.

Notes

External links

* [http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=16 Metro-North Railroad - Yonkers]
* [http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/04/oct22_04.htm Governor Pataki Celebrates Restoration of Historic Yonkers Station (N.Y. State press release)]
* [http://www.subwaynut.com/mnr/yonkers/index.html The Subway Nut - Yonkers]