Mount Pleasant station (Metro-North)

Coordinates: 41°05′46″N 73°47′38″W / 41.0960°N 73.7938°W

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Mt. Pleasant

The inbound platform at the Mount Pleasant station in March 2024.

General information

Location

1 West Stevens Avenue, Hawthorne, New York

Coordinates

41°05′46″N 73°47′38″W / 41.0960°N 73.7938°W

Line(s)

Harlem Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Other information

Fare zone

History

Electrified

1984
700V (DC) third rail

Passengers

2018

13 per week

Services

Preceding station	Metro-North Railroad			Following station
Valhalla toward Grand Central		Harlem Line limited service		Hawthorne toward Southeast

Former services

Preceding station	Metro-North Railroad		Following station
Kensico Cemetery (closed 1984) toward Grand Central		Harlem Line	Hawthorne toward Wassaic
Preceding station	New York Central Railroad		Following station
Kensico Cemetery toward New York		Harlem Division	Hawthorne toward Chatham

Location

Mount Pleasant station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, serving the town of Mount Pleasant, New York. It serves two adjacent cemeteries, Gate of Heaven and Kensico, the latter of which had its own station until the mid-1980s. There is one train in each direction on weekdays and three trains in each direction on weekends. The station exists largely to serve visitors of those buried in the cemetery, in turn there is no parking available at the station and it is not intended as a commuter station.

The station is located in the Zone 5 Metro-North fare zone.

On February 3, 2015, the Valhalla train crash occurred south of the station, in which a Metro-North train crashed into a Mercedes-Benz SUV^[1] at Commerce Street near the Taconic State Parkway. The crash caused 6 deaths and at least 15 injuries, including 7 serious injuries.^[2]

The station is the least used station on Metro-North, with only 13 passengers per week in 2018.^[3]

Station layout

The station has two offset high-level side platforms, each about 50 feet long, and can fit half a car.^[4]^: 11 They are accessible to only one door of a train. When trains stop here, usually the first or last car receives and discharges passengers.

References

^ Santora, Marc; Flegenheimer, Matt (February 4, 2015). "Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ Trott, Bill; Heavey, Susan (February 4, 2015). "Cuomo says death toll in commuter train accident revised to six". Reuters. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ "2018 Metro-North Weekend Station Boardings". Google Docs. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

External links

Media related to Mount Pleasant (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

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