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Greystone Train Station
Greystone station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line (Metro-North), Hudson Line, located in the Greystone neighborhood of Yonkers, New York. It is the northernmost station on the Hudson Line in Yonkers. North and Southbound trains leave the station at about every hour. The station is from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is about 50 minutes. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 513 and there are 250 parking spots. History Greystone station was originally built in 1899 by developer Charles Harriman as "Harriman station" for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, who insisted that he rename the station "Greystone" in 1910. A pedestrian bridge was built in 1915. As with many NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon the merger between NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, until it was taken over by Conrail in 1976, and then by Metro-North in 1983. Station layout Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M7A (railcar)
The M7 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Bombardier Transportation, Bombardier, with delivery beginning in 2002, used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA on the Long Island Rail Road (M7) and Metro-North Railroad (M7A). The M7 replaced the M1/M3 (railcar), M1 railcars, which had previously provided electric service on these lines. The M7 fleets are powered from an electric third rail. A total of 1,172 M7 cars were built for the two railroads. Description Cars are arranged as married pairs, where each car contains a complete set of controls for an Railroad engineer, engineer, Conductor (transportation), conductor, or brakeman. However, the 'B' Cars (denoted by odd-numbered car designations) contain a handicapped accessible Public toilet, restroom, which is larger than the restroom provided on the M1/M3 (railcar), M1 and M3 railcars and designed to accommodate a wheelchair, as well as an attendant and/or service animal (such as a guide dog, hearing dog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |