Cortlandt station is a
commuter rail
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stop on the
Metro-North Railroad
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's
Hudson Line, located in
Montrose, New York
Montrose is a hamlet (and census-designated place) within the town of Cortlandt, in the northwestern corner of Westchester County, New York, United States. The hamlet is named after the Montross family, most of whom worked nearby in Buchanan at ...
. Trains leave for
New York City
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every hour on weekdays, and about every 25 minutes during
rush hour
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. It is from
Grand Central Terminal
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and travel time to Grand Central is about 62 minutes.
History
Cortlandt is the second newest station on the Hudson Line (and seventh-newest on the Metro-North system). The station replaced the low-level
Montrose and
Crugers stations at a point midway between them on June 30, 1996.
Those stations were replaced as part of the last stage of expanding the Hudson Line to six-car high-level platforms. They could not be extended because of the curvature of their platforms.
Cortlandt is the first station north of
Croton–Harmon, where
electrification
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begins southbound.
On February 15, 2012, Metro-North completed the expansion project of the station. The new facility includes an overpass extension that ties the original station east of the tracks with a new entrance on the west side off
NY 9A near the VA Hospital, new parking and a landscaped, canopy-covered, intermodal drop-off plaza. The new overpass has a spacious, heated waiting area with numerous benches and a coffee concession.
Station layout
The station has one six-car-long high-level island platform.
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Entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state)
Railway stations in Westchester County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996
1996 establishments in New York (state)