Manitou station is a limited-service stop on the

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's Hudson Line. It serves the hamlet of Manitou in the southwestern corner of Philipstown in Putnam County,

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. The station is open part-time, serving one weekday peak hour train in each direction and six weekend trains each direction. The Manitou station is one of three stations – along with Breakneck Ridge on the Hudson Line and

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on the Harlem Line – that receives limited passenger service. Like these stations, it serves mainly hikers visiting nearby

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in the

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. There is no elevated platform and facilities at the station, one of two on the line adjacent to a

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, are limited to a small shelter with the current schedule posted inside. The station predates the merger of

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and

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s. This station is the least used station in Putnam County, with only 42 passengers per week in 2018.

History

The station closed on July 1, 1973 along with several other stations in

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's Metropolitan Region. It reopened in 1983.

Station layout

The station has two short low-level side platforms, which are each long enough for just one door of one car to receive and discharge passengers.

In popular culture

The Manitou station was featured in the television series '' Girls'', in the episode "Video Games," in which

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's character Hannah accompanies Jessa on a visit to her estranged father.

References

External links

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Station from Google Maps Street View
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