Croton-Harmon (Metro-North station)

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Croton-Harmon
Metro-North Hudson Line station
Amtrak station

Station statistics

Address

1 Croton Point Avenue
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520

Lines

Amtrak:

Maple Leaf

Adirondack

Empire Service

Lake Shore Limited

Ethan Allen Express

Metro North:

Hudson Line

Connections

Bee-Line Bus System

Parking

1,903 spaces

Other information

Accessible

Code

CRT (Amtrak)

Owned by

Metro-North Railroad

Fare zone

5 (Metro North)

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

875,680 ▬ 0% (Metro-North)

Passengers (2007)

38,419 ▲ 1.5% (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak	Following station
Poughkeepsie toward Montreal	Adirondack	Yonkers toward New York
Poughkeepsie toward Niagara Falls, N.Y.	Empire Service
Poughkeepsie toward Rutland	Ethan Allen Express
Poughkeepsie toward Toronto	Maple Leaf
Albany-Rensselaer toward Chicago	Lake Shore Limited	New York Terminus
Preceding station	Metro-North Railroad	Following station
Cortlandt toward Poughkeepsie	Hudson Line	Ossining toward Grand Central

The Croton-Harmon Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Croton-on-Hudson, New York via the Hudson Line. It is the main transfer point between the Hudson Line's local and express service, and it is also served by almost all Amtrak trains on the line (which calls it Croton-on-Hudson). Metro-North trains leave for New York City about every 30 minutes. It is 33.2 miles (53 km) from Grand Central Terminal. Travel times to Grand Central vary depending on run, ranging from 42 minutes (super-express runs) to 71 minutes (trains making all local stops).

The Metro-North shops, formerly those of the New York Central Railroad, are located at Croton-Harmon. It is also the northern limit of electrification. Metro-North traditionally hosts an Open House of the maintenance facilities every October, though a hiatus of future events may take place due to renovations of the Harmon shops.^[1]

During the days of the New York Central Railroad, the station and shops were known as Harmon. Trains continuing north of Harmon, including the flagship 20th Century Limited would exchange their electric locomotive for a steam or diesel locomotive to continue the journey to points north and west.

The Village of Croton-on-Hudson operates the station parking lot. A great number of spots are reserved for long-term permit holders and village residents. There is also ample parking for daily use. The station is easily accessed via the Croton Point Ave exit from US 9.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 3368 and there were 1903 parking spots.^[2]

On March 18, 2008, 75-year-old Theresa Fiorentino fell off the platform into the path of an oncoming Amtrak train and was killed. After reviewing a surveillance camera's record of the incident, investigators for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police came to the conclusion that it had been an accident — she had not been pushed, and there were no indications she had been considering suicide. They theorized that Fiorentino, who was blind, had been following an unfamiliar route to the newsstand she ran in the overpass since the elevator she normally used was out of service.^[3]