Yonkers (Metro-North station)

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Yonkers
Metro-North Hudson Line station
Amtrak station

Southbound Amtrak train arriving at Yonkers station

Station statistics

Address

5 Buena Vista Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701

Lines

Amtrak:

Adirondack

Empire Service

Ethan Allen Express

Maple Leaf

Metro-North:

Hudson Line

Connections

Bee-Line: 6, 23, 25

Platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

1911

Rebuilt

2004

Accessible

Code

YNY

Fare zone

3 (Metro North)

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

17,096^[1] ▲ 3.8%

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak	Following station
Croton-Harmon toward Montreal		Adirondack	New York Terminus
Croton-Harmon toward Niagara Falls, N.Y.		Empire Service
Croton-Harmon toward Rutland		Ethan Allen Express
Croton-Harmon toward Toronto		Maple Leaf
Preceding station		Metro-North Railroad	Following station
Glenwood (local) toward Poughkeepsie		Hudson Line	Ludlow (local) toward Grand Central
Tarrytown (express) toward Poughkeepsie	Marble Hill (express) toward Grand Central

The Yonkers Metro-North Railroad station serves the downtown area of Yonkers, New York via the Hudson Line. It is one of four express stations on that line south of Croton-Harmon, seeing most trains minus peak hour trains to/from Poughkeepsie. Some Amtrak trains also serve it. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 15.1 miles (24 km) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Travel time to Grand Central is approximately 33 minutes. The station is located 2 blocks west of Getty Square.

Main entrance to the station, facing downtown Yonkers.

The station was built in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style. The architects were Warren and Wetmore, one of the firms responsible for Grand Central Terminal. In 2004, Metro-North completed a $43 million restoration of the Yonkers station.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 922 and there were 783 parking spaces.^[2]