Mount Vernon West station

Mount Vernon West
The two center tracks at Mount Vernon West station looking south
General information
Location	1 Mount Vernon Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York
Coordinates	40.9130°N 73.8502°W / 40.9130; -73.8502
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bee-Line Bus System 7, 26, 91
Construction
Parking	221 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1914
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Mount Vernon (????–1974)
Passengers
2018	1,765 (Metro-North)
Rank	36 of 109
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Wakefield toward Grand Central Harlem Line Fleetwood toward North White Plains
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Wakefield toward New York Harlem Division Fleetwood toward Chatham

Mount Vernon West station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Mount Vernon, New York. Train 352 from Grand Central Terminal terminates here in the PM Rush.

History

The Mount Vernon West station was originally built in the early 1840s by the New York and Harlem Railroad along the median of what is today MacQuestor Parkway just south of Mount Vernon Avenue. The line was electrified and realigned in southern Mount Vernon by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and commissioned the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore to build a new station along the realigned segment in 1914, although the bridge over Mount Vernon Avenue was built in 1910. As with most NYCRR stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad.

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level island platforms, each 12 cars long. Its ticket office and waiting area are at the bottom level of the Bank of New York building on Mount Vernon Avenue.

As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 1,172 and there are 221 parking spots. The station house which is addressed at 156 South West Street and still bears the name New York Central Railroad on its façade, is used primarily for retail, and tickets can be purchased from beneath the platforms.

P Platform level	Track 4	←      Harlem Line toward Grand Central (Wakefield)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 2	←      Harlem Line toward Grand Central (Wakefield) ←      Harlem Line express service does not stop here
	Track 1	←      Harlem Line express service does not stop here → ←      Harlem Line toward North White Plains (Fleetwood) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 3	←      Harlem Line toward North White Plains (Fleetwood) →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance and buses