White Plains station

Metro-North Railroad station in New York

White Plains

View of White Plains station from platform

General information
Location| 16 Ferris Avenue, White Plains, New York
Coordinates| 41°02′02″N 73°46′29″W﻿ / ﻿41.0338°N 73.7747°W﻿ / 41.0338; -73.7747
Platforms| 1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Connections| White Plains TransCenter
Construction
Parking| 1,226 spaces
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Fare zone| 4
History
Opened| December 1, 1844[1][2]
Rebuilt| December 1914 (New York Central Railroad)[3]
1987 (Metro-North Railroad)
Electrified| 700V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2018| 11,550[4] (Metro-North)
Rank| 2 of 109[4]
Services
| Preceding station  |  Metro-North Railroad | Following station

|
|

Hartsdale

toward Grand Central

|  | Harlem Line |  | North White Plains

Terminus

Harlem–125th Street

toward Grand Central

| North White Plains

toward Southeast or Wassaic

Former services
| Preceding station  | New York Central Railroad | Following station

|
|

Hartsdale

toward New York

|  | Harlem Division |  | North White Plains

toward Chatham

Location

White Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in White Plains, New York. With 9,166 daily commuters as of 2006,[5] White Plains is the busiest Metro-North station in Westchester County, the busiest non-terminal or transfer station on the Metro-North system, and the first/last stop outside New York City on most upper Harlem Line express trains.

Though it is not a terminal station, White Plains is one of the key stations on the Harlem Line. Its downtown White Plains location is not far from many businesses and office buildings making it very convenient to commuters and making it a stop for all off-peak trains and most peak trains regardless of terminal location. A short walk from the station is the White Plains TransCenter, a terminal/transfer point for many Bee-Line buses as well as intercity buses (Greyhound Lines, Leprechaun Lines, Short Line Bus, and Trailways of New York) and Connecticut Transit's I-Bus to Stamford, Connecticut.

Pace University's Graduate Center is located across the street from the White Plains station, while Pace Law School's 12-acre (49,000 m2) campus lies several blocks away on North Broadway. Mercy College, Berkeley College, as well as The College of Westchester are also located within walking distance of the station. The Westchester campus of Fordham University, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) away, is served by the station.

## History

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Rail service in White Plains can be traced as far back as December 1, 1844[6] with the establishment of the New York and Harlem Railroad, which became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and was eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. As an NYC station, it originally served both commuter trains in the New York Tri-State Area and long distance trains toward Albany, New York and Boston, Massachusetts, via Chatham, New York. As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which made it part of Metro-North in 1983.

The current station house was built in 1987[7] as a replacement for the previous Warren & Wetmore-built depot originally built in 1914 for the NYC, razed in September 1983.[8] The former was similar to that of the current Poughkeepsie station on the Hudson Line, and continued to operate through the reconstruction.

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, would receive a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps.[9] The renovations at White Plains station will cost $91.3 million and will be completed by the end of March 2021.[10][11]: 62 The three-phase renovation will improve the exterior, interior, platforms, restrooms, and bridges,[12][13] and thus, costs much more than the renovations at the four other Metro-North stations.[11]: 62

## Station layout

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The station has two high-level platforms each 10 cars long,.[14]: 11 The eastern platform is a side platform used only to discharge passengers.

## Bibliography

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* Dunbar, Seymour (1915). A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unity of the White Race: the Part Played by Travel Methods in the Economic Conquest of the Continent: and Those Related Human Experiences, Changing Social Conditions and Governmental Attitudes which Accompanied the Growth of a National Travel System · Volume 3. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

## References

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1. ^ Dunbar 1915, p. 984.
2. ^ Carman, W.S. (December 13, 1844). "New York and Harlem Railroad Company Winter Arrangements". The New York Daily Herald. p. 3. Retrieved May 26, 2020 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Open New Station at White Plains". The New York Tribune. December 27, 1914. p. 2. Retrieved July 20, 2024 - via Newspaperarchive.com.
4. ^ a b METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
5. ^ New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuter rail info
6. ^ Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Self-Published. p. 14\. ISBN 0-962120-65-0.
7. ^ Feron, James (January 25, 1987). "White Plains Opens New Train Station Tomorrow". The New York Times.
8. ^ "White Plains Train Station Slated for Wrecking Ball". The Yonkers Herald Statesmen. September 11, 1983. p. 5. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
9. ^ "Metro-North Railroad to Make Design Improvements to Five Stations Under Enhanced Stations Initiative Program". MTA. December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
10. ^ "MTA Metro-North Railroad". web.mta.info. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
11. ^ a b "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
12. ^ Aiello, Tony (April 3, 2018). "'A Lot Of TLC': White Plains Metro-North Station Getting Sleek $92M Upgrade". CBS 2 New York. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
13. ^ Liebson, Richard (April 2, 2018). "Work underway on $92M renovation of White Plains train station". lohud. USA Today Network. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
14. ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

## External links

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* Media related to White Plains (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

* Metro-North station page for White Plains
* List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
* Hamilton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Station House from Google Maps Street View

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Metro-North Railroad stations

Park Avenue main line|

* Grand Central
* Harlem–125th Street

Harlem Line|

* Melrose
* Tremont
* Fordham
* Botanical Garden
* Williams Bridge
* Woodlawn
* Wakefield
* Mount Vernon West
* Fleetwood
* Bronxville
* Tuckahoe
* Crestwood
* Scarsdale
* Hartsdale
* White Plains
* North White Plains
* Valhalla
* Kensico Cemetery
* Mount Pleasant
* Hawthorne
* Thornwood
* Pleasantville
* Chappaqua
* Mount Kisco
* Bedford Hills
* Katonah
* Goldens Bridge
* Purdy's
* Croton Falls
* Brewster
* Southeast
* Patterson
* Pawling
* Appalachian Trail
* Harlem Valley–Wingdale
* Dover Plains
* Tenmile River
* Wassaic

Hudson Line|

* Yankees–East 153rd Street
* Highbridge*
* Morris Heights
* University Heights
* Marble Hill
* Spuyten Duyvil
* Riverdale
* Ludlow
* Yonkers
* Glenwood
* Greystone
* Hastings-on-Hudson
* Dobbs Ferry
* Ardsley-on-Hudson
* Irvington
* Tarrytown
* Philipse Manor
* Scarborough
* Ossining
* Croton–Harmon
* Croton North
* Crugers
* Cortlandt
* Montrose
* Peekskill
* Manitou
* Garrison
* Cold Spring
* Breakneck Ridge
* Beacon
* New Hamburg
* Poughkeepsie

| Penn Station service (planned)|

* Penn Station
* Upper West Side
* West 125th Street

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New Haven Line|

* Fordham
* Mount Vernon East
* Pelham
* New Rochelle
* Larchmont
* Mamaroneck
* Harrison
* Rye
* Port Chester
* Greenwich
* Cos Cob
* Riverside
* Old Greenwich
* Stamford
* Noroton Heights
* Darien
* Rowayton
* South Norwalk
* East Norwalk
* Westport
* Green's Farms
* Southport
* Fairfield
* Fairfield–Black Rock
* Bridgeport
* Barnum (planned)
* Stratford
* Milford
* Orange (planned)
* West Haven
* New Haven
* New Haven State Street

| New Canaan Branch|

* Stamford
* Glenbrook
* Springdale
* Talmadge Hill
* New Canaan

|

Danbury Branch|

* South Norwalk
* Merritt 7
* Kent Road
* Wilton
* Cannondale
* Georgetown* (proposed)
* Branchville
* Redding
* Bethel
* Danbury
* North Danbury (proposed)
* Brookfield* (proposed)
* New Milford* (proposed)

Waterbury Branch|

* Bridgeport
* Stratford
* Derby–Shelton
* Ansonia
* Seymour
* Beacon Falls
* Naugatuck
* Waterbury

Penn Station service (planned)|

* Penn Station
* Sunnyside
* Hunts Point*
* Parkchester/Van Nest
* Morris Park
* Co-op City

Pascack Valley Line|

* ← (NJ Transit-operated section to Hoboken)
* Pearl River
* Nanuet
* Spring Valley

Port Jervis Line|

* Hoboken
* Secaucus Junction
* Ramsey Route 17
* Mahwah
* Suffern
* Sloatsburg
* Tuxedo
* Harriman
* Salisbury Mills–Cornwall
* Campbell Hall
* Middletown–Town of Wallkill
* Otisville
* Port Jervis

| Former route|

* Harriman
* Monroe
* Chester
* Goshen
* Middletown

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* Commons

* Italics denote closed/future stations and line segments. Asterisks indicate stations closed prior to the formation of Metro-North

* Stations south of Sloatsburg are operated and owned by NJ Transit. Stations south of Pearl River are operated by NJ Transit

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White Plains, New York

Education|

| Primary and
secondary schools|

* White Plains Public Schools
* White Plains High School
* Archbishop Stepinac High School
* German International School New York
* The Leffell School (former Solomon Schechter) Lower Campus

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Colleges and universities|

* Pace University Graduate Center
* The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
* College of Westchester

Closed|

* Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Buildings|

* City Center at White Plains
* Federal Building and Courthouse
* The Galleria at White Plains
* The Tower at City Place
* The Westchester
* Westchester County Center

NRHP properties|

* Bar Building
* Good Counsel Complex
* Elijah Miller House
* Mapleton
* Peoples National Bank and Trust Company Building
* Percy Grainger Home and Studio
* Presbyterian Rest for Convalescents
* Jacob Purdy House
* Soundview Manor
* White Plains Armory
* White Plains Rural Cemetery
* Woman's Club of White Plains

Hospitals|

* Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
* White Plains Hospital

Media|

* The Journal News

Transportation|

* North White Plains Metro-North station
* White Plains Metro-North station
* Westchester County Airport (near White Plains)
* Bee-Line Bus System (TransCenter)

History|

* Battle of White Plains
* Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
* Mayors

Sports|

* Westchester Knicks

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