Co-op City station

Co-op City station is a proposed passenger rail station on the New Haven Line of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, to be located in Co-op City, Bronx. The station is planned to open in 2025 as part of the Penn Station Access project.

Co-op City
Coordinates40.8593°N 73.8268°W / 40.8593; -73.8268
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)Hell Gate Line
Platforms1 island platform[1]
Tracks4
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
Opening2025 (planned)
Proposed services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Morris Park New Haven Line New Rochelle
towards Stamford

The station will be located under Interstate 95 along the southern edge of Co-op City, with two entrances on the north side of the tracks.[1] The Baychester station of the New Haven Railroad was located at the same site.[2] The 1908-built station building, designed by Cass Gilbert, is no longer extant.[3]

References

  1. "Chapter 2: Project Alternatives" (PDF). MTA Metro-North Railroad Penn Station Access Project: Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) Evaluation. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2021. pp. 11, 12.
  2. Bromley, George W.; Bromley, Walter S. (1913). "Plate 20". Atlas of the city of New York Borough of the Bronx. G.W. Bromley & Co. via Ward Maps.
  3. Gray, Christopher (November 29, 2009). "Where Ghost Passengers Await Very Late Trains". New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

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