Metro-North is set to begin a $1.7 million overhaul on the Tarrytown train station along the Hudson. The work will include a new slate roof, gutters, canopy supports and reconstruction of three roof dormers that were removed decades ago.
The 4,000 square foot Tarrytown station, a pink granite building with red sandstone trim, was built in 1890 by the New York Central Railroad. The reconstruction will also take away three feet from the street in front of the station and add it to the sidewalk, so that the sidewalk extends to the end of the roof’s overhang.
“The railroad is pleased to finally begin restoration of the Tarrytown Station building, a gem that has been in continuous use since it was built in 1890 by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad,” said Metro-North President Howard Permut. “When the job is done the station will be a real asset to the village, to the public and to railroad customers.”
Last time I was at Tarrytown station, it was during a giant summer storm that felled trees on the Harlem Line tracks. I ended up getting gouged by Tarrytown Taxi for a ride home–an outfit whose own dispatcher told me who conceded that the cab company was “the most crooked company in the world.”
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