According to the latest issue of Progressive Railroading–yup, real magazine–Metro-North has finished the overhaul of several River Town stations: Ardsley, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry and Irvington, including new elevators at the first three.

Next up for Metro-North are Ossining, Philipse Manor and Scarborough.

About those elevators…does anyone out there use them? While it’s great that they don’t double as bathrooms, as the city’s subway elevators do, I wonder if the (considerable) expense of elevator construction is justified–especially as the MTA scales back its budget for enhanced train service.

Are station elevators mandated by law for the handicapped? If the wheelchair-bound are using them, that’s great. If the ample-bodied…I mean able-bodied…are using them to avoid the rigors of the stairs, well, that seems a bit wasteful.

Anyone out there making good use of the station elevators?