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Fri 5 Feb 2010

Metro-North to Demo New App at Hastings Station

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Metro-North officials will conduct a live demonstration of their “Train Time” smartphone app at Hastings station from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. The next two Tuesdays will see similar app demonstrations at Brewster and Portchester stations.

Metro-North says the app covers 67 stations so far, and there have been 71,000 “hits” on the website. Riders with an enabled smartphone–Blackberry, iPhone, etc.–can get real-time train info.

“This new service allows customers to check the status of train service in real time at their home stations or wherever they are traveling,” said Metro-North President Howard Permut.  “It gives people the freedom to plan a trip and get up-to-the-minute information to make necessary adjustments while they are out and about.  We think it’s a technology whose time has come.” 

Says the press release:

Smart phones and computers will show whether a train is On Time, Late, Canceled or Delayed, including the number of minutes it is late, also what track it will arrive on and what stops it makes. 

 

Mon 15 Sep 2008

Interesting Uses For Old Train Stations

Posted by TJ under Hastings, Yorktown
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The former Hastings on Hudson train station, nestled amidst the cutest little downtown this side of Bronxville, has been converted into the Hastings Station cafe. Dobbs Ferry resident Avi Schwartz “turned the ticket office in the town’s train statino into a modern coffee shop with minimalist decor,” reports the latest InTown Magazine.

Metro-North reports that the cafe “will occupy the entire 1,600-square foot main floor as well as outdoor seating on the plaza in front of the building. Metro-North Railroad’s 1,100 daily customers will have use of the waiting area and restrooms when the cafe is open.”

In other converted station news, last week’s Pleasantville Examiner News writes about the 129-year-old Millwood Depot from the old New York Central railroad hopefully being restored by a couple train enthusiasts, including Joe Schiavone, who wrote the book The Old Put about the Putnam Division of the old train line.

Several weeks back, some small-town hack at the NY Times wrote about similar efforts that are under way on the old Yorktown station.

The station down in Hawthorne, meanwhile, is still used for the storage of someone’s junk. A coffee shop sure would be nice.