Glenwood station (Metro-North) explained

Glenwood
Style:MNRR
Style2:Hudson
Address:2 Glenwood Avenue, Yonkers, New York
Coordinates:40.9506°N -73.8991°W
Line:Hudson Line
Other: Bee-Line Bus System: 1C, 1T, 1W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Electrified:700V (DC) third rail
Accessible:yes
Zone:3
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 009B3A
Zoom:14

Glenwood station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in the Glenwood neighborhood of Yonkers, New York.

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms each able to accommodate eight cars.[1]

Abandoned power plant

Between the Glenwood station and the Hudson River lies the abandoned Yonkers Power Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, a massive building which was constructed in 1907 to hold electrical generators to provide power for the electrification of the railroad.

In 2008 the Preservation League of New York State named the plant as one of the seven most endangered sites in the state,[2] and in 2013 the building began to be renovated into the "PowerHouse", an "arts-focused event complex with eventual plans for restaurants, a hotel and a marina." Phase One of the conversion is expected to finish in 2016 at the cost of $70 million, while Phase Two, which includes the restaurant, hotel and marina, is expected to cost $80 million, and could take up to ten years to complete.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019. November 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108132506/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf. live.
  2. Web site: Yonkers Power Station. Hudson Valley Ruins. December 26, 2010. July 19, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103110/http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/glenwood/glenwood.html. live.
  3. Web site: Hughes. C. J.. Converting a Run-Down Power Plant. The New York Times. June 3, 2014. March 1, 2017. June 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160601002141/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/business/converting-a-run-down-yonkers-power-plant-into-an-arts-complex.html. live.