Pawling station explained

Pawling
Style:	MNRR
Style2:	Harlem
Address:	1 Memorial Avenue, Pawling, New York
Coordinates:	41.5646°N -73.6004°W
Line:	Harlem Line
Other:	Dutchess County Public Transit E (on Route 22)
Platform:	1 side platform
Tracks:	1
Opened:	December 31, 1848^[1]
Accessible:	yes
Years1:	March 11, 1977^[2]
Events1:	Station agency closed
Years2:	November 30, 1984
Events2:	Station depot burned^[3]
Zone:	8
Other Services Header:	Former services
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Custom:	Shape: none Line: none Marker: rail Marker-Color: 0039A6 Zoom: 14

Pawling station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Pawling, New York.

History

Though the New York and Harlem Railroad ran through the community as far back as the late-1840s, Pawling didn't receive a passenger station until the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad built one in 1881,^[4] and continued to serve as it was incorporated into a village in 1893. It was one of the stations on the Harlem Line to serve the Berkshire Hills Express and other limited stop trains that went from New York City all the way to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and North Adams, Massachusetts in the Berkshires.^{[5] [6]} Such through trains were replaced by shuttle transfers in 1950.^[7]

As with the rest of the Harlem Division, the station became part of Penn Central Railroad upon New York Central's merger with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which continued through Penn Central's acquisition by Conrail in 1976. The ticket agent/office was closed on March 11, 1977. The station depot burned on November 30, 1984. Today it is used by the local chamber of commerce.^[8]

Station layout

The station consists of a four-car-long high-level side platform to the east of the track.^[9]

References

• Book: Dana, William B. . The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 55 . 1866 . William B. Dana . New York, New York . December 12, 2019.

External links

• Getting to the Appalachian Trail
• Pawling NYC station (Dynamic Depot Maps)
• Tuesday Tour of Pawling Station (I Ride the Harlem Line)
• Station from Google Maps Street View

Notes and References

1. News: New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement . December 12, 2019 . The Evening Post . December 12, 1849 . New York, New York . 4. Newspapers.com.
2. News: Railroad Station Closed in Pawling . December 29, 2019 . The Harlem Valley Times . March 17, 1977 . . 1.
3. News: Liss . Caroline . Pawling Fire Delays Trains . December 29, 2019 . . December 1, 1984 . 1 - 2. Newspapers.com.
4. Book: The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad . Self-Published . Grogan, Louis V. . 1989 . 177 . 0-962120-65-0.
5. New York Central Railroad, Tables 6, 98 . Official Guide of the Railways . National Railway Publication Company . 64 . 9 . February 1932.
6. New York Central Railroad, Tables 11, 90 . Official Guide of the Railways . National Railway Publication Company . 71 . 3 . August 1938.
7. New York Central June 1950 timetable, Table 42
8. http://subwaynut.com/mnr/pawling/pawling2.jpg Former Pawling NYCRR Station (TheSubwayNut)
9. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019.