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{{Short description|Metro-North Railroad station in New York}}
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{{Infobox station
| name=Dover Plains
| name = Dover Plains
| style=MNRR |style2=Harlem
| style = MNRR
| style2 = Harlem
| logo=
| logo =
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| image=Southbound Metro-North Harlem Line train departing Dover Plains, NY, station.jpg
| image = Southbound Metro-North Harlem Line train departing Dover Plains, NY, station.jpg
| image_caption=Southbound train departing
| image_caption = Southbound train departing
| address=Market Street and Mill Street, [[Dover Plains, New York]]
| address = Market Street and Mill Street, [[Dover Plains, New York]]
| coordinates={{coord|41.7427|-73.5762|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
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| line=[[Harlem Line]]
| line = [[Harlem Line]]
| other='''[[Dutchess County Public Transit]]''': D
| other = '''[[Dutchess County Public Transit]]''': D
| platform=1 [[side platform]]
| platform = 1 [[side platform]]
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| passengers = {{rail pass box|system=Metro-North|pass_year=2018|pass_rank=100 of [[List of Metro-North Railroad stations|109]]<ref name="mta2018" />|passengers=105<ref name="mta2018">{{cite book|title=METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS|date=April 2019|publisher=Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:[[Metro-North Railroad]]|page=6}}</ref>|<!--pass_percent=0-->}}
| passengers=46,540
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| opened = December&nbsp;31, 1848{{sfn|Dana|1866|p=216}}<ref name="Dec1849arrangement">{{cite news |title=New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40488517/harlem_railroad_december_12_1849/ |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=The Evening Post |date=December 12, 1849 |location=New York, New York |page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| pass_year=2007
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| rebuilt = 1860; August 19, 1996<ref name="doverrebuild">{{cite news|author=Nicole R. Stokes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15286267/dover_plains_station_august_20_1996/|title=New Railroad Station Debuts|access-date=November 21, 2017|date=August 20, 1996|page=3B|work=[[Poughkeepsie Journal]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>
| pass_percent=0
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| opened=December&nbsp;31, 1848{{sfn|Dana|1866|p=216}}<ref name="Dec1849arrangement">{{cite news |title=New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40488517/harlem_railroad_december_12_1849/ |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=The Evening Post |date=December 12, 1849 |location=New York, New York |page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
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| rebuilt=1860; August 19, 1996<ref name="doverrebuild">{{cite news|author=Nicole R. Stokes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15286267/dover_plains_station_august_20_1996/|title=New Railroad Station Debuts|access-date=November 21, 2017|date=August 20, 1996|page=3B|work=[[Poughkeepsie Journal]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>
| ADA=yes
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| zone = 9
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MNRR|line=Harlem Wassaic|left=Harlem Valley–Wingdale|right=Tenmile River}}
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| other_services_header = Former services
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The '''Dover Plains station''' is a [[commuter rail]] stop on the [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Harlem Line]], located in [[Dover, New York]]. Trains leave for [[New York City]] every two hours, and about every 30 minutes during [[rush hour]]. It is {{convert|76.5|mi}} from [[Grand Central Terminal]] and travel time there is approximately two hour, two minutes.


'''Dover Plains station''' is a [[commuter rail]] stop on the [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Harlem Line]], located in [[Dover, New York]].
The 7.5-mile (12&nbsp;km) distance from Dover Plains to [[Harlem Valley–Wingdale station|Harlem Valley–Wingdale]], the next station to the south, is the longest between two stations on the Harlem Line.


==History==
==History==
Rail service in Dover Plains can be traced as far back as December 31, 1848 with the establishment of the [[New York and Harlem Railroad]],<ref name="Dec1849arrangement" /> which became part of the [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad]] in 1864 and eventually taken over by the [[New York Central Railroad]] (NYC).
Rail service in Dover Plains can be traced as far back as December 31, 1848 with the establishment of the [[New York and Harlem Railroad]],<ref name="Dec1849arrangement" /> which became part of the [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad]] in 1864 and eventually taken over by the [[New York Central Railroad]] (NYC).


Besides passenger service, freight service also originated and stopped at this location, in both directions north and south. It even contained a nearby railroad hotel. Under the New York Central, for the first five decades of the 20th century the station hosted through trains such as the ''[[Berkshire Hills Express]]'' to North Adams, Massachusetts via other towns in the [[Berkshires]] section of Massachusetts.
Besides passenger service, freight service also originated and stopped at this location, in both directions north and south. It even contained a nearby railroad hotel. Under the New York Central, for the first five decades of the 20th century the station hosted through trains such as the ''[[Berkshire Hills Express]]'' to [[North Adams, Massachusetts]] via other towns in the [[Berkshires]] section of Massachusetts.


As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1968 transformed the station into a [[Penn Central Railroad]] station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] and abandon service north of Dover Plains, thus transforming it into a terminal station in 1972. Freight service north of Dover Plains was abandoned by [[Conrail]] on March 27, 1980. The ticket office was closed in September 1981. The line itself became part of Metro-North in 1983. The 1860-built NYC station house, now abandoned, more recently contained a bagel restaurant,<ref>[http://ny.existingstations.com/archive/443.jpg Old Dover Plains Passenger Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)]</ref> and the former freight house also still exists.<ref>[http://ny.existingstations.com/archive/972.jpg Old Dover Plains Freight Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)]</ref> Dover Plains was a terminal station until 2000 when Metro-North expanded the line back to [[Wassaic (Metro-North station)|Wassaic]].
As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1968 transformed the station into a [[Penn Central Railroad]] station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] and abandon service north of Dover Plains, thus transforming it into a terminal station in 1972. Freight service north of Dover Plains was abandoned by [[Conrail]] on March 27, 1980. The ticket office was closed in September 1981. The line itself became part of Metro-North in 1983. The 1860-built NYC station house contained a bagel restaurant,<ref>[https://ny.existingstations.com/w//index.php/File:443.jpg Old Dover Plains Passenger Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)]</ref> until it was closed in the 2010s, and left vacant, and the former freight house also still exists.<ref>[https://ny.existingstations.com/w//index.php/File:972.jpg Old Dover Plains Freight Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)]</ref> Dover Plains was a terminal station until 2000 when Metro-North expanded the line back to [[Wassaic (Metro-North station)|Wassaic]].


==Station layout==
==Station layout==
This station has one four-car-long high-level [[side platform]] to the west of the track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf|title=Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015|date=2015|publisher=Metro-North Railroad|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|16}}
The station has one four-car-long high-level [[side platform]] to the west of the track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf|title=Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015|date=2015|publisher=Metro-North Railroad|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|16}}

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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''<br />Platform level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=450|Exit/entrance and parking
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left or right</small> {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MNRR|Harlem|inline=yes}} weekdays toward {{mnrr|Southeast}} <small>({{mnrr|Harlem Valley–Wingdale}})</small><br />{{0|←}} {{rcb|MNRR|Harlem|inline=yes}} weekdays toward {{mnrr|Wassaic}} <small>({{mnrr|Tenmile River}})</small> →
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Railway stations in Dutchess County, New York]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Dutchess County, New York]]
[[Category:1848 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:1848 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Transportation in Dutchess County, New York]]

Latest revision as of 00:57, 29 July 2024

Dover Plains
Southbound train departing
General information
LocationMarket Street and Mill Street, Dover Plains, New York
Coordinates41°44′34″N 73°34′34″W / 41.7427°N 73.5762°W / 41.7427; -73.5762
Line(s)Harlem Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsDutchess County Public Transit: D
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone9
History
OpenedDecember 31, 1848[1][2]
Rebuilt1860; August 19, 1996[3]
Passengers
2018105[4] (Metro-North)
Rank100 of 109[4]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Harlem Valley–Wingdale
toward Southeast
 Harlem Line
Wassaic Branch
(weekdays)
 Tenmile River
toward Wassaic
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Dover Furnace
toward New York
 Harlem Division State School
toward Chatham
Location
Map

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

History

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Rail service in Dover Plains can be traced as far back as December 31, 1848 with the establishment of the New York and Harlem Railroad,[2] which became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad (NYC).

Besides passenger service, freight service also originated and stopped at this location, in both directions north and south. It even contained a nearby railroad hotel. Under the New York Central, for the first five decades of the 20th century the station hosted through trains such as the Berkshire Hills Express to North Adams, Massachusetts via other towns in the Berkshires section of Massachusetts.

As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and abandon service north of Dover Plains, thus transforming it into a terminal station in 1972. Freight service north of Dover Plains was abandoned by Conrail on March 27, 1980. The ticket office was closed in September 1981. The line itself became part of Metro-North in 1983. The 1860-built NYC station house contained a bagel restaurant,[5] until it was closed in the 2010s, and left vacant, and the former freight house also still exists.[6] Dover Plains was a terminal station until 2000 when Metro-North expanded the line back to Wassaic.

Station layout

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The station has one four-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the track.[7]: 16 

Notes

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  1. ^ Dana 1866, p. 216.
  2. ^ a b "New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 12, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Nicole R. Stokes (August 20, 1996). "New Railroad Station Debuts". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 3B. Retrieved November 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
  5. ^ Old Dover Plains Passenger Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)
  6. ^ Old Dover Plains Freight Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Dutchess County, New York)
  7. ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

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