A major renovation and rebuilding project at the historic 1890 Tarrytown Metro-North Railroad station, which serves 2,800 commuters each workday, was announced recently by Governor David A. Paterson. The project will be funded using $39 million in Federal stimulus funding and will improve the second-busiest station on the line, surpassed only the Croton-Harmon stop.
According to a report in The Journal News of Rockland County, the previously delayed project includes replacing the station's elevated platforms, adding heated shelters, and installing a new public address system. Staircases to the overpasses will be replaced, and the two overpasses will be heated and raised (to meet new state freight heiht requirements). New benches and ticket machines are also included in the work.
The project is scheduled to begin late this year and be completed in 2012, according to the paper.
Read The Journal News story at: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009908180340
