Tuxedo station

Tuxedo station is a stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, serving the community of Tuxedo, New York, and the gated village of Tuxedo Park, New York, with commuter rail to Hoboken and its connections to New York City.

Tuxedo
The station building, built in 1885 and renovated in the early 2010s.
General information
Location240 Route 17, Tuxedo, New York 10987
Coordinates41.1940°N 74.1848°W / 41.1940; -74.1848
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsIntercity Bus Short Line Bus: 17M/MD
Construction
Parking245
Other information
Station code2511 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened1841
Rebuilt1885
Key dates
August 1966Station agent eliminated[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Harriman
toward Port Jervis
 Port Jervis Line Sloatsburg
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Southfields
toward Chicago
 Main Line Sloatsburg
toward Jersey City
Tuxedo Park Railroad Station
Tuxedo station is located in New York
Tuxedo station
Tuxedo station is located in the United States
Tuxedo station
LocationNY 17, Tuxedo, New York
Coordinates41°11′36″N 74°11′14″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1886
ArchitectBruce Price
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.00001529[3]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 2000

Station layout and structure

The station has one track and a low-level side platform. It is the only stop along the line that retains the old station at the current station site. It was built in 1885 as one of the original Tuxedo Park buildings, designed by architect Bruce Price,[4] and was listed as Tuxedo Park Railroad Station on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It contains a waiting room and a community room often used by the Boy/Girl Scouts and other Tuxedo clubs and organizations.

In 2009 the town, which owns the building, spent $1 million to restore it to what historians believe was its original appearance.[5] The train station currently displays artwork by long-time Tuxedo Park resident and artist Robert Bero. The pieces, a gift from the his estate, include woodcuts, etchings and drawings.[6]

References
  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. "Erie Closing Tuxedo Depot". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 13, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978-0471143895.
  5. King, Matt (May 26, 2009). "Town applauds restoration of Tuxedo station". Times-Herald Record. Ottaway Community Newspapers. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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