Hudson Line (Metro-North)

Hudson Line
A northbound Hudson Line train passing the Hudson Highlands
Overview
Status	Operating
Owner	Metropolitan Transportation Authority[1]
Locale	New York City, Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties
Termini	Grand Central Croton–Harmon (short-turn) Poughkeepsie
Stations	29
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metro-North Railroad
Operator(s)	Metro-North Railroad
Daily ridership	28,828 (2022)
Ridership	12,106,303 (annual ridership, 2023)[2]
Technical
Track length	74 mi (119 km)
Character	Commuter rail
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC (south of Croton–Harmon)
Route map Show interactive map Legend Hudson Line (Empire Corridor) to Albany–Rensselaer Poughkeepsie Yard 73.5 mi 118.3 km Poughkeepsie Zone 9 Zone 8 66.0 mi 106.2 km New Hamburg Wappingers Creek 59.0 mi 95 km Beacon Beacon Line Fishkill Creek Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut RR Dutchess Junction (closed) Zone 8 Zone 7 55.0 mi 88.5 km Breakneck Ridge Breakneck Tunnel 52.5 mi 84.5 km Cold Spring Garrison Tunnel (southbound) 49.9 mi 80.3 km Garrison 46.0 mi 74 km Manitou Anthony's Nose Tunnel Middle Tunnel Little Tunnel Roa Hook (closed) Annsville Creek Zone 7 Zone 6 41.2 mi 66.3 km Peekskill Montrose (closed) 38.4 mi 61.8 km Cortlandt Crugers (closed) Oscawana (closed) Oscawana Tunnel Zone 6 Zone 5 Croton North (closed) end of electrification 33.2 mi 53.4 km Croton–Harmon Croton River 30.8 mi 49.6 km Ossining 29.5 mi 47.5 km Scarborough 26.5 mi 42.6 km Philipse Manor 25.2 mi 40.6 km Tarrytown Zone 5 Zone 4 22.7 mi 36.5 km Irvington 21.7 mi 34.9 km Ardsley-on-Hudson 20.7 mi 33.3 km Dobbs Ferry 19.5 mi 31.4 km Hastings-on-Hudson Zone 4 Zone 3 17.8 mi 28.6 km Greystone 16.2 mi 26.1 km Glenwood 15.1 mi 24.3 km Yonkers 14.3 mi 23 km Ludlow Mount St. Vincent closed Zone 3 Zone 2 13.0 mi 20.9 km Riverdale Penn Station Access (proposed) 13.0 mi 20.9 km Empire Connection to Penn Station   13.0 mi 20.9 km Spuyten Duyvil Bridge West 125th Street (proposed) West 62nd Street (proposed) Penn Station 11.1 mi 17.9 km Spuyten Duyvil 9.8 mi 15.8 km Marble Hill BN Yard (former Putnam Line) 8.7 mi 14 km University Heights 8.1 mi 13 km Morris Heights Oak Point Link Highbridge Facility 6.0 mi 9.7 km Yankees–East 153rd Street Harlem New Haven Mott Haven Junction 138th Street closed Oak Point Link Harlem River Lift Bridge Zone 2 Zone 1 4.2 mi 6.8 km Harlem–125th Street ​​ 0.0 mi 0 km Park Avenue Tunnel 0.0 mi 0 km 110th Street Park Avenue Tunnel 86th Street 72nd Street 59th Street 0.0 mi 0 km Grand Central Terminal ​​​​​ This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

The Hudson Line is a commuter rail line owned and operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. state of New York. It runs north from New York City along the east shore of the Hudson River, terminating at Poughkeepsie. The line was originally the Hudson River Railroad (and the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad south of Spuyten Duyvil), and eventually became the Hudson Division of the New York Central Railroad. It runs along what was the far southern leg of the Central's famed "Water Level Route" to Chicago.

Croton–Harmon station divides the line into two distinct segments. South of there, the line is electrified with third rail, serving suburban stations located relatively close together. Most of the electrified zone has four tracks, usually two express and local tracks in each direction. For a few miles in the Bronx there are only two or three tracks. Local service is usually provided by electric trains, while diesel trains run express. North of Croton–Harmon, the line is not electrified and is mostly double-tracked (with a few triple track areas); the stations are also spaced further apart. Service between Croton–Harmon and Poughkeepsie is provided by diesel trains; these generally run express and skip most of the lower stations. From just north of Spuyten Duyvil to the end of the line, the Hudson Line forms the southern portion of Amtrak's Empire Corridor, the former main line of the Central. The planned Penn Station Access project would send some Hudson Line trains to Penn Station along the Empire Connection, with two new intermediate stops along the west side of Manhattan.

The Hudson Line is colored green on Metro-North timetables and system maps, and stations on the line have green trim. The New York Central used green color-coding for the Hudson Division as early as 1965.^[3]