Manitou station

Manitou
Hikers returning from the Bear Mountain area await a New York City-bound train at the Manitou station.
General information
Location1 Manitou Road, Garrison, New York
Coordinates41°19′57″N 73°58′15″W / 41.3324°N 73.9709°W / 41.3324; -73.9709
Line(s)Hudson Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zone7
Passengers
201830 per week
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Garrison Hudson Line
limited service
Peekskill
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Garrison
toward Chicago
Main Line Peekskill
toward New York
Location
Map

Manitou station /mænɪt/ is a limited-service stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line. It serves the hamlet of Manitou in the southwestern corner of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York. The station is open part-time, serving one weekday peak hour train in each direction and six weekend trains each direction.

The Manitou station is one of three stations – along with Breakneck Ridge on the Hudson Line and Appalachian Trail on the Harlem Line – that receives limited passenger service. Like these stations, it serves mainly hikers visiting nearby state parks in the Hudson Highlands. There is no elevated platform and facilities at the station, one of two on the line adjacent to a grade crossing, are limited to a small shelter with the current schedule posted inside. The station predates the merger of New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads.[1]

This station is the least used station on the Hudson Line, with only 42 passengers per week in 2018.[2][3]

  1. ^ 1965 photo of old Manitou NYC Station shelter (I Ride the Harlem Line)
  2. ^ "2018 Metro-North Weekend Station Boardings". Google Docs. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings Rankings.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

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