Spuyten Duyvil
TheHenry Hudson Bridge above the Spuyten Duyvil platform.
General information
Location	Edsall Avenue Spuyten Duyvil,Bronx,New York
Coordinates	40°52′44″N73°55′22″W / 40.8789°N 73.9227°W /40.8789; -73.9227
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line	Hudson Line
Platforms	1side platform and 1island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Hudson Rail Link: J, K, L, M
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	yes (northbound platform only)
Other information
Fare zone	2
Passengers
2018	1,138[1] (Metro-North)
Rank	52 of109[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Riverdale towardCroton–Harmon Hudson Line Marble Hill towardGrand Central
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Riverdale towardPeekskill Hudson Division Marble Hill towardNew York
Legend Storage track toRiverdale Empire Connection toSpuyten Duyvil Bridge Curve on Hudson Line toMarble Hill
Location

Spuyten Duyvil station is acommuter rail stop on theMetro-North Railroad'sHudson Line, serving theSpuyten Duyvil neighborhood ofthe Bronx,New York City.

As of August 2006^[update], daily commuter ridership was 913 and there were 100 parking spots.^{[2][needs update]} More than half of the commuters travel to the station using theHudson Rail Link bus.^[3]

Through the 1950s and the 1960s, theNew York Central Railroad depot at Spuyten Duvyil was subject to frequent vandalism.^{[citation needed]} Throughout this time period, multiple stations were also subjected to fires, includingMarble Hill (1951 and 1960^[4]) and Mount Saint Vincent stations (1957^[4]). The railroad let the station depots at Spuyten Duyvil be subject to damage, with the windows on the wooden structure boarded up and broken. The depot was always locked and only staff was an employee to sell monthly commutation tickets. There were complaints about the stairways being closed, requiring people to cross the tracks. Vandalism was also common, along with common crimes such asburglary.^[5] Someone stole the oil heater from the depot in 1956.^[6] The southbound depot caught fire in 1956 as well.^[7]The railroad tried to sell the northbound depot in 1957 for uses other than a railroad station, but no one took advantage.^[8]

On July 29, 1957, the station caught fire at 7:20 a.m. The New York Central suspended service along the Hudson Division. The fire was under control by 8:44 a.m., but the railroad congestion took a while to be handled. More than 5,000 people were delayed from work to the damage.^[9] The damage to the station included the station depot, parts of the platform and parts of the stairway. The repairs were finished in August 1957.^[10] Locals wanted some changes in how buildings are maintained after the fire in July 1957, noting that the railroad did not even patrol the area to keep people from destroying the depot.^[11] In December 1957, the railroad razed the northbound depot, with all operations shifted to the southbound depot, rebuilt from the 1956 fire.^[7]

Yet another fire broke out on the morning of April 19, 1966. This fire engulfed more of the platform and the stairs leading down to the platform. However, this time, the fire department had trouble reaching the station due to poor parking by commuters and had to spend time getting the hoses down from nearby Johnson Avenue to fight with. The fire lasted 40 minutes and held up three trains. The railroad made quick repairs to ensure clean service on April 20.^[12]

However, the station depot burned for good on June 29, 1969, when the southbound station depot and the downtown platform caught fire once again. Around 2:30 p.m. that afternoon, the station building walls and platform. The platform itself had suffered a fire on June 24, taking out 30 feet (9.1 m) of the structure. The fires delayed somePenn Central Railroad trains, but not many due to a smaller Saturday schedule. Despite extinguishing both fires, no one could answer the source of the blaze.^[13] A lean-to that was built for Spuyten Duyvil burned down in the winter of 1958–1959. Despite that, a building was constructed for the maintenance crews to use, leaving the commuters exposed to the elements. This included using the stairs as shelters for rain.^[14] The railroad put up two three-sided "chicken coop" shelters for commuters to use, to their displeasure. The residents put up signs referring to the shelters as "'roosters" and "hens" to voice their displeasure.^[15]

Local pressure led to some bowing from the New York State Public Services Commission in February 1970, who promised the commuters a new, larger shelter above their heads at the station. The new structure would include infrared heaters to keep the commuters warm.^[16] However, that was not the end of the fires at Spuyten Duyvil. The northbound platform, the scene of multiple fires, burned down once again on July 21, 1970.^[17] This fire leveled the wooden northern platform.^[18]

In 1882, a local train of theNew York Central and Hudson River Railroadcollided with a stopped express a mile south of the station, killing eight, includingNew York State SenatorWebster Wagner, found crushed between two luxury sleeper cars built by his company.^[19]

In July 2013,two trains derailed near the station. A freight train hauling garbage lost nearly half its cars between Spuyten Duyvil and Marble Hill, requiring four days to clean up before one of the tracks could be reopened.^[20] In December 2013,a passenger train derailment north of the station resulted in four passenger deaths (the first in the railroad's history) and 75 injuries.^[21]

The station has two high-level platforms. Northbound trains utilize an eight-car-longside platform, while southbound trains use a four-car-longisland platform. Directly east (railroad south) of the station, Track 4 merges with Track 2. Directly west (railroad north) of the station,Amtrak'sEmpire Corridor services merges with the Hudson Line.^[22]: 2

Originally, a wye existed at this station, connecting the current Track 4 with theSpuyten Duyvil Bridge. This was used byHudson River Railroad and laterNew York Central trains, however passenger service ended in 1916. However, the wye track remained extant as late as 1998, but had been removed by 2011, according to topographic maps.^[23][24]

• Media related toSpuyten Duyvil (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Spuyten Duyvil
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Marble Hill and Spuyten Duyvil: The Penn Central Hudson Division in New York City, 1969-1970

• Metro-North Railroad stations in New York City
• Former New York Central Railroad stations
• Railway stations in the Bronx
• Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx

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