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{{Short description|Railway station in Millerton, New York, US}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Millerton
| logo =
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| style=New York Central Railroad
| image = Millerton Train Station.jpg
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| image_caption = The former 1911-built Millerton NYCRR station, which replaced the still existing 1852 NY&H station.
| address = 20 North Center Street, [[Millerton, New York|Millerton]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 12546
| coordinates = {{Coord|41.9539|-73.5115|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line =
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| platform =
| tracks = 1
| parking =
| bicycle =
| passengers =
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| pass_percent = 0
| opened = May 10, 1852<ref>{{cite news |date=August 26, 1962 |title=Railroad Hopes to Realize $432,386 in Millerton - Chatham Line Abandonment |work=[[The Poughkeepsie Journal]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=9B |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41341251/amenia_station_august_26_1962/ |access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
| closed = March 20, 1972 (passenger service)<ref name="1972end">{{cite news |last1=Layton |first1=Preston |title=PC Ends Run, Strands Riders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40124467/upper_harlem_march_21_1972/ |accessdate=December 5, 2019 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=March 21, 1972|page=22|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br>March 27, 1980 (freight)
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| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York Central Railroad|line=Harlem Division|left=Coleman's|right=Mount Riga
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |zoom=14 }}
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The '''Millerton station''' is a former [[New York Central Railroad]] (NYC) [[train station|station]] on the NYC's [[Harlem Line|Harlem Division]] that served the residents of [[Millerton, New York]].

==History==
Millerton station was located on the NYC Harlem Division, originally the [[New York & Harlem Railroad]]. Tracks first reached Millerton after 1848, and reached the end of the line in Chatham in 1852. The NY&H was acquired by [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad]] in 1864 and eventually became the Upper Harlem Division of the [[New York Central Railroad]]. The station included a passenger station and a freight station, and also served the [[Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad]], and even a spur from the Main Line of the [[Central New England Railway]].<ref>[http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/pbmapcne.Html 1901 Central New England Railway Map (Catskill Archive)]</ref> In 1911, the NY&H passenger station was replaced by a new station built by NYC, but all three station houses still survive to this day. It was one of the stations on the Harlem Line to serve the ''[[Berkshire Hills Express]]'' and other limited stop trains that went from New York City all the way to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] and [[North Adams, Massachusetts]] in the [[Berkshires]].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=February 1932 |title=New York Central Railroad, Tables 6, 98 |magazine=[[Official Guide of the Railways]] |volume=64 |issue=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 1938 |title=New York Central Railroad, Tables 11, 90 |magazine=Official Guide of the Railways |volume=71 |issue=3}}</ref> Such through trains were replaced by shuttle transfers in 1950.<ref>New York Central June 1950 timetable, Table 42</ref> Passenger service ended at Millerton on March 20, 1972, when successor [[Penn Central]] won a heated court battle to end its unsubsidized train service north of Dover Plains.<ref name="1972end" /> Freight service continued, though the station itself was closed permanently by the winter of 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grogan |first=Louis V. |year=1989 |title=The Coming Of The New York And Harlem Railroad |publisher=Louis V. Grogan |location=Pawling, New York |isbn= |pages=364}}</ref>

Freight service continued to be provided by [[Penn Central Railroad]] until the advent of [[Conrail]] on April 1, 1976. All freight service north of Wassaic to [[Ghent (NYCRR station)|Ghent]] was terminated on this date; however, the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] subsidized freight service between Millerton and Wassaic until March 27, 1980, when the line between Wassaic and Millerton was abandoned. The tracks were removed during the summer of 1981,<ref>{{cite web |date=February 25, 2010 |title=Harlem Valley Rail Trail - History |url=http://hvrt.org/history |access-date=February 25, 2010}}</ref> however upon removal of tracks the railroad siding for the old Agway feed store remains in place. The station is currently the home of Steed Real Estate.<ref>[http://www.steedrealestate.com Steed Real Estate]</ref> There are plans to extend the [[Harlem Valley Rail Trail]] as far north as [[Chatham, New York|Chatham]], the original terminus of the NYCRR Harlem Division.

==Station layout==
Millerton had two tracks previously with a side platform on the west side of the tracks closest to the station house.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/10/26/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-croton-falls-and-bonus-millerton-harlem-valley-rail-trail/ Tour of the Harlem Line - Photos of Millerton]
*[http://ny.existingstations.com/w//index.php/Dutchess Existing Railroad Stations of Dutchess County, New York (Including three photos of former Millerton Station Houses)]
*[http://www.steedrealestate.com Steed Real Estate]

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[[Category:Former New York Central Railroad stations]]
[[Category:North East, New York]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Dutchess County, New York]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1852]]
[[Category:1852 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Former railway stations in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Transportation in Dutchess County, New York]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1972]]

Millerton station - Revision history

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