MTA and Local Officials to Dedicate New Cortlandt Station Wednesday

From the Metropolitan Transportation Authority: The MTA officials will dedicate a rebuilt and expanded

WHEN: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 – 10 a.m.

WHO:      

• MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota
• MTA Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut
• Cortlandt Town Supervisor Linda Puglisi

WHAT:    

Officials will dedicate Metro-North’s rebuilt and expanded in Cortlandt, N.Y. The new facility includes an overpass extension that ties the original station east of the tracks with a new entrance on the west side off Route 9A, new parking and a landscaped, canopy-covered, intermodal drop-off plaza.  The new overpass has a spacious, heated waiting area with numerous benches and a coffee concession.  Both east and west parking lots and the center island platform are served by elevators and enclosed staircases.

WHERE:   Metro-North Railroad Station at Cortlandt, 2 Memorial Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. 10520. (Take Metro-North’s Hudson Line. From the south, the 8:45 AM from Grand Central, arrives at 9:44 AM. From the north, the 8:47 AM from Poughkeepsie arrives at 9:31 AM. If driving, enter station from Route 9A, across the VA Hospital in Cortlandt.)