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A Hudson Line train made up of M7A's approaching Croton-Harmon station, the last stop for all EMU powered trains.. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12, 1846 to extend the Troy and Greenbush Railroad, which connected Troy and Albany, south to New York City along the east bank of the Hudson River.
Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824. They were of eight horse-power and crossed the rivers in from twelve to twenty minutes." [10]In 1812, two steam boats designed by Robert Fulton were placed in use in New York, for the Paulus Hook Ferry from the foot of Cortlandt Street, and on the Hoboken Ferry from the foot of Barclay Street.
The Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry is a passenger ferry over the Haverstraw Bay and Hudson River, which connects Haverstraw with Ossining in the U.S. state of New York.The ferry operates during rush hours on weekdays only, primarily transporting commuters from the west side of the river to the Ossining Metro-North Railroad station on the east side, where they can transfer to Metro-North Railroad ...
NY Waterway, or New York Waterway, is a private transportation company running ferry and bus service in the Port of New York and New Jersey and in the Hudson Valley.The company utilizes public-private partnership with agencies such as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, New York City Department of Transportation, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority to ...
By the late 1980s, ferries had again become a popular mode of transport in the New York City area. [25] A ferry line from Staten Island to Midtown Manhattan was proposed in the early 1990s; this new ferry would travel at top speeds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). [26]
Ossining station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line, located in Ossining, New York. Near the station is a ferry dock which is used by the NY Waterway-operated Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry. The station has two high-level island platforms, each 10 cars long, serving the line's four tracks. [3]: 4
Hudson Line refers to the following rail lines, all originally part of the Hudson River Railroad following the east shore of the Hudson River. Hudson Line (Metro-North), a commuter line from New York City north to Poughkeepsie; Hudson Subdivision a rail line continuing north from Poughkeepsie to Rensselaer, owned by CSX and leased by Amtrak
A Compilation of the Existing Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866 "Brooklyn Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 18 July 1870. p. 2. Cudahy, Brian J. (1990). Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823212453