MTA Metro-North Railroad has announced completion of the reconstruction of Tarrytown Station, the second busiest station on the Hudson Line—under budget, on schedule after three years of work, and with no impact on train performance. The station serves about 6,000 people a day traveling from Westchester and Rockland counties in New York State.

The reconstruction project received $36 million in funding from the MTA Capital Program with a grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“Together with a separate project that restored the historic station building, the installation of terrific artwork by Holly Sears, the expansion of the waterfront park, and the construction of a major residential development underway next door, I believe this train station is a nexus for development and prosperity in this bustling riverfront village,” said Metro-North President Howard Permut.

“The Tarrytown railroad station is one of the busiest in Westchester County because of its proximity to the Tappan Zee Bridge, and so I am tremendously pleased that the reconstruction project here is completed,” said Westchester County legislator Alfreda Williams. “Residents and business owners commuting north and south will be well served by this beautifully renovated facility, and the leadership of the MTA Metro-North Railroad is to be commended for making this important investment in its infrastructure.”

The project included replacement of all station elements. For example, the new overpasses feature Sears’ artwork. “Hudson River Explorers” comprises 36 laminated glass panels depicting above-water and underwater riverscapes, each populated by groups of creatures including bobcats and house cats, polar bears and black bears, white-tailed deer, ducks, shad, seahorses and sturgeon, hawks and owls, herons and swallows, and more.

Metro-North replaced Tarrytown’s two existing elevators and installed a third to serve the large west side parking area, also replacing the staircases serving the overpasses and those that connect platforms to sidewalks.

Complementing the station project is an extensive landscaping installation featuring hardy, low-maintenance flowering shrubs, holly, grasses, and Black-Eyed Susans.

A separate $2 million project provided for full restoration of the historic Tarrytown Station, in continuous use since it was built in 1890 by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. It received a new slate roof, gutters, and canopy supports, as well as the reconstruction of three dormer windows eliminated during roof work decades ago.