Platforms and Tracks
The station has two high-level platforms each eight cars long. The west one is an island platform generally used by southbound or Manhattan-bound trains. The east one is a side platform generally used by northbound or Westchester County-bound trains.
The Hudson Line has five tracks here. The west platform is between Tracks 4 and 6, but only Track 4 carries Metro-North passenger trains. (Track 6 is not powered and used by freight trains.) The east platform is next to Track 3. The two inner tracks not next to either platform are used by express trains.
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