MTA Metro-North to add accessibility upgrades to three Harlem Line stations

A full slate of upgrades and improvements are coming to Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad's Purdy's, Hartsdale and Scarsdale Stations along the Harlem Line that will improve customer comfort and add accessibility features.

"Renewing and upgrading these three stations is at the core of everything we do. We’re giving our customers the best possible experience while traveling on Metro-North trains, improving our infrastructure and increasing accessibility,” said Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi. “As Metro-North ridership continues to recover, customers will see exceptional, modernized and accessible stations that will serve Metro-North and our customers for years to come.”

These upgrades, part of the MTA Capital Program, will provide street and platform elevators among other improvements, including ADA-compliant sidewalks with curb ramps, new public staircases, increased electrical capacity and new CCTV.

“We are using every tool at our disposal to make stations accessible with modernized equipment that will provide customers with smoother and reliable service,” said MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer. “The MTA’s historic investment of billions of dollars for accessibility is indicative of our ongoing commitment to a fully accessible transit system.”

MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo added, “With every new ADA station, we can attract new customers and close the geographic gaps between accessible stations on our railroads. As a regular Metro-North customer, I know firsthand the new elevators will improve the experience at these stations for customers with mobility disabilities, and the countless riders who travel with luggage, strollers, bicycles and more.”

Scarsdale

Improvements include:

• An ADA compliant sidewalk from the elevator at street level.
• An enclosed elevator tower.
• An ADA compliant elevator will be installed to serve customers who need to use the inbound platform. A new walkway will connect the elevator platform level landing to station platform and overpass.
• The current overpass to the inbound platform, which has been struck by passing trains in the past, and the staircase leading to/from it, will be raised seven inches.
• Benches, leaning bars, new LED lighting and heaters will be installed on the existing overpass.
• Motorcycle parking will be built on at street level.

Hartsdale

Improvements include:

• Two enclosed elevator towers located on each platform side serving street level to platform level and overpass level.
• Two ADA compliant elevators.
• ADA compliant sidewalks from each elevator at street level.
• An elevated walkway connecting the elevator tower to the existing overpass level.
• Benches, leaning bars, new LED lighting and heaters will be installed on the existing overpass.

Purdy’s

Improvements include:

• An enclosed elevator tower serving parking lot level and roadway above level on the north end of the parking lot.
• A new ADA compliant elevator, all necessary components and equipment.
• An ADA compliant sidewalk from the new elevator to the existing station entrance including LED lighting.

The contract was awarded to contractor Paul J. Scariano, Inc. Crews began prep work in Hartsdale in late February. They will mobilize at Scarsdale in late March and Purdy’s in mid-April. The project is expected to be completed in March 2023.