The Pelham station was built in 1893 by the [[New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad]] (NYNH&H).
The Pelham station was built in 1893 by the [[New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad]] (NYNH&H).
In 1898, a trolley line was constructed that ran south from the station along Pelhamdale Avenue; the main line turned east at [[Boston Post Road]] and a spur continued south to [[Pelham Manor station]] on the [[Harlem River Branch]] of the NYNH&H (the spur was extended to [[Pelham Road|Shore Road]] in 1910). Operated by the Westchester Electric Railway, the trolley’s schedule was aligned to meet the trains at both of the railroad stations. The trolley operated until 1937 and was known as the “Toonerville Trolley” as it inspired the creation of the ”[[Toonerville Folks]]” comic strip by cartoonist [[Fontaine Fox]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 12, 1910 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-running-cars-to-shore/183456819/ |title=Running Cars To Shore Road Now |work=The Daily Argus |location=Mount Vernon, NY |page=1 |access-date=October 23, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=July 17, 1937 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/07/17/archives/buses-to-take-the-place-of-toonerville-trolley.html |title=Buses to Take the Place Of ‘Toonerville Trolley’ |work=The New York Times |page=4 |access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pelhamtownhistorian.com/four-corners |title=”Four Corners” of Pelham Manor |website=Pelham Town Historian |access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref>
In 1898, a trolley line was constructed that ran south from the station along Pelhamdale Avenue; the main line turned east at [[Boston Post Road]] and a spur continued south to [[Pelham Manor station]] on the [[Harlem River Branch]] of the NYNH&H (the spur was extended to [[Pelham Road|Shore Road]] in 1910). Operated by the Westchester Electric Railway, the trolley’s schedule was aligned to meet the trains at both of the railroad stations. The trolley operated until 1937 and was known as the “Toonerville Trolley” as it inspired the creation of the ”[[Toonerville Folks]]” comic strip by cartoonist [[Fontaine Fox]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 12, 1910 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-running-cars-to-shore/183456819/ |title=Running Cars To Shore Road Now |work=The Daily Argus |location=Mount Vernon, NY |page=1 |access-date=October 23, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=July 17, 1937 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/07/17/archives/buses-to-take-the-place-of-toonerville-trolley.html |title=Buses to Take the Place Of ‘Toonerville Trolley’ |work=The New York Times |page=4 |access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pelhamtownhistorian.com/four-corners |title=”Four Corners” of Pelham Manor |website=Pelham Town Historian |access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref>
As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a [[Penn Central]] station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA’s Metro-North Railroad.
As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a [[Penn Central]] station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA’s Metro-North Railroad.
Railroad station in Pelham, New York, US
Pelham station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad‘s New Haven Line, located in Pelham, New York.
The Pelham station was built in 1893 by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (NYNH&H).
In 1898, a trolley line was constructed that ran south from the station along Wolfs Lane, Colonial Avenue and Pelhamdale Avenue; the main line turned east at Boston Post Road and a spur continued south to Pelham Manor station on the Harlem River Branch of the NYNH&H (the spur was extended to Shore Road in 1910). Operated by the Westchester Electric Railway, the trolley’s schedule was aligned to meet the trains at both of the railroad stations. The trolley operated until 1937 and was known as the “Toonerville Trolley” as it inspired the creation of the Toonerville Folks comic strip by cartoonist Fontaine Fox.[2][3][4][5]
As with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA’s Metro-North Railroad.
The station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track line.[6]: 18
The Pelham station includes a total of 356 parking spaces.[7] The station, furthermore, has the lowest number of parking spaces among all New Haven Line stations within Westchester County.[7]
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ “Running Cars To Shore Road Now”. The Daily Argus. Mount Vernon, NY. September 12, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ “Buses to Take the Place Of ‘Toonerville Trolley’“. The New York Times. July 17, 1937. p. 4. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ ““Four Corners” of Pelham Manor”. Pelham Town Historian. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. “(cartographic) Westchester, V. 1, Double Page Plate No. 18 [Map bounded by City of Mt. Vernon, 1st St., Woodside Ave., City of New York] (1910 – 1911)”. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ^ “Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015” (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ a b “Metro-North Station Statistics”. archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
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