Scarsdale Metro-North Station now fully accessible

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced last week that the Metro-North Railroad Station in Scarsdale, New York, has been made fully accessible with the opening of a second elevator that serves the Grand Central Terminal-bound platform.

In addition, the overpass was raised 7 inches to provide greater vertical clearance for Metro-North work trains and was enhanced with new customer amenities, MTA officials said in a news release. Other upgrades include an ADA-compliant sidewalk from the newly installed elevator at street level; a new walkway connecting the elevator platform level landing to station platform and overpass; and benches, leaning bars, new LED lighting and heaters on the overpass.

The station is the second to be made fully accessible this year. The MTA also announced completed ADA upgrades at Hartsdale Station, which also is located on Metro-North's Harlem Line. Purdy’s Station, already accessible with two elevators, is slated to be completed with accessibility improvements later this year.

Additionally, in the current capital plan, the MTA is moving forward with ADA upgrades at three Metro-North stations located in the Bronx. Completely new station platforms, amenities and two new elevators will be installed at both Woodlawn and Williams Bridge. Botanical Garden will be rehabilitated, and the station elevators will be upgraded.