The update was done in two phases, with the eastern half of the station upgraded first then the western half.

The new cars did not include boarding steps, or traps, as their predecessor 4400 Pullman 'Washboard' cars did, and could only board passengers at stations with high-level platforms. This was done to accommodate the arrival of new rail cars known then as Cosmopolitans, now more commonly known as M2s. The station was updated in 1972 from low-level to high-level platforms. The New England Thruway was built on the site of the NYW&B station during the 1950s.Īs with all New Haven Line stations in Westchester County, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central Railroad in 1969. The NYW&B station closed on October 31, 1937, and the New Haven removed the rails in 1940. By Decemthe line was extended to Port Chester and Rye served as the penultimate stop on the Port Chester Branch. Beginning on July 1, 1928, Rye became the northeastern terminus of the New Haven Railroad's affiliate, the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, on a separate platform from the rest of the station. In 1907 the main line was electrified through a major power plant across the state line in Cos Cob built by Westinghouse. The NY&NH was merged into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1872. Railroad service through Rye dates back to the 1840s when the New York and New Haven Railroad laid tracks through the town and the city. Early-20th-century postcard of the station

Metro north harlem line train schedule