Purdy's station
Purdy's station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in North Salem, New York. It is from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time to Grand Central is 1 hour, 12 minutes. Like its southern neighbor, Goldens Bridge, Purdy's is located next to Interstate 684, at NY 116 (exit 7). However, unlike Goldens Bridge, trees block the view of the station from the expressway. The station is the southernmost station in the Zone 7 Metro-North fare zone. History. In 1847, Issac Hart Purdy agreed to allow  the New York and Harlem Railroad to build their main line through the community for one dollar upon the condition that they establish a station within the community for both passengers and freight. NY&H was acquired by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864. The decline of the railroads after World War II threatened the very survival of the station until a descendant of Purdy drove to New York City with a copy of the original contract in order to thwart a potential closing in 1955. At some point, a smaller station house was built along the Grand  Central Terminal-bound which still survives to this day. As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which made it part of Metro-North in 1983. Station layout. The station has one eight-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions.