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Beacon NY Train Station

About Beacon NY Train Station - Beacon is a Metro-North Railroad station that serves the residents of Beacon, New York, via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every hour during off peak hours, and about every 15–25 minutes during rush hour. It is 59 miles from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central Terminal vary depending on run, ranging from 1 hour and 10 minutes (super-express runs) to 1 hour and 15–18 minutes (trains making all local stops north of Croton-Harmon and 1 hour and 25–30 minutes (trains making all local stops north of Croton-Harmon and some lower Hudson stops, such as Ossining, Tarrytown, Yonkers, Marble Hill).

It is a wheelchair accessible station, featuring wheelchair ramps, an elevator to the train platform, and a high-level island platform which is level with the doors on the train. It also boasts a small newsstand on the platform itself, open daily. It is not fully ADA accessible.

Paid parking is provided. There are spaces that require permits and others which can be paid for on a daily basis. Parking is free on weekends and holidays.

Recent renovations by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority reflect the station's increasing traffic and importance as a destination. The Dia:Beacon art museum, a short walk from the station, has drawn regular visitors from the city since its 2003 opening to see its collection of large installations which could not be shown in the more limited spaces available in Manhattan. Many signs in and around the station point the way. The heavy Dia traffic on weekends is complemented by visitors to prisoners at Fishkill or Downstate correctional facilities, who take many of the taxis available from the station to the prisons just outside of town.

Like many others on the Hudson Line, the station is also right on the Hudson River. On October 17, 2005, ferry service to the station from Newburgh resumed after 42 years in which the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge had sufficed to bring people across the river. This has allowed the MTA to essentially increase the available parking for the station with little new construction due to the availability of land on the Newburgh waterfront. Fare is $1.75 per person each way; unlike Beacon, parking in Newburgh is free. Those purchasing monthly train passes also have the option to include the Newburgh-Beacon ferry in their ticket.

The station complex also has long housed an upper Hudson Line station of the MTA Police.

Dia Beacon Train Station

Metro-North Train Schedules for Dia Bacon Train Station

Located on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York, Dia:Beacon  is just an 80-minute train ride from Grand Central Terminal. Occupying a former Nabisco box printing factory, the museum is the home for Dia’s collection of art from the 1960’s to the present as well as special exhibitions, new commissions, and public and education programs. Since its opening in 2003, Dia:Beacon has helped transform the City of Beacon into a vibrant arts destination.

In keeping with Dia’s history of single-artist presentations, each gallery was designed specifically for the presentation of one artist’s work.

Examples include Dan Flavin’s series of fluorescent light “monuments to V. Tatlin”; Joseph Beuys’ mixed-media installations such as Fond III/3 (1979) and Fond IV/4 ; Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipses; and Michael Heizer’s North, East, South, West, among others.

Dia worked closely with the artist Robert Irwin to design a twenty-first century museum, with nearly 240,000 square feet of gallery space that retained the original character of the building. Dia:Beacon is often referred to as a “daylight museum” because its expansive galleries include nearly 34,000 square feet of skylights which is an unusual characteristic for an art museum.

Dia:Beacon is part of Dia Art Foundation's constellation of sites.

Museum Days and Hours: Hours of operation change seasonally. For current hours, as well as more information on the Museum, including group tours, call 845-440-0100 or visit www.diaart.org before your trip.

The deal

    Package price from GCT/Harlem-125th Street: adults, $35.25; seniors, persons with disabilities and individuals receiving Medicare, $28; children 12-18, $31.25; children 5-11, $1.50; children under 5, free.
    Package price from other stations: check here for price from your boarding station.

Purchase your package from any Metro-North ticket office or full-service ticket vending machine (excluding Beacon Station) and through WebTicket.
Getting there

Take the Hudson Line to Beacon Station. Walk a short distance to Dia:Beacon.