Yankee Stadium (Metro-North station)

Yankee Stadium is a future Metro-North Railroad station that is under construction [cite news |author=Metro-North Railroad |authorlink=Metro-North Railroad |title=An Opening Day Sneak Peak: Construction Continues at Metro-North's Station at Yankee Stadium |url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?agency=mnr&en=080401-MNR16 |work=Press release |date=April 1 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-13] and expected to open between April and June 2009. [cite news |author=Metro-North Railroad |authorlink=Metro-North Railroad |title=Metro-North, NYC Hit Home Run; Yankee Stadium Station Slated for '09 Opening |url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=070521 |work=Press release |date=May 21 2007 |accessdate=2008-07-12] As planned, it will provide regular service on the Hudson Line and service on all three east-of-Hudson Metro North lines (Hudson, Harlem and New Haven) when the New York Yankees are playing home baseball games.

Metro North has existing, active Hudson Line track near the site. Some connections will need to be altered to provide New Haven Line and Harlem Line service. The station will function as a Hudson Line local station outside of game days. [cite news |author=The Associated Press |authorlink=Associated Press |title=Metro-North to build Yankee Stadium station |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2007/05/21/2007-05-21_metronorth_to_build_yankee_stadium_stati.html |work=New York Daily News |date=May 21 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-03]

The MTA estimates that the project will cost $91 million, including $52 million that it will provide and $39 million that will be provided by New York City. [cite news |author=Metro-North Railroad |authorlink=Metro-North Railroad |title=Metro-North, NYC Hit Home Run; Yankee Stadium Station Slated for '09 Opening |url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=070521 |work=Press release |date=May 21 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-27] The MTA plans to pay for the new station with $40 Million from an account set aside to build a new subway connection to LaGuardia Airport that was canceled due to local community opposition,Fact|date=November 2007 and $5 Million from an existing account that had money set aside for new Yankee Stadium station in prior budgets.Fact|date=November 2007

Transit watchdog groups dispute this.Fact|date=November 2007 They say this money will have to be diverted from other MTA transportation projects in the region. Several groups have urged the Yankees to pay for part, if not all, of the station's cost, since the Yankees would be the prime beneficiary of this station. The Yankees have said the Metro-North project is separate from their stadium project.

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