![]() If you stay in local hotels or motels, a car becomes something of a necessity. If arriving by train from New York City and planning only a day trip within the central business district, you can get about on foot or by local taxi. ![]() Schedules and route maps are available on-line and at the Tarrytown and Philipse Manor (Sleepy Hollow) train stations. Westchester County's bus service provides access to White Plains and other locations in the county. Amtrak connections available to VIA Rail Canada. Long distance connections are available in New York City's Penn Station and at Metro-North's Croton-Harmon station. Zipcar has a rental car at Tarrytown station into Spring 2008, after which Enterprise will have the franchise for Metro-North stations. Metro-North's "One-Day Getaways" discount package is available to Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate. On all Metro-North trains on-board fares are subject to a stiff surcharge, so buy your tickets at the station or at the vending machines located on the southbound (to New York) platform at the Tarrrytown station. Taxis swarm the Tarrytown station at the arrival of nearly every train, but Philipse Manor does not get the same attention. Local rail service is available between other Metro-North commuter stations. Express service between Tarrytown station and New York City's Grand Central Terminal is about 35 minutes, about 39 minutes to Philipse Manor station. Downtown Sleepy Hollow is just about equidistant from the Tarrytown and Philipse Manor (Sleepy Hollow) stations. Route 9 connects Sleepy Hollow to the major highways in Tarrytown. The Saw Mill River Parkway, which runs along the village's eastern flank, connects with the Taconic State Parkway to the north (to Albany and the I-90 east-west portion of the Thruway system) and the Henry Hudson Parkway into New York City. The I-87 portion of the Thruway connecting Albany and New York City crosses the Hudson River in adjacent Tarrytown on the Tappan Zee bridge as does I-287, which connects with I-95 to the east.
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