History of the London Underground and was followed by 1959 tube stock. After experiments with an AEC lightweight diesel multiple unit in 1952, steam trains were removed from the Central line following the electrification of the Epping–Ongar section in 1957. Between 1963 and 1970, London Transport reported directly to the Minister of Transport, before control passed to the Greater London Council. Electrification work on the Metropolitan line, suspended due to the war, had restarted in 1959. The line was electrified to and the unpainted aluminium (A Stock) replaced steam trains, British Rail providing services for the former Metropolitan line stations between Amersham and . The
New Hamburg station the few in the Metro-North system to have closed and reopened; the original New Hamburg station was closed by the Penn Central Railroad in 1973 and reopened on October 17, 1981 afer the MTA took over the line. Another notable fact about the station is that the distance between it and Poughkeepsie — — is the longest such distance between stations on the Hudson Line (on any Metro-North main line, in fact) and the third-longest system-wide. This station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long. New Hamburg station The New Hamburg station is a commuter rail stop on