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Jul 21, 2007 11:52 am US/Eastern

Ground Broken For New Yankee Stadium Train Stop

NEW YORK (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Politicians officials brouke ground on the new Yankees Stadium Metro-North train stop.

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Baseball fans in the suburbs should be able to ditch their cars and take the Metro-North Railroad directly to Yankee Stadium by mid-2009, officials said.

State and city politicians grabbed ceremonial shovels Friday to perform the official groundbreaking for a $91 million Metro-North station to be built at the new stadium in the Bronx.

It is expected to be ready about two months after the Yankees move to their new home.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer said the station is expected to accommodate between 6,000 and 12,000 fans for each game, relieving some car congestion in one of the most traffic-choked spots in the Northeast U.S.

Taxpayers and Metropolitan Transportation Authority customers will be splitting the bill for the new station. The city is also spending $59 million on a pedestrian bridge linking fans to the ballpark.

The station will serve Metro-North's Hudson line, and the Harlem and New Haven lines on game days.