Tremont station (Metro-North)
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 Tremont station facing towards Fordham in July 2011. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 429 East Tremont Avenue (177th Street) and 4199 Park Avenue Upper Morrisania, Bronx, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′50″N 73°53′59″W / 40.8472°N 73.8997°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro-North Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NYCT Bus: Bx15, Bx36, Bx40, Bx41, Bx41 (SBS), Bx42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tremont (also known as Tremont – East 177th Street) Metro-North Railroad station serves the Tremont section of the Bronx via the Harlem Line. It is 7.9 miles (12.7 km) from Grand Central Terminal and is in an open cut at the intersection of Park Avenue and East Tremont Avenue (East 177th Street). Service at Tremont is limited;[1] trains stop every 30 minutes during rush hours, every hour otherwise. This station is in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone.
When Tremont station was originally built by the New York Central Railroad in the late-19th Century, it contained a station house as a bridge over all four tracks. Similar structures were built for the former Melrose Station as well as the former Morrisania Station.[2][3] The station house was torn down in September 1999,[4] but the platforms and staircases leading to the East Tremont Avenue bridge remain.
Platforms and tracks
| 3 | ■ Harlem Line | for Grand Central |
| ■ New Haven Line | no stop | |
| 1 | ■ New Haven Line | no stop |
| 2 | ■ New Haven Line | no stop |
| 4 | ■ Harlem Line | for Southeast, Wassaic |
| ■ New Haven Line | no stop |
The station has two high-level side platforms, each two cars long, reached by stairway from East Tremont Avenue. When trains stop at this station, normally the front two open cars receive and discharge passengers. The west platform next to Track 4 is generally used by southbound trains. The east platform next to track 3 is generally used by northbound trains.
The Harlem Line has four tracks here. The two inner tracks are not next to either platform are used by express trains.
References
- ^ "INVENTORY OF DECKING OPPORTUNITIES OVER TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES Final Report: 6.1: TRANSIT AND RAILROAD OPEN CUTS: BRONX B" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. September 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Tour of the Harlem Line - Tremont
- ^ Melrose Station, in the late 1800′s
- ^ Abandoned Bronx Railroad Stations (Joseph Brennan)
