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Tremont station (Metro-North)

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Coordinates: 40°50′50″N 73°53′59″W / 40.8472°N 73.8997°W / 40.8472; -73.8997
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Tremont
Tremont station facing towards Fordham in July 2011.
General information
Location429 East Tremont Avenue (177th Street)
and 4199 Park Avenue
Tremont, Bronx, New York
Coordinates40°50′50″N 73°53′59″W / 40.8472°N 73.8997°W / 40.8472; -73.8997
Owned byMetro-North Railroad
Line(s)
  Harlem Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsLocal Transit NYCT Bus: Bx36, Bx40, Bx41, Bx41 SBS, Bx42
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Openedc. 1841
Electrified700V (DC) third rail
Services
Preceding station   MNRR   Following station
Template:MNRR lines
  Former services  
NYC
Template:NYC lines

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.

History

The New York and Harlem Railroad was known to have a Tremont station as far back as 1841. When Tremont station was rebuilt by the New York Central Railroad in the late-19th Century, it contained a station house along the north side of the 177th Street bridge over all four tracks. Similar structures were built for the former Melrose Station as well as the former Morrisania and Claremont Park stations.[2][3] As with other NYC stations in the Bronx, the station became a Penn Central station once the NYC & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968. However, because of the railroad's serious financial distress following the merger, commuter service was turned over to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1972. Penn Central was acquired by Conrail in 1976, and the line and station were completely turned over to Metro-North Railroad in 1983. The station house was torn down in September 1999,[4] but the platforms and staircases leading to the East Tremont Avenue bridge remain.

Station layout

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.

G Street level Exit/entrance and buses
P
Platform level 		Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 4 ← Harlem Line toward Grand Central (Melrose)
← New Haven Line does not stop here
Track 2 ← Harlem Line, New Haven Line do not stop here
Track 1 Harlem Line, New Haven Line do not stop here →
Track 3 New Haven Line does not stop here →
Harlem Line toward North White Plains, Southeast or Wassaic (Fordham) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Tour of the Harlem Line - Tremont
  3. ^ Melrose Station, in the late 1800s
  4. ^ Abandoned Bronx Railroad Stations (Joseph Brennan)

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