Morris Heights (Metro-North station)

Morris Heights
The Morris Heights Metro-North station
Location	229 West Tremont Avenue (177th Street) Morris Heights, Bronx, New York, 10053
Coordinates	40°51′14″N 73°55′12″W / 40.8540°N 73.9199°WCoordinates: 40°51′14″N 73°55′12″W / 40.8540°N 73.9199°W
Line(s)	Hudson Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	NYCT Bus: Bx18, Bx40, Bx42
Other information
Fare zone	2
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	6,760  0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Highbridge toward Grand Central Hudson Line MTA employees only University Heights toward Poughkeepsie Yankees – East 153rd Street toward Grand Central Hudson Line   Former services   New York Central Railroad University Heights toward Peekskill Hudson Division Highbridge toward New York City University Heights toward Brewster Putnam Division Highbridge toward Sedgwick Avenue

The Morris Heights (also known as Morris Heights – West 177th Street) Metro-North station serves the residents of the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes during peak hours, and every hour at other times and on weekends. It is 8.1 miles (13.0 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately 17 minutes.

It is located in the narrow strip of land between the Major Deegan Expressway and the Harlem River, next to Roberto Clemente State Park.

The station has operated since the days of the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad as well as the New York and Putnam Railroad late in the 19th century, though not in its present form.^[1]

Platform and track configuration

This station has one high-level island platform serving northbound and southbound trains and accessible from West Tremont Avenue (West 177th Street). The platform is four cars long; when trains stop at this station, only four cars can receive and discharge passengers.

The platform is adjacent to Tracks 1 and 2. Track 4, to the west and not adjacent to the platform, is used only by express trains.

1	■ Hudson Line	for Croton–Harmon, Poughkeepsie
2	■ Hudson Line	for Grand Central
4	■ Hudson Line	Passing track, no platform here

References

1. Bronx Railroad Stations (Brennan's Abandoned Stations web-site)

External links

• Metro-North Railroad - Morris Heights
• List of upcoming train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Station from Major Deegan Expressway from Google Maps Street View