Tremont (Metro-North station)

Tremont

Tremont station facing towards Fordham in July 2011.
Location 429 East Tremont Avenue (177th Street)
and 4199 Park Avenue
Tremont, Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°50′50″N 73°53′59″W / 40.8472°N 73.8997°W / 40.8472; -73.8997Coordinates: 40°50′50″N 73°53′59″W / 40.8472°N 73.8997°W / 40.8472; -73.8997
Owned by Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections NYCT Bus: Bx15, Bx36, Bx40, Bx41, Bx41 (SBS), Bx42
Other information
Fare zone 2
Electrified 700V (DC) third rail
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
Harlem Line
toward Wassaic
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
Claremont Park
Harlem Division
183rd Street
toward Chatham

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 two hours 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] and no longer exists today, but the platforms and staircases leading to the East Tremont Avenue bridge still remain to this day.

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.

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