Woodlawn (Metro-North station)

Woodlawn
Woodlawn station in April 2015 from the outbound platform.
Location	555 East 233rd Street Woodlawn, Bronx, New York 10466
Coordinates	40°53′44″N 73°51′46″W / 40.8955°N 73.8628°WCoordinates: 40°53′44″N 73°51′46″W / 40.8955°N 73.8628°W
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	New York City Subway: trains at 233rd Street NYCT Bus: Bx16, Bx31
Other information
Fare zone	2
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Williams Bridge toward Grand Central Harlem Line Wakefield toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Williams Bridge toward New York City Harlem Division Wakefield toward Chatham

The Woodlawn (also known as Woodlawn – East 233rd Street) Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Woodlawn section of The Bronx via the Harlem Line. It is 11.8 miles (19.0 km) from Grand Central Terminal and is located on East 233rd Street near Webster Avenue. This station is located in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone with hourly service.

Just north of the station is Woodlawn Junction, where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line to join the Northeast Corridor. From 1848 until the 1920s, Woodlawn Station was the only stop in the Bronx shared by both the New York Central and New Haven Railroads until it was moved to Fordham Station.^[1] The station house was built over the tracks and survived well into the 1970s.^[2]

Woodlawn Station was the site of a derailment on February 16, 1907 that resulted in 20 deaths and 150 injuries. This was one day after New York Central Railroad electrified the Harlem Line in reaction to being chastised in the press after the Park Avenue Tunnel accident of 1902.^[3]

Platform and track configuration

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

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. When trains stop at this station, normally the front four open cars receive and discharge passengers.

The western platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by southbound trains. It is accessible by stairway from East 233rd Street or the station's parking lot via Webster Avenue and the southbound Bronx River Parkway service road. The eastern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by northbound trains. It is accessible by stairway from East 233rd Street.

The Harlem Line has four tracks at this location. The middle two tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains.

References

1. Station Reporter web-site: Harlem Line
2. 1970's Woodlawn Penn Central Station Photo (Joseph D. Korman)
3. The Woodlawn Crash, 1907 (The American Experience: WGBH Boston)

External links

• Media related to Woodlawn (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metro-North Railroad - Woodlawn
• List of upcoming train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Woodlawn Metro-North Station images (WorldNYCSubway.org)
• 233rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View