Tremont (Metro-North station)

Tremont
Tremont station facing towards Fordham in July 2011.
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°WCoordinates: 40°50′50″N 73°53′59″W / 40.8472°N 73.8997°W
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Harlem Line
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 Melrose toward Grand Central Harlem Line Fordham toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Claremont Park toward New York City 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 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

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. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
2. Tour of the Harlem Line - Tremont
3. Melrose Station, in the late 1800′s
4. Abandoned Bronx Railroad Stations (Joseph Brennan)

External links

• Media related to Tremont (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metro-North Railroad - Tremont
• List of upcoming train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Tremont Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Tremont Station, N.Y.C.R.R.; image at Museum of the City of New York