Williams Bridge station explained

Williams Bridge
Style:MNRR
Style2:Harlem
Address:402 Gun Hill Road
Borough:Norwood, Bronx, New York
Coordinates:40.8788°N -73.8707°W
Line:Harlem Line
Other:New York City Subway

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Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Opened:September 3, 1842[1]
Owned:Metro-North Railroad
Zone:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
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Marker:rail
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Williams Bridge station (also known as Williams Bridge–East 210th Street station) is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, serving the Williamsbridge and Norwood sections of the Bronx, New York City. The station is located at the intersection of Gun Hill Road and Webster Avenue. The station has two offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track line.[2]

History

The New York and Harlem Railroad opened in 1842. It became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864, and later the New York Central Railroad (NYC). The Williams Bridge station building was located at the southeast corner of the Gun Hill Road bridge. The Third Avenue Elevated passed over the station from 1920 to 1973.

The NYC merged into Penn Central in 1968, which in turn merged into Conrail in 1976. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) took over the service in 1983 as the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line. A parking lot was located on the south side of the Gun Hill Road bridge on the east side of the tracks until the 1990s. The southbound on-ramp to the Bronx River Parkway had two way traffic between Gun Hill Road and the parking lot; it was called Newell Street between those two points.

In January 2020, the MTA announced plans for renovations of Williams Bridge, Woodlawn, and Botanical Garden stations, including elevators and new stairs at Williams Bridge.[3] The northbound platform was temporarily closed on January 8, 2021, due to deterioration of the stairway.[4] [5] Temporary stairs were built for both platforms that year and were replaced during a closure of the station from June 20 to July 12, 2023.[6] The MTA opened bidding on a design-build contract for the three stations in December 2023.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dunbar . Seymour . A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unity of the White Race: the Part Played by Travel Methods in the Economic Conquest of the Continent: and Those Related Human Experiences, Changing Social Conditions and Governmental Attitudes which Accompanied the Growth of a National Travel System . 3 . 1915 . Bobbs-Merrill Company . . May 24, 2020 . 984.
  2. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019.
  3. News: Metro-North Railroad to make three stations accessible . Progressive Railroading . January 9, 2020 . January 15, 2024.
  4. News: Longtime stairway shutdown on Metro-North line raises charges of ignoring hospital workers . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116044413/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2021/04/02/stairway-shutdown-bronx-angers-metro-north-conductors/6985298002/ . January 16, 2024 . Rockland/Westchester Journal News . Thomas C. . Zambito . April 2, 2021.
  5. Web site: Williams Bridge Station Track 3 Stairway Closed for Repairs . https://web.archive.org/web/20210215234401/http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/01-08-21_WilliamsBridgeStairs_v2.pdf . February 15, 2021 . January 8, 2021 . Metro-North Railroad.
  6. MTA Advises Customers of Upcoming Station Repair Work at Williams Bridge Metro-North Station . June 6, 2023 . Metro-North Railroad.
  7. Web site: Contract Solicitation Notice/Project Overview . December 20, 2023 . Metro-North Railroad.