Morris Heights (Metro-North station)
Morris Heights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx18, Bx40, Bx42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) |
6,760  0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. It is also located across from the Dr Roland N. Patterson School complex, which was built over the tracks between the bridges for Harlem River Park Drive and West Tremont Avenue.
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
External links
Media related to Morris Heights (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
- 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