Morrisania station (New York Central Railroad)

Morrisania
An 1893 view of Morrisania station of the New York Central Railroad
Location Park Avenue and 168th Street
Morrisania, Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°49′55″N 73°54′30″W / 40.831837°N 73.908265°W / 40.831837; -73.908265Coordinates: 40°49′55″N 73°54′30″W / 40.831837°N 73.908265°W / 40.831837; -73.908265
Line(s) Harlem Line
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 4
History
Opened 1858 (1858)
Closed July 1, 1973 (1973-07-01)
Former services
Preceding station   New York Central Railroad   Following station
toward Chatham
Harlem Division
toward New York

Morrisania was a station on the Harlem Line of the New York Central Railroad which served the community of Morrisania in the borough of The Bronx. The station was built in 1858, but after declining ridership, which paralleled the decline of this section of the Bronx, the station was closed in 1972 along with some other stations in the Bronx as well as all stations between Dover Plains and Chatham. The station had two side platforms, and was a local station on the four-track Harlem Line.[1] The station was located at 168th Street and Park Avenue.[2]

Originally, the station had a brick station house over the tracks on the tracks on the south side of the 168th Street bridge. Prior to the elimination of grade-crossings, the surface station had been located at 167th Street.[3] There was no ticket agent at the station toward the end of its use. In 1964, only 40 daily commuters used the station. The New York Central was authorized to demolish the station in 1959.[4] The station closed on July 1, 1973 along with several other stations in Penn Central's Metropolitan Region.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Higginbotham, William (October 26, 1960). "New York Central Railroad train 666 | Connecticut Digital Archive". collections.ctdigitalarchive.org. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Lenz & Riecker, Legal Pub. Division. 1961. p. 1106.
  3. ↑ Brennan, Joseph (2001–2002). "Abandoned Stations : Bronx Railroad Stations". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ "CENTRAL IS CHIDED ON DIRTY STATIONS". The New York Times. March 25, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ "New York Division Bulletin". Electric Railroaders' Association. July 1993. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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