Morrisania
An 1893 view of Morrisania station of the New York Central Railroad
General information
LocationPark Avenue and 168th Street
Morrisania, Bronx, New York
Coordinates40°49′55″N 73°54′30″W / 40.831837°N 73.908265°W / 40.831837; -73.908265
Line(s)Harlem Line
Platforms2 side
Tracks4
History
Opened1858 (166 years ago) (1858)[dubious – discuss]
ClosedJuly 2, 1973 (50 years ago) (1973-07-02)[1]
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Melrose
toward New York
 Harlem Division Claremont Park
toward Chatham

The Morrisania station was a station on the New York Central Railroad's Harlem Line, serving the community of Morrisania in the Bronx, New York City.

History

Former locations of the station platforms in 2019

The station was built in 1858,[dubious – discuss] but after declining ridership, which paralleled the decline of this section of the Bronx, the station was closed in 1973 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.[2] The station was located at 168th Street and Park Avenue.[3][4]

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.[5] 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 Railroad was authorized to demolish the station in 1959.[6] The station closed on July 2, 1973 along with several other stations in Penn Central's Metropolitan Region.[7][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Mazza, Frank (June 7, 1973). "Penn C Will Ax 34 Runs; Curfew for Grand Central". New York Daily News. p. 5. Retrieved June 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Higginbotham, William (October 26, 1960). "New York Central Railroad train 666 | Connecticut Digital Archive". collections.ctdigitalarchive.org. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Lenz & Riecker, Legal Pub. Division. 1961. p. 1106.
  4. ^ "Real Property Reports Covering Fiscal Year 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 22, 2017. p. 2. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Brennan, Joseph (2001–2002). "Abandoned Stations : Bronx Railroad Stations". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  6. ^ "Central Is Chided On Dirty Stations". The New York Times. March 25, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "New York Division Bulletin". Electric Railroaders' Association. July 1993. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |url= (help)
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