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An 1847 map of Lower Manhattan; the only railroad in Manhattan at that time was the New York and Harlem Railroad. The Harlem Line in its current form originated from the New York and Harlem Railroad (NY&H), which was the first streetcar company in the United States. It was franchised, on April 25, 1831, to run between the original city core in ...
The Mount Vernon West station was originally built in the early 1840s by the New York and Harlem Railroad along the median of what is today MacQuestor Parkway just south of Mount Vernon Avenue. The line was electrified and realigned in southern Mount Vernon by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and commissioned the architectural ...
Harlem Line: Woodlawn: The Bronx, NY: New York Central: Circa 1844 Also served New Haven Line trains from 1848 to 1924 Yankees–East 153rd Street Hudson Line: Highbridge and Concourse The Bronx, NY: New York Central ‡ May 23, 2009 Built by Metro-North; Also serves Harlem Line and New Haven Line on Yankee Game Days Yonkers Hudson Line
The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (reporting mark MNCW), [8] also branded as MTA Metro-North Railroad and commonly called simply Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York. Metro-North serves the New York Metropolitan Area ...
Wakefield station (also known as Wakefield–East 241st Street station) is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, serving the Wakefield section of the Bronx, New York City. The station is located on East 241st Street and is the northernmost stop in New York City on the Harlem Line.
North White Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in the North White Plains neighborhood of White Plains, New York.It is the north terminal for most trains that run local to the south and, until 1984, was the northern limit of electrification.
The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Woodlawn during the mid-1840s as part of their effort to expand the line to Tuckahoe. A March 17, 1848 agreement gave the New York and New Haven Railroad trackage rights over the NY&H from Williamsbridge south into New York City.
The Park Avenue main line originates at Grand Central Terminal to the south, which is located at 42nd Street.It consists of various train yards and interlockings between 42nd and 59th Streets consisting of 47 tracks between 45th and 51st Streets, 10 tracks from 51st to 57th Streets, [3]: 116 and then finally narrows to four tracks at 59th Street.