Owned by Metro-North Railroad Electrified 700V (DC) third rail Owner Metro-North Railroad Platforms in use 2 | Fare zone 2 Line(s) Harlem Line Tracks 4 Platforms 2 side platforms | |
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Location 555 East 233rd Street
Woodlawn, Bronx, New York 10466 Connections New York City Subway:
trains at 233rd Street
NYCT Bus: Bx16, Bx31 Address Bronx, NY 10470, United States Similar Williams Bridge, Mount Vernon West, Southeast, Melrose, Crestwood | ||
The Woodlawn (also known as Woodlawn – East 233rd Street) Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Woodlawn section of The Bronx via the Harlem Line. It is 11.8 miles (19.0 km) from Grand Central Terminal and is located on East 233rd Street near Webster Avenue. This station is located in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone with hourly service.
Just north of the station is Woodlawn Junction, where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line to join the Northeast Corridor. From 1848 until the 1920s, Woodlawn Station was the only stop in the Bronx shared by both the New York Central and New Haven Railroads until it was moved to Fordham Station. The station house was built over the tracks and survived well into the 1970s.
Woodlawn station was the site of a derailment on February 16, 1907 that resulted in 20 deaths and 150 injuries. This was one day after New York Central Railroad electrified the Harlem Line in reaction to being chastised in the press after the Park Avenue Tunnel accident of 1902.
Station layout
This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. When trains stop at this station, normally the front four open cars receive and discharge passengers. Both platforms are accessible by stairway from East 233rd Street, and the western platform also accesses the station's parking lot on Webster Avenue.