| Williams Bridge | |||||||||||
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The Gun Hill Road Bridge over Williams Bridge Station |
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| Address | 402 Gun Hill Road and 3399 Webster Avenue Williamsbridge, Bronx, New York |
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| Connections | New York City Subway: trains at Gun Hill Road NYCT Buses: Bx28, Bx30, B38, Bx41, Bx55 |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
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The Williams Bridge (also known as Williams Bridge - East 210th Street) Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx via the Harlem Line. It is 10.5 miles (17 km) from Grand Central Terminal and is located at the intersection of Gun Hill Road and Webster Avenue. Service at Williams Bridge is hourly. Due to its short platform length, only the doors of four cars open for passengers.
This station is located in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone.
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Williams Bridge Station, which was originally built sometime in the 19th Century, was at one time in close proximity to the 210th Street – Williamsbridge elevated station of the IRT Third Avenue Line.[1] In fact, the line itself used to curve from Webster Avenue over Gun Hill Road before terminating at Gun Hill Road (IRT White Plains Road Line) station to the east. Because of this, the Gun Hill Road bridge over the Harlem Line was a two-level bridge until the Third Avenue Line was abandoned in 1973.[2]
This station has two offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long and accessible from East Gun Hill Road (East 210th Street). When trains stop at this station, normally the front four open cars receive and discharge passengers.
The western platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by southbound or Manhattan-bound trains. The eastern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by northbound or Westchester County-bound trains.
The Harlem Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks not adjacent to either platform are used only by express trains.