Morrisania (NYC station)

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)
Services
Former services   New York Central Railroad Melrose toward New York City Harlem Division Claremont Park toward Chatham

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]

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