231st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

231st Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	West 231st Street & Broadway Bronx, NY 10463
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Kingsbridge and Riverdale
Coordinates	40°52′44″N 73°54′18″W / 40.879°N 73.905°W / 40.879; -73.905Coordinates: 40°52′44″N 73°54′18″W / 40.879°N 73.905°W / 40.879; -73.905
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx7, Bx9, Bx10, Bx20 MTA Bus: BxM1, BxM2, BxM18
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	January 27, 1907 (110 years ago) (1907-01-27)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,966,015  1.8%
Rank	175 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	238th Street: 1
Next south	Marble Hill–225th Street: 1
Next north	none: 1
Next south	Dyckman Street: 1
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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231st Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of West 231st Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge and Riverdale sections of the Bronx, it is served by the 1 train at all times.

This station opened on January 27, 1907 as the 230th Street station, but was built near the site of the originally proposed northern terminus of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at Bailey Avenue and 230th Street, a block southeast of the current station. It was also near two former Kingsbridge railroad stations owned by two separate branches inherited by the New York Central Railroad; one was along a former segment of the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad (Hudson Line), and the other was for the New York and Putnam Railroad.

In 1948, platforms on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 103rd Street to 238th Street were lengthened to 514 feet to allow full ten-car express trains to platform. Previously the stations could only platform six car local trains. The platform extensions were opened in stages. On July 9, 1948, the platform extensions at stations between 207th Street and 238th Street were opened for use at the cost of $423,000.

The station was extensively renovated in 2003–2004.

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track that bypasses this station is not used in revenue service. This is the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line's southernmost station in the Bronx (Marble Hill–225th Street station is physically on the mainland, but legally part of Manhattan).