Fordham (NYC station)

Fordham
A New Haven Line train bypassing Fordham
Location	417 East Fordham Road (190th Street) Fordham, Bronx, New York 10458
Coordinates	40°51′42″N 73°53′26″W / 40.861534°N 73.890561°W / 40.861534; -73.890561
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Harlem Line   New Haven Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	NYCT Bus, MTA Bus and Bee-Line Bus (see Fordham Plaza Bus Terminal below)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1841
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Tremont toward Grand Central Harlem Line Botanical Garden toward Wassaic   Limited   Harlem – 125th Street toward Grand Central New Haven Line Mount Vernon East toward New Haven State Street   Former services   New York Central Railroad 183rd Street toward New York City Harlem Division Botanical Garden toward Chatham

Fordham (also known as Fordham–East 190th Street) is a Metro-North Railroad station serving the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. Located on the Harlem and New Haven Lines, the station is 8.9 miles (14.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal. The platforms are situated just below street level and feature two expanded side platforms that serve eight cars each, on the outer tracks. The station building sits above the tracks on the Fordham Road (East 190th Street) overpass, and still bears the name New York Central Railroad on its facade. This station is among the busiest in the Metro-North system.

The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Fordham as far back as 1841, and a station is known to have existed shortly afterwards. The New York and Harlem was bought by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864. 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. NY&NH was merged with the Hartford and New Haven Railroad to form the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1872, and the trackage rights along the Harlem Division remained intact. This aspect of the line would prove to be of little importance to the station until the next century. Throughout the late-19th Century, the Harlem Division was widened and rebuilt into an open cut line as part of a grade elimination project, and Fordham Station was one of several in the Bronx that were rebuilt with a station house on a bridge over all four tracks, including Melrose, the former Morrisania and Tremont stations. The reconstruction of the Harlem Line in this area lead to the creation of Fordham Plaza.