Wakefield station (Metro-North)

Wakefield
Wakefield station in April 2015 from the outbound platform.
Location	801 East 241st Street Wakefield, Bronx, New York 10466
Coordinates	40°54′22″N 73°51′19″W / 40.9062°N 73.8554°W / 40.9062; -73.8554Coordinates: 40°54′22″N 73°51′19″W / 40.9062°N 73.8554°W / 40.9062; -73.8554
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	New York City Subway: train at Wakefield–241st Street NYCT Bus: Bx39
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Washingtonville
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	114,036  0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Woodlawn toward Grand Central Harlem Line Mount Vernon West toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Woodlawn toward New York City Harlem Division Mount Vernon toward Chatham

The Wakefield (also known as Wakefield–East 241st Street) Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Wakefield section of The Bronx via the Harlem Line, and it is the last station on the line before it crosses into Westchester County, New York. It is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal and is located on East 241st Street. Service at Wakefield is hourly.

This station is the first/last station in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone, and is the first/last station of the CityTicket intra-city ticket zone. Though there is no direct connecting bus service at the station, five blocks east from the station is the Wakefield–241st Street station (2 and ​5 train) on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway, the northernmost station in the system.

The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Wakefield and Washingtonville during the mid-1840s as part of their effort to expand the line to Tuckahoe. The original name of the station was "Washingtonville," which was a segment of the neighborhood of Wakefield until the early-20th Century. Sometime between 1894 and 1905, the name of the station was changed to Wakefield, despite the fact that Washingtonville still existed as a neighborhood in the Bronx at the time. The station was the northern terminus of electrification for the Harlem Line in 1907 until it was expanded to White Plains in 1909. The station depot burned in a fire on August 15, 1953. High-level platforms were added to the stations in 1976, replacing lower wooden ones.