Woodlawn station (Metro-North)

Woodlawn
Woodlawn station in April 2015 from the outbound platform.
Location	555 East 233rd Street Woodlawn, Bronx, New York 10466
Coordinates	40°53′44″N 73°51′46″W / 40.8955°N 73.8628°W / 40.8955; -73.8628Coordinates: 40°53′44″N 73°51′46″W / 40.8955°N 73.8628°W / 40.8955; -73.8628
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Harlem Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	New York City Subway: ​ trains at 233rd Street NYCT Bus: Bx16, Bx31
Other information
Fare zone	2
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	295,880
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Williams Bridge toward Grand Central Harlem Line Wakefield toward Wassaic   Former services   New York Central Railroad Williams Bridge toward New York City Harlem Division Wakefield toward Chatham

The Woodlawn (also known as Woodlawn – East 233rd Street) Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Woodlawn section of The Bronx via the Harlem Line. It is 11.8 miles (19.0 km) from Grand Central Terminal and is located on East 233rd Street near Webster Avenue. This station is located in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone with hourly service. Just north of the station is Woodlawn Junction, where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line to join the Northeast Corridor.

The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Woodlawn during the mid-1840s as part of their effort to expand the line to Tuckahoe. 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. Service was shared by the NY&H as well as the NY&NH, which 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. 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 Woodlawn Station was one of several in the Bronx that were rebuilt with a station house on a bridge over all four tracks, including Fordham, Melrose, the former Morrisania and Tremont stations. The expansion of the line in the Bronx, prompted the New York Central and New Haven Railroads to convert the Woodlawn Junction into a flyover bridge between 1910 and 1915. Modifications were made to the junction in later years, most recently by Metro-North in 1986.