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Overview

Opened: 8/1/1908

Terminal station, two tracks with one island platform and two side platforms. The bumper blocks for the two tracks are at the north end of the station; the station house is just beyond the ends of the tracks at platform level. The two side platforms are normally unused, and have windscreen along nearly their entire length. A crew quarters straddles the tracks and platforms at the south end of the station.

The layout of three and two tracks on the route from between 96th Street and 242nd Street is unusual; along the three-track stretches there are no express stations at all. No service has ever been regularly operated using the express track in this section. A journey from South Ferry to 242nd Street, local all the way, takes 49 minutes by the schedule.

This station is adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park, Manhattan College, and the 240th Street Yard of the subway system. A snaking steep walk along W. 242nd Street and Manhattan College Parkway west of Broadway leads to the college and along the way you can get a panoramic view of the yard.

Former trolleys of the Third Avenue Railway used to operate from street level, but these have been replaced by bus service by Bee Line Bus which operates further north into the Bronx, Yonkers, and elsewhere in Westchester County.

Artwork

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Photo Gallery

Image 154 (23k, 493x333) Photo by: Trevor Logan Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park	Image 6896 (271k, 1044x699) Collection of: David Pirmann Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park	Image 26628 (130k, 1024x676) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park	Image 34338 (260k, 1044x701) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park	Image 44107 (147k, 1044x695) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
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