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The 210th Street–Williamsbridge station, signed as Williamsbridge–210th Street, was the penultimate station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in
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,
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. It had three tracks and two
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s. It was also in close proximity to Williamsbridge station of the
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, which is today a station on the
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. The next stop to the south was 204th Street. The next stop to the railroad north (compass east) was the lower level at Gun Hill Road under the IRT White Plains Road Line. The station opened on October 4, 1920, and closed on April 29, 1973.


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* * * IRT Third Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1920 1920 establishments in New York City Former elevated and subway stations in the Bronx Norwood, Bronx Railway stations in the United States closed in 1973 {{Bronx-railstation-stub