Tremont station (also known as Tremont–East 177th Street station) is a

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stop on the

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, serving the Tremont section of

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. It is from

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and travel time there is approximately 17 minutes. The station is in an open cut at the intersection of

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and East Tremont Avenue (East 177th Street). Service at Tremont is limited; trains stop every 30 minutes during rush hours, every hour otherwise. The station is in the Zone 2

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fare zone.

History

Early history

The

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was known to have a Tremont station as far back as 1841. When Tremont station was rebuilt by the

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(NYC) in the late-19th Century, it contained a station house along the north side of the 177th Street bridge over all four tracks. Similar structures were built for the former

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as well as the former

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and Claremont Park stations.

Decline

As with other NYC stations in the Bronx, the station became a

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station once the NYC and

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s merged in 1968. However, because of the railroad's serious financial distress following the merger, commuter service was turned over to the

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in 1972. In April 1971, a project to install high-level platforms at stations along the Harlem Line started. This was necessary as the new Metropolitan cars did not have any stairs to reach the low-level platforms. By having high-level platforms, dwell times could be cut in half. Most of the new platforms were built as island platforms. These cars started entering into service in September 1971. On September 10, 1974, the MTA announced that work would start on the construction of high-level platforms at eleven stations in Manhattan and the Bronx including at Tremont. The entire project cost $2.8 million. The work was expected to be completed in the late summer of 1975. As part of the work the stations on the Harlem Line received -long cast-in-place concrete platforms. On March 15, 1975, these cars started stopping at Tremont with the partial completion of its high-level platforms. However, initially they only served the station during weekends and early mornings and evenings on weekdays until the platform work was completed. Penn Central was acquired by Conrail in 1976, and the line and station were completely turned over to

in 1983. The station house was torn down in November 1999 after years of abandonment and decay. However, the platforms and staircases leading to the East Tremont Avenue bridge remain.

Station layout

The station has two high-level

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s, each two cars long, reached by stairway from East Tremont Avenue. When trains stop at the station, normally the front two open cars receive and discharge passengers.

References

External links

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Tremont Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
image at

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Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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