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Penn Central wrote:As the image below shows, there was a station building at Melrose until it was demolished in the mid 70s when the high rise building was constructed over the tracks. Trains that made stops at Melrose used ACMU equipment and the conductors opened the traps. Until the 1980s, we didn't use bridge plates when the outside tracks were out of service in the Bronx. Instead, there were walkways and we opened a single trap door on the ACMUs. That ended when New Haven trains started stopping at Fordham. The 4400s had all been retired by 1976, so they needed bridge plates.
There were lights installed at Melrose with the high level platforms, but they were frequently vandalized and not working.
Track Builder wrote:Melrose Platform (Track 3) was extended to 4 cars after the removal of the Port Morris Switch (Oak Point) after the New switch to Oak Point (Oak Point Link) was installes at Highbridge (Off Track 4)
DutchRailnut wrote: Why not longer , ever seen more than 30 people on those platforms ???
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