Melrose and Tremont Service

i must have seen 100 pictures of melrose station, but they are all around the station. the only one on the platform is on the metro-north website and has terrible lighting! anybody have a daytime picture from the platform?

no pictures? is melrose truly as dreary as I hear?

Much of Melrose station is in a tunnel. There are some other public overpasses to get shots of the trains.

se nobody has any interior photos sans the one on the MTA website

I guess not, so go out and get us some pictures. not that there is much to see.
the new platform northbound will be more outside the tunnel but southbound stays pretty much same.

alright, thanks, i'll see if i can ever get out there myself.

I hiked along Park Av - Bronx along the MN ROW looking for evidence of old stations and also to visit the newer versions at Tremont and Melrose.


I believe this is all that remains of the 183rd St station


Ditto for Morrisania at 168th St.

Click here for the rest of the album including photos of Tremont & Melrose stations and of course some TRAIN PICS As always, if you see any info that needs correcting let me know.

Excellent as usual Fred!!!

--IslesFan

nice pics indeed Gotta love the BX

Thanks, guys, I'm glad you like the photos.

So... what's your secret for getting awesome shots?

nice pics, one of my favorite areas. Im the only ticket seller who actually likes going to fordham anyone know when that Morrisania station or the 183rd st. station closed?

in 1983 same as 183th street

There's one other abandoned station, abandoned longer than the others you photographed, that's Claremont Parkway which was at or around 171st Street (between Morrissiania and Tremont) . This one was abandoned by NYC around the late 50s or early 60s. I do not know the exact date but it was before I started college (1963) and became familiar with this territory myself. You can find remnants of that too, at least on the track 3 side where there is an indentation in the stone wall as at the other station sites. There is an industry or warehouse of some sort on the track 4 side, at track level.

By the way it's good to see this part of The Bronx has become safe enough again to hang out in with a camera!!

Ok, thanks, Tom, that must be this one where the freight siding is:

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That's what that jog in the wall is on the right of the photo.