Highbridge Facility
Railroad maintenance facility in the Bronx, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Highbridge Facility, also simply known as Highbridge or High Bridge, is a maintenance facility for the Metro-North Railroad in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, New York City, United States. It is the third stop along the Hudson Line north of Grand Central Terminal, and is for Metro-North employees only, though this stop also formerly served commuter rail passengers and was called High Bridge station.
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Depot Place and Exterior Drive Bronx, New York | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°50′17.5″N 73°55′53″W | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Hudson Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform (employees only) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 mainline plus 11 yard | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1871 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1973 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | December 2003 (employees only) | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | 700V (DC) third rail | |||||||||||||||
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The station is located south of the High Bridge off Depot Place and Exterior Drive, and is accessible from Sedgwick Avenue by way of a viaduct that carries Depot Place over the Major Deegan Expressway, the Hudson Line, and Exterior Drive.