Fordham Road is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Fordham Road and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times. It has old style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new fare control railings as a crossunder. The station has a wooden mezzanine, and two extra exits.
The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track is generally not used in revenue service. The station was rehabilitated in 2004.
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