Platform and Tracks
This station has one high-level island platform accessible by enclosed stairway from West 225th Street. The platform is four cars long; when trains stop at this station, only four cars can receive and discharge passengers.
The platform is between Tracks 1 and 2. Track 4, to the west and not adjacent to the platform, is used only by express trains.
The station formerly was east of the Broadway Bridge with two low-level side platforms serving a four-track line, providing a more direct connection to the bridge sidewalk via a short flight of steps. However, the current location west of Broadway is closer to the residential section of Marble Hill and the downtown platform of the subway. The former northbound express track was removed.
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