Platform and Track Configuration
This station has one high-level island platform serving northbound and southbound trains and accessible from West Tremont Avenue (West 177th Street). The platform is four cars long; when trains stop at this station, only four cars can receive and discharge passengers.
The platform is adjacent to Tracks 1 and 2. Track 4, to the west and not adjacent to the platform, is used only by express trains.
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