Platforms and Tracks
The station has four tracks and two high-level platforms each six cars long. Tracks 4 and 6 terminate at the North end of the station while tracks 1 and 2 continue North. The west platform is an island platform between Tracks 2 and 4. Trains on Track 2 are primarily southbound or inbound or Manhattan-bound. Track 4 ends at this station and is used by terminating trains. The east platform is a side platform next to Track 1 which is used primarily by northbound or outbound trains. Track 6 also terminates at this station but it is not next to either platform.
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