Highbridge (Metro-North station)
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The Highbridge Facility is a maintenance facility of the Metro-North Railroad
in Bronx, New York City
, United States
. It is the third stop along the Hudson Line
, and is for Metro-North employees only. The station is located south of the High Bridge
, off Depot Place and Exterior Drive, and is accessible from Sedgewick Avenue by way of a viaduct that carries Depot Place over the Major Deegan Expressway
, the Hudson Line, and Exterior Drive. It was originally built by the New York Central Railroad
. Photographs from the 1960s indicate that the station was a regular passenger depot before it was a rail yard.
The railroad station in the Highbridge section of the Bronx was once part of the New York Central (later Metro-North) railroad Hudson Division (Line). The station served as a transfer point for the Putnam Division (Line) of the NYC. The Central's long distance passenger trains including the Wolverine, 20th Century and Lake Shore Limited
picked up their dining car
s at Highbridge after leaving Grand Central Terminal but Highbridge was not an official stop for the trains. The Central also had a passenger car washing facility at Highbridge.
Along with the passenger service, Highbridge also had a tractor trailer/freight yard where trucks would load their trailers on to flat cars for "piggyback" service and at one time had a pier to load freight cars on barges when the Central owned its own fleet of tugboats and car carrier
s. A scene in the movie Funny Girl
shows Barbra Streisand riding one of the Central tugs. The passenger station was closed and demolished in the late 1970s and the freight yard now serves as a maintenance facility of the Metro-North Railroad.
Metro-North Railroad
The Metro-North Commuter Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service that is run and managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , an authority of New York State. It is the busiest commuter railroad in the United...
in Bronx, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, United States
United States
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. It is the third stop along the Hudson Line
Hudson Line (Metro-North)
Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line is a commuter rail line running north from New York City along the east shore of the Hudson River. Metro-North service ends at Poughkeepsie, with Amtrak's Empire Corridor trains continuing north to and beyond Albany...
, and is for Metro-North employees only. The station is located south of the High Bridge
High Bridge (New York City)
The High Bridge is a steel arch bridge, with a height of almost 140 feet over the Harlem River, connecting the New York City boroughs of The Bronx and Manhattan...
, off Depot Place and Exterior Drive, and is accessible from Sedgewick Avenue by way of a viaduct that carries Depot Place over the Major Deegan Expressway
Major Deegan Expressway
The Major Deegan Expressway is a north–south expressway in the New York City borough of the Bronx...
, the Hudson Line, and Exterior Drive. It was originally built by the New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States...
. Photographs from the 1960s indicate that the station was a regular passenger depot before it was a rail yard.
The railroad station in the Highbridge section of the Bronx was once part of the New York Central (later Metro-North) railroad Hudson Division (Line). The station served as a transfer point for the Putnam Division (Line) of the NYC. The Central's long distance passenger trains including the Wolverine, 20th Century and Lake Shore Limited
Lake Shore Limited
The Lake Shore Limited is a daily passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. The train runs between Chicago and Albany, NY, where it divides into two sections that provide thru-service to New York and Boston...
picked up their dining car
Dining car
A dining car or restaurant carriage , also diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant....
s at Highbridge after leaving Grand Central Terminal but Highbridge was not an official stop for the trains. The Central also had a passenger car washing facility at Highbridge.
Along with the passenger service, Highbridge also had a tractor trailer/freight yard where trucks would load their trailers on to flat cars for "piggyback" service and at one time had a pier to load freight cars on barges when the Central owned its own fleet of tugboats and car carrier
Car float
A railroad car float or rail barge is an unpowered barge with rail tracks mounted on its deck. It is used to move railroad cars across water obstacles, or to locations they could not otherwise go, and is pushed by a towboat or towed by a tugboat...
s. A scene in the movie Funny Girl
Funny Girl (film)
Funny Girl is a 1968 romantic musical film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart was adapted from her book for the stage musical of the same title...
shows Barbra Streisand riding one of the Central tugs. The passenger station was closed and demolished in the late 1970s and the freight yard now serves as a maintenance facility of the Metro-North Railroad.