Metro-North Renovation at 3 Stations in Northern Bronx

This post is a bit late since the annoucement was a couple weeks ago, but Metro-North recently announced that they'd be renovating the Woodlawn, Williams Bridge, and Botanical Gardens on the Harlem Line in the Bronx, all stations that desperately, quite desperately needed overhauls.

At the Woodlawn & Willams Bridge stations, Metro-North will be replacing the platforms and installing a snow-melting system, something that should be helpful when we get snow in the winter months, a weather types that pairs well with the Harlem Line. They'll also bring the total of elevators up to 4, which is impressive for a 2-car station.

At Botanical Garden, they'll also be replacing the elevators and in addition, they'll be "bringing the station into a state of good repair" by improving the structures at these stations, replacing large sections of the platforms, in addition to replacing the old station canopy and building new shelters on the southbound platform.

In order to maintain service at these stations through this construction, they'll be partially-closing the already short platforms, and in other cases they'll be using temporary-platforms.

The new station renderings look gorgeous, and it will be a nice break from the old, crusty current stations we have sitting there.