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Botanical Garden station (Metro-North)

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Like the site for which it was named, Botanical Garden station originates back to the 1890s, although it originally had structures on both sides of the tracks. The structure that serves the gardens itself on the north side of the tracks still exists, while the old station house on the southbound
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platforms was torn down. Botanical Gardens station was south of a derailment on February 16, 1907 that resulted in 20 deaths and 150 injuries. This was one day after New York Central Railroad electrified the Harlem Line in reaction to being chastised in the press after the
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accident of 1902. Some sources have mistakenly referred to the site of the crash as being at Woodlawn station. From 1920 to 1973, there was also a connection to the
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merged in 1968. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the
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over the intersection of Webster Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard just southwest of the station.
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Prior to the establishment of the Botanical Garden station, its location was the former site of
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in 1976, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983.
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and Bedford Park Boulevard (East 200th Street) adjacent to northern
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The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition
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The Woodlawn Crash, 1907 (The American Experience: WGBH Boston)
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As with many NYCRR stations in the Bronx, the station became a
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Metro-North Railroad station in the Bronx, New York
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Botanical Garden (Metro-North station)
Botanic Garden (BMT Franklin Avenue Line station)

M7A
Southern Boulevard
Bedford Park
Bronx
New York
40°52′02″N 73°52′55″W / 40.8671°N 73.8819°W / 40.8671; -73.8819
Metro-North Railroad
Harlem Line
side platforms
New York City Bus
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Bx41
Bx41 SBS
V
DC
third rail
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Metro-North Railroad
Fordham
Grand Central
Harlem Line
Williams Bridge
North White Plains
New Haven Line
New York Central Railroad
Fordham

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