Metro-North's Fordham Station was completely restored with upgrades including a rebuilt northbound platform with double the capacity, a new entrance leading directly to Webster Avenue at 193rd Street and new permanent artwork. These upgrades follow the complete renovation of the historic station building on Fordham Road, which was completed in 2014. Photos: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
[Photos] Metro-North Railroad's Fordham Station Renewal
Metro-North acquired a narrow strip of approximately 7,128 square feet of property from Fordham University so that it could expand station’s northbound platform to nearly double its width. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
Platforms have been painted, cleaned and updated with rehabilitated elevators, new LED lighting, canopies, benches, real-time information monitors and public address systems. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
Fordham station’s makeover took place alongside the renovation of neighboring Fordham Plaza, which sits at the crossroads of Metro-North’s busy station, twelve local and regional bus lines, Fordham University (home to some 6,700 students), Roosevelt Educational Campus (with some 6,800 elementary and high school students) and Fordham Road, which is traveled by 80,000 pedestrians daily. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
Entitled Eureka, the artwork is a series of four "rose windows” composed of two layers of waterjet-cut aluminum in black and gold. It depicts the diverse universe of flora seen at the nearby New York Botanical Garden and references the Gothic details found in the surrounding architecture of Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
Widened and enclosed staircases also reduce commuter congestion. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
Platform shelters have been modernized with “Push for Heat” technology. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin