Botanical Garden (Metro-North station)
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The Botanical Garden 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...

 station serves the residents of the Bedford Park section of The Bronx
The Bronx
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 via the Harlem Line. It is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal —often incorrectly called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...

 and is located just north of the intersection of Doctor Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard (Southern Boulevard) and Bedford Park Boulevard (East 200th Street) adjacent to the site of the New York Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden
- See also :* Education in New York City* List of botanical gardens in the United States* List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City- External links :* official website** blog*...

. Service at Botanical Garden is hourly.

This station is located in the Zone 2 Metro-North fare zone.

Platform and track configuration

This station has two high-level side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s, each eight cars long. The western platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by southbound or Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

-bound trains. The eastern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by northbound or Westchester County-bound trains.

The Harlem Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks not adjacent to either platform are used only by express trains.

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