• Harlem Line
  • GCT to North White Plains
  • White Plains North to GCT

Interesting and enjoyable line. Easy timings. No rush. For express services you can sit on 55 mph and arrive on time easily.

GCT

• 10 - downhill - will need brakes
• Flashing signal - uphill
• Flashing signal - tunnel proper 60
• Accel to 45 and hold
• 60mph speed limit in tunnel - ignore
• 60 - tunnel exit
• 40 warning sign
• 40 - just before 125th platform

Harlem 125th Street

• 40 - accel to 30 - downhill
• 35 - Right curve to bridge
• Left curve
• Straight - 40 (OHB accel)
• OHB
• 60 - accel to 50
• 20 mph target into very short Melrose platform

Melrose 1.7 to Tremont

• 60
• Accel to 60
• Left curve and OHB
• 75 - coast at 60
• 3 x OHB
• BP 4th OHB
• OHB
• 20 into very short platform

Tremont 1.2 to Fordham

• 75
• Accel to 60
• Right curve and OHB BP
• 60 - at tunnel
• Fordham has a long platform

Fordham 900yd to Botanical Gardens

• 60
• Accel to 45
• OHB just before station
• Botanical Garden has a long platform

Botanical Garden - Williams Bridge 1 mile

• 75
• Accel to 50
• Left curve
• Left curve
• OHB just before Williams Bridge

Williams Bridge - 1.2 mile to Woodlawn

• 75
• Accel to 60
• 60 warning board
• Right curve
• 60 - BP
• OHB
• 20 into very short platform
• 40

Woodlawn - 0.8m to Wakefield

• 40
• Accel to 35
• 60 at stone OHB - ignore
• OHB at Wakefield

Wakefield - 900yards to Mt Vernon West

• 60
• Accel to 35
• Long platform Mt Vernon West

Mount Vernon West 1.1 to Fleetwood

• 60
• Accel to 45 through junction
• Accel to 50
• Long offset platform at Fleetwood

Fleetwood - 1m to Bronxville

• 60
• Accel to 45
• Bridge
• 55 at left curve
• OHB
• 60

Bronxville 0.7m to Tackahoe

• 60
• Accel to 35
• Right curve

Tuckahoe 0.7m to Crestwood

• 60
• Accel to 40
• Left curve

Crestwood - 2.2 to Scarsdale

• 60
• Left curve
• Accel to 50 and hold
• 65 at straight (ignore)
• OHB
• Left curve BP
• 60

Scarsdale 1.6m to Hartsdale

• 60
• Right curve
• Accel to 50 and hold
• Bridge
• 65 ignore
• Right curve
• BP at right curve just before station (visible around corner)

Hartsdale - 1.8 mile to White Plains

• 65
• Accel to 50 and coast
• 35 Warning
• Right curve
• Straight
• 35
• Left curve

White Plains 1.2 mile to White Plains North

• 35
• Right curve
• 50 (Ignore)
• Right curve
• OHB
• 30

White Plains North

North White Plains 1.2 miles to White Plains

• 30
• Overhead bridge - 50
• Left curve
• 35 mph into White Plains

White Plains 1.8 miles to Hartsdale

• 35
• Right curve
• Accelerate to 33 (downhill)
• Straight - 65

Hartsdale

• Accelerate to 60
• 60
• Bridge
• Left curve

Scarsdale

• 65
• Right curve
• Accelerate to 60
• Overhead bridge
• 60
• Coast over crest
• Bridge
• Start of third track
• Right curve

Crestwood 0.7 miles to Tuckahoe

• 60
• Accelerate to 45
• Right curve

Tuckahoe 0.6 miles to Bronxville

• 60
• Accelerate to 45
• Left curve

Bronxville 1.1 miles to Fleetwood

• 60
• Accelerate to 55
• 55
• Right curve
• Bridge
• 60
• Offset platforms

Fleetwood 1.1 to Mount Vernon West

• 60
• Accelerate to 55
• Right curve

Mount Vernon West 740 yards to Wakefield

• Accelerate to 35
• Wakefield has a short platform

Wakefield 0.8 miles to Wood Lawn

• 60
• Accelerate to 40
• Right curve
• Overhead bridge
• Left curve - 45
• Right curve, overhead bridge and junction
• Wood Lawn has a short platform

Wood Lawn 1.3 miles to Williams Bridge

• 45
• Stanchion - 60 then 75
• Accelerate to 60
• BP - at end of high wall on right
• Williams Bridge has a short platform

Williams Bridge 1 mile to Botanical Garden

• 75
• Accelerate to 50
• 60
• Right curve
• Right curve and overhead bridge

Botanical Garden 0.6 miles to Fordham

• 60
• Accelerate to 40
• Left curve

Fordham 1.1 miles to Tremont

• 60
• Accelerate to 50
• Overhead bridge
• Left curve
• Overhead bridge
• Tremont has a very short platform

Tremont 1.7 miles to Melrose

• 60
• Accelerate to 60 and coast
• Siding
• Right curve - brake
• Melrose has a very short platform

Melrose

• 60
• Accelerate to 40
• Left curve
• Overhead bridge and junction with Hudson line - 40
• Right curve - 35
• Lift bridge
• Left curve
• 40

125th Street 4.1 miles to GCT

• 40
• 60
• Points
• Signal bridge
• Points - BP for 45 ahead
• Tunnel - 45
• 60 - ignore and remain at 45
• 45
• 60 - ignore and remain at 45
• 15 - downhill
• 10 - downhill, then uphill to platforms