Īlbright's work was installed in two stages. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places after it was renovated. The second story was added above the mezzanine. In the mid-2000s, the station was renovated, as were others on the line. Their union president called for police to be given the authority to order a train stopped in an emergency. Transit police officers claimed that their calls to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority command center urging the train to be stopped were ignored. By the time paramedics were able to reach McNalley he had died from cardiac arrest. The train continued north transit police were notified of the situation at Fordham Road. McNalley, in his 50s, had been reported as having difficulties as the train passed the Burnside Avenue station, six stops south. The 1991 death of John McNalley at the station triggered an investigation into whether it could have been prevented. The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The subway's connection to Harlem led to many Harlem Renaissance figures such as Duke Ellington and W. It opened a sales office to deal with the demand for burial plots. The cemetery, which had lobbied for a stop nearby, benefited as well. Woodlawn, though, became even more densely populated after the station opened. Woodlawn Road was renamed years ago, but the old name persists to this day on some signs. The station was named after Woodlawn Road, the former name of Bainbridge Avenue, but is most often associated with Woodlawn Cemetery, whose main entrance is just up the street. The construction of the line encouraged development along Jerome Avenue, and made surrounding areas desirable places for commuters to live, leading to their growth. This section was initially served by shuttle service, with passengers transferring at 167th Street. Woodlawn station opened on Apas part of the final extension of the IRT Jerome Avenue Line from Kingsbridge Road. The first part of the line opened on Jas a shuttle service between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street, in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which began on July 17, 1918. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build an elevated line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in the Bronx.

The contracts were 'dual' in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. Those residents had regularly been lobbying for a subway connection, which was constructed the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was expanded via the Dual Contracts. By the 1890s the surrounding neighborhood was well-populated with working-class Irish and Italian immigrants. As a rural cemetery, at the time of its opening, it was as much a park as a burial ground, a popular place to visit for strolls and picnics. Residential development did not start until after the opening of the cemetery in 1865. At that time, like much of the western Bronx, it was still rural and heavily farmed. In the 1840s, the Harlem Railroad made the first rail connection between Manhattan and what became the Woodlawn neighborhood, a connection that still exists via the Woodlawn station on what is now Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line. View of platforms from bumper block Background

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