this station opened on january 27, 1907 as the 230th street station, but was built near the site of the originally proposed northern terminus of the broadway–seventh avenue line at bailey avenue and 230th street, a block southeast of the current station. it was also near two former kingsbridge railroad stations owned by two separate branches inherited by the new york central railroad; one was along a former segment of the spuyten duyvil and port morris railroad (now the hudson line), and the other was for the new york and putnam railroad (now abandoned).