Fordham riders can’t get on Metro-North

All aboard the New Haven line on the Metro-North — unless you live in the Bronx.

Thanks to a century-old quirk of history, uptown New Yorkers can’t catch a quick ride to Manhattan on the New Haven line that originates in Connecticut — and City Controller Scott Stringer wants it fixed.

Passengers waiting for a train at the Fordham station in the Bronx aren’t allowed to step into the New Haven trains when they stop at the platform. Instead of jumping in for a fast trip to Grand Central Terminal, they have to stand and watch as passengers get off. The same situation is true at the Harlem 125th St. station — although the subway’s proximity means most locals take city transit.

The “exclusionary policy” that prevents New Yorkers from boarding the Connecticut-based trains is rooted in a 19th century deal between two private rail companies, according to Stringer, who says it should be sent to the dustbin of history.

“It is government-sanctioned discrimination at its worst and it must stop,” Stringer said. “While New York City’s transit system is in crisis, the MTA and Connecticut DOT have chosen to bar communities of color from trains that connect them with their jobs, schools, and loved ones.”

MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said that the agency will review the policy and discuss the arrangement with Connecticut.