Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

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New York City Subway station Baychester Avenue

Station information
Line	IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Services	5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other
Borough	Bronx
Opened	May 15, 1941
Next north	Eastchester-Dyre Avenue 5
Next south	Gun Hill Road 5

Baychester Avenue is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Baychester and Tillotson Avenues in the Bronx, it is served by the 5 train at all times.

Originally opened on May 29, 1912 as a local station of the New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad, it was closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt. In 1940 the City of New York purchased the right of way from the Bronx line southward. In 1941 a shuttle service was implemented between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street using IRT gate cars. In 1957 a physical connection was made to the White Plains Road line and through service provided.

The station has two side platforms and three tracks with space for a Fourth. It is on an elevated embankment with a cut in the embankment for the street to run below (Baychester Avenue). The entrance is below the station.