IRT White Plains Road Line
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The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, serving the central Bronx. It is mostly elevated, and served both subway and elevated trains until 1952.[1]
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[edit] Extent and service
The following services use part or all of the White Plains Road Line:
Service | Section of line | |
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2 | Local | Full line |
5 | Local (express rush hours in peak direction and some midday reverse peak express runs [northbound only], no service late nights except between the IRT Dyre Avenue Line and East 180th Street) | East 180th Street to 149th Street–Grand Concourse |
5 | Local, rush hours in peak direction only | Nereid Avenue–238th Street to Gun Hill Road |
5 | Local, rush hours in peak direction only (express some PM rush hour northbound trains) | Gun Hill Road to East 180th Street |
Section of line | Tracks | Services |
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Wakefield-241st Street to Nereid Avenue–238th Street | Local | 2 always |
Express | no regular service | |
Nereid Avenue–238th Street to Gun Hill Road | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
Express | no regular service | |
Gun Hill Road to East 180th Street | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
Express | 5 some PM rush hour trips [northbound only] | |
East 180th Street to 149th Street–Grand Concourse | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
Express | 5 rush hours in peak direction and some midday reverse peak direction runs (northbound only) | |
South of 149th Street–Grand Concourse | All | 2 always |
The IRT White Plains Road Line begins at the Wakefield–241st Street terminal, with two tracks and one island platform (and two closed side platforms). Crossovers just south of the station take trains to the correct tracks, and a center express track comes out of those crossovers. Between Wakefield-241st Street and Nereid Avenue-238th Street, a connection comes in from the 239th Street Yard.
Just north of Gun Hill Road, the IRT Third Avenue Line used to split from the local tracks (with crossovers to the express tracks just to the north). The line went to a lower level of Gun Hill Road station and then turned west.
The IRT Dyre Avenue Line merges to the local tracks just north of East 180th Street, and then crossovers allow those trains to reach the express tracks. The 5 late-night Dyre Avenue Shuttle uses the center track to end its run, and rush hour 5 trains in the peak direction change to the express track here. On the west side of this junction is the East 180th Street Yard; the Unionport Yard is to the east.
The now-gone three-track Bronx Park Spur merged from the west after East 180th Street, with one track into each of the mainline tracks. Just after this on the east side was a connection to the West Farms Yard, also gone.
The express track ends north of Third Avenue–149th Street, and from there to the end the line has two tracks. Formerly in that area there was a connection just to the north to the local tracks of the IRT Third Avenue Line, and a connection to the south, bypassing 149th Street station on the Third Avenue Line (Bergen Street Bypass). Just past those former connections, the line goes underground to run beneath the Harlem River.
Just after 149th Street–Grand Concourse, tracks split off and turn south to merge with the local tracks of the IRT Jerome Avenue Line. The line then passes under the Harlem River and ends at the IRT Lenox Avenue Line at the at-grade 142nd Street Junction.
[edit] History
[edit] Station listing
Station | Tracks | Services | Opened | Transfers and notes | |
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Wakefield-241st Street | All | 2 always | December 13, 1920 | Originally East 241st Street | |
Nereid Avenue–238th Street | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 31, 1917 | Originally East 238th Street | |
233rd Street | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 31, 1917 | Originally East 233rd Street | |
225th Street | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 31, 1917 | Originally East 225th Street | |
219th Street | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 3, 1917 | Originally East 219th Street | |
Gun Hill Road | All | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 3, 1917 | ||
Burke Avenue | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 3, 1917 | ||
Allerton Avenue | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 3, 1917 | ||
Pelham Parkway | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 3, 1917 | ||
Bronx Park East | Local | 2 always, 5 rush hours in peak direction |
March 3, 1917 | ||
Merge from IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 always) | |||||
East 180th Street | All | 2 always, 5 always |
March 3, 1917 | ||
180th Street | Bronx Park spur | Demolished | November 26, 1904 | ||
West Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 26, 1904 | Originally 177th Street, then East Tremont Avenue-Boston Road | |
174th Street | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 26, 1904 | ||
Freeman Street | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 26, 1904 | ||
Simpson Street | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 26, 1904 | ||
Intervale Avenue | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 1909? | Originally Intervale Avenue-163rd Street | |
Prospect Avenue | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 26, 1904 | ||
Jackson Avenue | Local | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction |
November 26, 1904 | ||
Third Avenue–149th Street | All | 2 always, 5 all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction | July 10, 1905 | Originally Third Avenue | |
149th Street–Grand Concourse | All | 2 always, 5 all but late nights | July 10, 1905 | 4 (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) originally Mott Avenue |
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Split with connection to IRT Jerome Avenue Line (5 all but late nights) | |||||
Merge with IRT Lenox Avenue Line (3 all but late nights) |
[edit] External links
New York City Subway lines | |
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IRT | Manhattan: 42nd St Shuttle • Broadway-7th Av • Lenox Av • Lexington Av Bronx: Dyre Av • Jerome Av • Pelham • White Plains Rd Brooklyn/Queens: Eastern Pkwy/New Lots • Flushing • Nostrand Av Former: Original subway • 2nd Av • 3rd Av • 6th Av • 9th Av |
BMT | Manhattan trunks and branches: 63rd St • Astoria • Broadway • Manhattan Bridge • Nassau St Eastern Division: Archer Av • Canarsie • Jamaica • Myrtle Av Southern Division: 4th Av • Brighton • Culver • Franklin Av • Sea Beach • West End Former: 3rd Av • 5th Av • Brooklyn Bridge • Fulton St • Lexington Av Former surface: Culver • West End |
IND | Manhattan/Bronx trunks: 6th Av • 8th Av • Concourse Brooklyn/Queens: 63rd St • Archer Av • Crosstown • Culver • Fulton St • Rockaway • Queens Blvd Former: World's Fair |
Connections | Chrystie St • 60th St |
Future | 2nd Av |