Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line)

Middletown Road
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Middletown Road & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Bay
Coordinates	40°50′36″N 73°50′12″W / 40.843424°N 73.836751°W / 40.843424; -73.836751Coordinates: 40°50′36″N 73°50′12″W / 40.843424°N 73.836751°W / 40.843424; -73.836751
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx8, Bx24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	December 20, 1920 (1920-12-20)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	661,242[1]  49.6%
Rank	394 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Buhre Avenue: 6  <6>
Next south	Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue: 6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Middletown Road is a local station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Middletown Road and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> train takes over.

This elevated station, opened on December 20, 1920, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is not normally used. South of the station are track leads to Westchester Yard, the main yard for all 6 and <6> trains. The center and Manhattan-bound local tracks rise above these leads.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center. On either ends are white waist-high steel fences with sodium lampposts at regular intervals. The station name signs are in the standard black plates with white Helvetica lettering.

This station has one wooden elevated mezzanine below the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from the center of each platform go down to the mezzanine, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs. One goes south down to the triangular corner of Middletown Road and Westchester Avenue and the other to the north side of Westchester Avenue.

From October 5, 2013 to May 2014, the station was closed for rehabilitation work.^[2]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (Buhre Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT Pelham Line: Middletown Road
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Middletown Road Pictures
• Middletown Road entrance from Google Maps Street View