Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
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Baychester Avenue
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address | Baychester Avenue & Tillotson Avenue Bronx, NY 10475 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Eastchester, Baychester | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′43″N 73°50′18″W / 40.87864°N 73.838369°WCoordinates: 40°52′43″N 73°50′18″W / 40.87864°N 73.838369°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT, formerly NYW&B) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Dyre Avenue Line | ||||||
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5  (all times) |
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| Structure | Embankment | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | May 29, 1912 (NYW&B station) May 15, 1941 (re-opened as a Subway station) |
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,137,693  4.1% |
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| Rank | 349 out of 425 | ||||||
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| Next north |
Eastchester – Dyre Avenue: 5
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| Next south |
Gun Hill Road: 5
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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 and Boston Railway, 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 embankment with a cut in the embankment for the street to run below (Baychester Avenue).
The station house is on street level below the platforms and tracks on their extreme north end. A staircase from each platform goes down to an underpass, where on the Dyre Avenue-bound side, a single exit-only turnstile leads to a set of doors to the streets. The main fare control area is on the Manhattan-bound side. It has a set of doors to the underpass, another to the platform stairs, a turnstile bank, token booth, and doors to the streets.
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