Castle Hill Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Castle Hill Avenue
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Address | Castle Hill Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10462 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Unionport | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′03″N 73°51′06″W / 40.834139°N 73.851686°WCoordinates: 40°50′03″N 73°51′06″W / 40.834139°N 73.851686°W | ||||||||
| 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) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx22
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||
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| Opened | October 24, 1920 | ||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 2,174,412  45.8% |
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| Rank | 229 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Zerega Avenue: 6 <6>
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| Next south |
Parkchester: 6 <6>
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Castle Hill Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Castle Hill and Westchester Avenues in the Castle Hill neighborhood 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 has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in regular service.
It resembles other elevated stations along the line, with wood mezzanines and no windscreens along the platform edges.
From October 5, 2013 to May 2014, the station was closed for rehabilitation work.
The station's only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to the northeast and southwest corners of Westchester Avenue and Castle Hill Avenue.
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