IRT Dyre Avenue Line

IRT Dyre Avenue Line
The 5 train serves the entire IRT Dyre Avenue Line at all times.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Locale	Bronx
Termini	North of Eastchester – Dyre Avenue Junction south of Morris Park
Stations	5
Daily ridership	34,802
Operation
Opened	1941
Owner	City of New York
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Character	Elevated, open–cut, embankment, underground
Technical
Number of tracks	2–4
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Direct Current traction

The IRT Dyre Avenue Line is a New York City Subway rapid transit line, part of the A Division (IRT). It is a branch of the IRT White Plains Road Line in the northeastern section of the Bronx, north of East 180th Street. As of 2013 it has a daily ridership of 34,802.

The following services use the Dyre Avenue Line:

It is served by the 5 train, which makes all stops.

The line has three tracks for most of its length. A fourth track briefly joins south of Eastchester–Dyre Avenue and between Pelham Parkway and Morris Park. The southbound revenue track is a test track for new A Division trains. The fourth track (a trackbed for most of its length) was extended for the automation of the line, and was initially used for layup and storage.

In the late 1990s the southbound express track was extended from south of Dyre Avenue and connected to the stub end track at Pelham Parkway. The southbound track at Dyre Avenue is in the position of the southbound express track, as the southbound local track is no longer present. The current platform is built over the northbound express track. Small portions of the original side platforms remain on both sides of Dyre Avenue station. South of Dyre Avenue station, the southbound track moves over to the local position and the southbound express track begins.

The northbound express track, was used for storage but this use has largely been made redundant by the expansion of Unionport Yard. A small portion of this track also exists between Baychester and Dyre Avenue stations. The portion between Baychester and Dyre Avenue stations is currently in the process of demolition. The other portion has been extended to the northern end of Pelham Parkway in conjunction to the signal modernization project on the line.