Line IRT Dyre Avenue Line Platforms 2 side platforms Structure Embankment | Services 5 (all times) Borough The Bronx Locale Eastchester, Baychester | |
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Division A (IRT, formerly NYW&B) Tracks 3 (2 in regular service) Opened May 29, 1912; 104 years ago (1912-05-29) (NYW&B station)
May 15, 1941; 75 years ago (1941-05-15) (re-opened as a Subway station) Address Bronx, NY 10469, United States Similar Eastchester–Dyre Avenue, East 180th Street, Pelham Parkway, Church Avenue, 225th Street | ||
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.
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Station layout
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).
Exit
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.