IRT White Plains Road Line

IRT White Plains Road Line
The 2 train serves the entire IRT White Plains Road Line at all times. The 5 train serves the entire IRT White Plains Road Line (except for Wakefield–241st Street) during rush hours in the peak direction, and part of the line from 149th Street-Grand Concourse to East 180th Street at all other times except late nights.
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	Wakefield–241st Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse
Stations	20
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership	72,559 (2023)[1]
History
Opened	1904-1920
Technical
Number of tracks	2-3
Character	Elevated (Most of the line) Underground (3rd Ave and Grand Concourse stations only)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	600V DC third rail
Route map Legend Wakefield–241st Street 239th Street Yard Nereid Avenue 233rd Street 225th Street 219th Street Gun Hill Road Burke Avenue (former Third Avenue el) Allerton Avenue Pelham Parkway Bronx Park East Dyre Avenue Line Unionport Yard East 180th Street Yard East 180th Street Shops East 180th Street former NYWB (demolished) 180th Street–Bronx Park (demolished) West Farms Yard (demolished) West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue 174th Street Freeman Street Simpson Street Intervale Avenue Prospect Avenue Jackson Avenue former Third Avenue Line Third Avenue–149th Street Jerome Avenue Line 149th Street–Grand Concourse Jerome Avenue Line 149th Street Tunnel (Harlem River) The Bronx Manhattan Lenox Avenue Line Legend Express station Local station This diagram: view talk edit

The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the A Division of the New York City Subway serving the central Bronx. It is mostly elevated and served both subway and elevated trains until 1952.^[2] The original part of the line, the part opened as part of the first subway was called the West Farms Division, and the extension north to 241st Street as part of the Dual Contracts was called the White Plains Road Line. Eventually, however, the two parts came to be known as the White Plains Road Line.

It is currently being used by the 2 at all times and the 5 at all times except late nights. During rush hours in the peak direction, the 5 runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street. During late nights, the 5 runs as a shuttle between Eastchester–Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street.