IRT White Plains Road Line

IRT White Plains Road Line
"2" train "5" train
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
OwnerCity of New York
Termini
Stations20
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemNew York City Subway
Operator(s)New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership72,559 (2023)[1]
History
Opened1904-1920
Technical
Number of tracks2-3
CharacterElevated (Most of the line)
Underground (3rd Ave and Grand Concourse stations only)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification600V DC third rail
Route map

Wakefield–241st Street
Nereid Avenue
233rd Street
225th Street
219th Street
Gun Hill Road
Burke Avenue
Allerton Avenue
Pelham Parkway
Bronx Park East
East 180th Street
former NYWB (demolished)
West Farms Yard (demolished)
West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue
174th Street
Freeman Street
Simpson Street
Intervale Avenue
Prospect Avenue
Jackson Avenue
Third Avenue–149th Street
149th Street–Grand Concourse
Legend

Express station
Local station
West Farms Square station is a southern station of the White Plains Road Line.

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.

  1. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Old Subways". Community-2.webtv.net. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2010.