Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Baychester Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Baychester Avenue & Tillotson Avenue Bronx, NY 10475
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Eastchester, Baychester
Coordinates	40°52′43″N 73°50′18″W / 40.87864°N 73.838369°W / 40.87864; -73.838369Coordinates: 40°52′43″N 73°50′18″W / 40.87864°N 73.838369°W / 40.87864; -73.838369
Division	A (IRT, formerly NYW&B)
Line	IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Services	5  (all times)
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	May 29, 1912 (1912-05-29) (NYW&B station) May 15, 1941 (1941-05-15) (re-opened as a Subway station)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,137,693[1]  4.1%
Rank	349 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Eastchester – Dyre Avenue: 5
Next south	Gun Hill Road: 5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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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.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Dyre Av to Gun Hill Rd

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Eastchester – Dyre Avenue (Terminus)
	Northbound express	Trackbed
	Southbound express	No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue weekdays, Bowling Green weekends, East 180th Street late nights (Gun Hill Road) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

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). 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.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Baychester Avenue
• Station Reporter — 5 Train
• The Subway Nut — Baychester Avenue Pictures
• New York, Westchester and Boston Railway - Baychester Avenue Station
• Baychester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View