IRT Dyre Avenue Line

IRT Dyre Avenue Line
The 5 train serves the entire IRT Dyre Avenue Line all times.
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Locale	Bronx
Termini	North of Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Junction south of Morris Park
Stations	5
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership	11,103[1]
History
Opened	1941
Technical
Line length	4 mi (6.4 km)
Number of tracks	2–4
Character	Elevated, open–cut, embankment, underground
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Direct Current traction
Route map Legend former NYWB (demolished) Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Baychester Avenue Gun Hill Road Pelham Parkway Morris Park White Plains Road Line Unionport Yard East 180th Street White Plains Road Line former NYWB (demolished) This diagram: view talk edit

The IRT Dyre Avenue Line (formerly the IND Dyre Avenue–East 174th Street Line) is a New York City Subway rapid transit line, part of the A Division. 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.^[1]

The line is the only remaining portion of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B). The NYW&B opened in 1912, providing service from the Harlem River to White Plains and New Rochelle (eventually to Port Chester). Service ended in 1937, and the line within New York City was acquired by the city in 1940, with shuttle service between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street beginning the following year with IRT elevated cars. Through-service to Manhattan began in 1957, and the stations on the line were upgraded.