New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
Map
Overview
HeadquartersBronx, New York
Reporting markNYWB
LocaleNew York
Dates of operation1912–1937
SuccessorNew York City Transit Authority (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
New York, Westchester
and Boston Railway
20.90
Port Chester
19.44
Rye
17.60
Harrison
16.82
West Street
15.83
Mamaroneck
14.78
Larchmont Gardens
14.03
Larchmont
13.02
Pine Brook
12.17
North Avenue
(New Rochelle)
11.64
Webster Avenue
11.27
Pelhamwood
(Storer Avenue)
10.95
5th Avenue
19.50
Westchester Avenue
(White Plains)
18.89
Mamaroneck Avenue
18.26
Gedney Way
17.51
Ridgeway
15.95
Heathcote
15.09
Quaker Ridge
13.01
Wykagyl
11.63
Chester Heights
10.66
East Lincoln Avenue
10.24
Columbus Avenue
9.79
East 3rd Street
9.24
East 6th Street
8.63
Kingsbridge Road
8.33
Dyre Avenue
7.65
Baychester Avenue
6.74
Gun Hill Road
5.90
Pelham Parkway
5.50
Morris Park
4.37
180th Street
3.19
Westchester Avenue
2.57
Hunts Point
1.90
Casanova
0.91
Port Morris
0.0
Harlem River Terminal

The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company (NYW&B, also known to its riders as "the Westchester" and colloquially as the "Boston-Westchester"), was an electric commuter railroad in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York from 1912 to 1937. It ran from the southernmost part of the South Bronx, near the Harlem River, to Mount Vernon with branches north to White Plains and east to Port Chester. From 1906, construction and operation was under the control of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH) until its bankruptcy in 1935.

A 4-mile (6.4 km) section survives as the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 train) of the New York City Subway.


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