Pelham Parkway station
2218 Esplanade | Pelham Gardens | built 2015
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- 1912
Pelham Parkway opens as an express stop on the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
The station was built not for the subway but for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, opening on May 29, 1912, with four tracks and two island platforms. It is the only fully underground stop on today's Dyre Avenue Line, the only underground subway station not first built for subway service, and the Bronx's sole underground station with four tracks. A train indicator from the railway's era survives inside.
“Pelham Parkway station opened on May 29, 1912 as an express station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B).”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1941
The station reopens as a subway stop after the bankrupt railway's closing
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway went bankrupt and the station shut on December 12, 1937. In April 1940 the city's Board of Transportation paid $1.8 million for the Bronx part of the line north of East 180th Street and rebuilt it. On May 15, 1941, a shuttle using IRT gate cars began running between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, putting Pelham Parkway back in service.
“This station was closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1981
The MTA ranks Pelham Parkway among the subway's 69 most deteriorated stations
By 1981 the Metropolitan Transportation Authority counted the station among the 69 worst-deteriorated in the system. Decades later it was picked for a full overhaul in the 2015-2019 capital program, with plans for cell service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, new signs and better lighting, but the work was pushed back to the 2020-2024 program for lack of money.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2014
The unused express tracks return to serve signal work and a platform-door test
Although the 5 train stops only on the two local tracks, the northbound express track was restored in October 2014 so work trains could reach the Dyre Avenue Line's signal modernization project. By 2017 the express tracks were also hosting a pilot program to develop platform screen doors. The southbound express track serves as a test track.
Source: Wikipedia
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