Baychester Avenue station
3423 Baychester Avenue | Baychester
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- 1912
Baychester Avenue opens as a local stop on the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
The station first opened on May 29, 1912, as a local stop on the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B). Today it is part of the subway's Dyre Avenue Line, served by the 5 train from two side platforms on an embankment above Baychester Avenue.
“Baychester Avenue opened on May 29, 1912 as a local station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B).”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1937
Baychester Avenue closes when the Westchester and Boston railway goes bankrupt
The station shut on December 12, 1937, after the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway went bankrupt. In April 1940 the city's Board of Transportation bought the railway's Bronx section north of East 180th Street for $1.8 million and rehabilitated it.
“This station was closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1941
City shuttle trains begin running on the old railway through Baychester Avenue
After buying and rehabilitating the old railway's Bronx section, the city's Board of Transportation started a shuttle on May 15, 1941. It ran IRT gate cars between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, along the line through this station.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1991
The northbound platform closes for a nine-month rebuilding
The northbound platform was taken out of service on September 9, 1991, and reopened on June 15, 1992. The work gave the station better electrical systems and lighting, reinforced concrete platforms, a new canopy and drainage, fresh windscreen graphics and new handrails.
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