5 (New York City Subway service)
The 5 Lexington Avenue Express[2] is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.[3]
The 5 operates at all times. Weekday rush hour and midday service operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College in Midwood, Brooklyn, making local stops in the Bronx and express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn; during rush hours in the peak direction, 5 trains operate express in the Bronx between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street; limited peak-direction rush hour service originates and terminates at Nereid Avenue.[lower-alpha 1] in the Bronx instead of Dyre Avenue, as well as either at Utica[lower-alpha 2] or New Lots Avenues[lower-alpha 3] in Brooklyn instead of Flatbush Avenue. The 5 short turns at Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan during weekday evenings and weekends, and operates as a shuttle between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street during late nights.
Historically, 5 trains have run to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue. Since 1983, most trains run only to Bowling Green or Flatbush Avenue, although some rush-hour trains still run to Utica or New Lots Avenues.
Service history
The section from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue was once part of the mainline of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, a standard gauge electric commuter railroad built by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Upon its closure in 1937, the entire property was put up for sale.
Beginning on April 28, 1930, Saturday 5 service to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue began.
As of 1934, trains normally ran from Wakefield–241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center. During weekday rush hours and weekend afternoons they were extended to Utica Avenue.[4] Late-night service was not operated.
From July 24, 1938, to September 18, 1938, there was Sunday daytime 5 service to New Lots Avenue. Beginning on July 10, 1939, Sunday afternoon 5 service to New Lots began.[4]
On December 22, 1946, alternate Sunday morning 5 service to New Lots began.[4] However, on March 5, 1950, 5 service was cut back to Utica Avenue all day on Sundays.[4]
Express service on the IRT White Plains Road Line began on April 23, 1953 with alternate 5 trains using the middle track between East 180th Street and 149th Street during the weekday rush in the peak direction.[5] Starting on October 2, 1953, 5 Thru-Expreses began running express between East 180th Street and Gun Hill Road using the middle track in order to encourage passengers who changed at Gun Hill Road for Third Avenue Elevated service to stay on subway trains.[6][7][8] From June 7, 1954 to June 16, 1958, they skipped 138th Street. On June 16, 1958, these 5 trains resumed stopping at 138th, with 4 trains skipping the station during rush hours.
Beginning on May 3, 1957, limited rush hour 5 service ran to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College replacing the 4 service. Evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday trains were cut back to South Ferry.
Beginning on March 1, 1960, evening trains began making all stops in Manhattan.[4] Beginning on April 8, 1960, weekday evening service was discontinued, as was weekday rush service to Flatbush Avenue.[4]
Starting on April 18, 1965, most daytime service was rerouted to Dyre Avenue, replacing 2 daytime service to Dyre Avenue except evenings and late nights when shuttle service served Dyre Avenue. Some weekday rush peak-direction service to 241st Street was retained, while Saturday and Sunday evening trains were cut back from 241st Street to East 180th Street. Also, Saturday morning trains were cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry.[4][9][10][11] Starting on May 3, 1965, trains to or from 241st Street began making all stops between Gun Hill Road and East 180th Street.[4]
Beginning on May 23, 1976, 5 service began starting late on Sunday mornings. As of May 24, 1976, weekday midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green from Atlantic Avenue.[4][12] In 1979, with the color coding of subway routes based on their trunk line in Manhattan, the 5 service's color was changed to apple green, as it goes via the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.[13][14] 5 service was re-extended May 15, 1980, to Atlantic Avenue.[4] On July 10, 1983, all rush hour service ran to Flatbush Avenue, with limited service to/from Utica or New Lots Avenue.[15] Beginning on January 18, 1988, all midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green, to allow 4 service to operate to Utica.[4]
In 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue. On May 27, 2005, use of the 5 diamond to indicate peak direction service to Nereid Avenue was discontinued.
On June 29, 2009, 5 trains were extended to Flatbush Avenue during midday hours.[4][16]
From March 29 to September 3, 2010, rush hour peak direction 5 express service was suspended due to rehabilitation of East 180th Street and signal replacements along the IRT White Plains Road Line. PM northbound express service was suspended again on March 28, 2011, to allow for the second phase of the signal replacement project. This time, service was restored on August 8.
Due to repairs to Hurricane Sandy-related damage in the Clark Street Tunnel, which carries the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line into Brooklyn, between June 17, 2017 and June 23, 2018, the 5 was extended to Flatbush Avenue on weekends, running local in Brooklyn. In the Bronx, the 5 ran to 241st Street instead of Dyre Avenue in place of the 2.[17][18]
Dyre Avenue Shuttle
In 1940, the City of New York purchased the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, and began integrating the line into the system. The railroad north of the city line to White Plains and Port Chester was quickly dismantled. The section below East 180th Street to Greens Farm Junction was once used to interchange with the New Haven (and later Penn Central and Conrail) to bring subway cars and other equipment on and off the system. That section has since been removed, isolating this part of the subway from the interchange.
The East 180th Street–Dyre Avenue Shuttle or Dyre Avenue Shuttle was established as a new subway service and full-time shuttle along this section on May 15, 1941, between the former East 180th Street station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway and Eastchester–Dyre Avenue, which was the northernmost station on the NYW&B within New York City. Passengers had to make a walking transfer between the Dyre Avenue Line and the IRT White Plains Road Line at East 180th Street as there was no track connection between the lines.
In 1957, a flyover connection opened between the East 180th Street station of the White Plains Road Line and the Dyre Avenue Line, enabling through service by trains from the 2 route from Manhattan to Dyre Avenue. At the same time, the former NYW&B station was closed and the off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle rerouted to the White Plains Road Line station. These shuttles were initially labeled 2 like the full-time service but were later signed as 9, a number used decades when skip-stop service on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was instituted and split between the 1 and 9 services. The off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle still operates, but those trains are signed as 5, the same as the through service.
Route
Service pattern
The following table shows the lines used by the 5, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:[19]
Line | From | To | Tracks | Times | |||
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weekdays | eves & weekends |
late nights | rush peak | ||||
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line) | Eastchester–Dyre Avenue | Morris Park | all | Most trains | |||
IRT White Plains Road Line | Nereid Avenue | Bronx Park East | local | N/A | N/A | N/A | Limited service |
East 180th Street | all | ||||||
West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue | Jackson Avenue | local | |||||
express | |||||||
Third Avenue–149th Street | 149th Street–Grand Concourse | all | |||||
IRT Jerome Avenue Line | 138th Street–Grand Concourse | local | |||||
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line) | 125th Street | Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall | express | ||||
Fulton Street | Bowling Green | all | |||||
Joralemon Street Tunnel | |||||||
IRT Eastern Parkway Line | Borough Hall | Franklin Avenue | express | ||||
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line) | President Street | Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College | all | Most trains | |||
IRT Eastern Parkway Line | Franklin Avenue | Crown Heights–Utica Avenue | express | N/A | N/A | N/A | Limited service |
IRT New Lots Line (full line) | Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road | New Lots Avenue | all | Very limited service |
Stations
For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.
Station service legend | |
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Stops all times | |
Stops all times except late nights | |
Stops weekdays only | |
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction | |
Stops rush hours only | |
Station closed | |
Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only (including limited service) | |
Time period details | |
Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act | |
Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only | |
Elevator access to mezzanine only |
D. |
N. |
Stations | Subway transfers | Connections | |
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The Bronx | |||||
Dyre Avenue Line | |||||
N/A | Eastchester–Dyre Avenue | ||||
Baychester Avenue | |||||
Gun Hill Road/Seymour Avenue | |||||
Pelham Parkway/Esplanade | Bx12 Select Bus Service | ||||
Morris Park | |||||
White Plains Road Line (peak-direction rush hour trips only) | |||||
N/A | Nereid Avenue | 2 |
Northern terminal for most rush hour peak direction trips to/from Manhattan and Brooklyn | ||
233rd Street | 2 |
Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn | |||
225th Street | 2 |
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219th Street | 2 |
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Gun Hill Road/White Plains Road | 2 |
Bx41 Select Bus Service Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Williams Bridge | |||
Burke Avenue | 2 |
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Allerton Avenue | 2 |
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Pelham Parkway/White Plains Road | 2 |
Bx12 Select Bus Service | |||
Bronx Park East | 2 |
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East 180th Street | 2 |
Some southbound rush hour trips begin at this station Some northbound a.m. rush hour trips terminate at this station Southern terminal for late night service | |||
West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue | 2 |
Q44 Select Bus Service | |||
174th Street | 2 |
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Freeman Street | 2 |
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Simpson Street | 2 |
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Intervale Avenue | 2 |
Bx6 Select Bus Service | |||
Prospect Avenue | 2 |
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Jackson Avenue | 2 |
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Third Avenue–149th Street | 2 |
Bx41 Select Bus Service | |||
149th Street–Grand Concourse | 2 4 |
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Jerome Avenue Line | |||||
138th Street–Grand Concourse | 4 |
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Manhattan | |||||
Lexington Avenue Line | |||||
125th Street | 4 |
Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport | |||
86th Street | 4 |
M86 Select Bus Service | |||
59th Street | 4 N Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard: F |
Roosevelt Island Tramway | |||
Grand Central–42nd Street | 4 7 S |
Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal | |||
14th Street–Union Square | 4 L N |
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Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall | 4 J |
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Fulton Street | 4 2 A J |
Connection to N PATH at World Trade Center | |||
Wall Street | 4 |
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Bowling Green | 4 |
Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal Southern terminal for evening and weekend service, as well as some rush hour service | |||
Brooklyn | |||||
Eastern Parkway Line | |||||
Borough Hall | 4 2 R |
Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only | |||
Nevins Street | 2 |
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Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center | 2 B D |
LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal | |||
Franklin Avenue | 2 S |
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Nostrand Avenue Line | |||||
President Street | 2 |
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Sterling Street | 2 |
B44 Select Bus Service | |||
Winthrop Street | 2 |
B44 Select Bus Service | |||
Church Avenue | 2 |
B44 Select Bus Service | |||
Beverly Road | 2 |
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Newkirk Avenue | 2 |
B44 Select Bus Service | |||
Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College | 2 |
B44 Select Bus Service | |||
Eastern Parkway Line (limited rush hour service only) | |||||
Nostrand Avenue | 2 |
One rush-hour train to the Bronx stops here | |||
Kingston Avenue | 2 |
One rush-hour train to the Bronx stops here | |||
Crown Heights–Utica Avenue | 2 |
B46 Select Bus Service Southern terminal for some rush hour service | |||
New Lots Line (limited rush hour service only) | |||||
Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road | 2 |
B15 bus to JFK Airport | |||
Saratoga Avenue | 2 |
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Rockaway Avenue | 2 |
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Junius Street | 2 |
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Pennsylvania Avenue | 2 |
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Van Siclen Avenue | 2 |
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New Lots Avenue | 2 |
B15 bus to JFK Airport Southern terminal for some northbound a.m. rush hour service |
Notes
- ↑ Limited rush hour service to Manhattan and Brooklyn originates at Nereid Avenue during a.m. rush hours; service from Brooklyn and Manhattan terminates at Nereid Avenue during p.m. rush hours.
- ↑ A handful of rush hour trains also originate and terminate at Crown Heights–Utica Avenue, operating between the Bronx and Brooklyn.
- ↑ Limited a.m. rush hour service to Manhattan and the Bronx originates at New Lots Avenue only.
References
- ↑ Korman, Joe (December 4, 2017). "IRT Car Assignments". JoeKorNer.
- ↑ "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ http://web.mta.info/developers/resources/line_colors.htm
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "NYCT Line by Line History". www.erictb.info. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ "I. R. T. EXPRESS SERVICE; Rush-Hour Schedule Started on White Plains Rd. Line". The New York Times. April 24, 1953. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ Egan, Leo (August 7, 1953). "TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO TIDY SUBWAYS, SPEED UP SERVICE; Fare Rise to Pay for Posture Seats and New Lights in 300 Cars, Painting of Stations NEW MEMBER JOINS BOARD Mayor, Swearing Him, Assails Dewey -- Klein Praises Casey, Promises to 'Do Share' TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO TIDY SUBWAYS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang.
- ↑ Linder, Bernard (October 1964). "Journal on the history of the 5". New York Division Bulletin. Electric Railroaders' Association.
- ↑ "New Routes Scheduled for 2 IRT Lines in Bronx" (PDF). New York Times. March 22, 1965. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Better Subway Service for Bronx IRT Riders". Photobucket. New York City Transit Authority. April 1965. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Better Subway Service for Bronx IRT Riders". Photobucket. New York City Transit Authority. April 1965. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ "IRT BROOKLYN RUNS REDUCED IN MIDDAY" (PDF). Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ↑ "The 1979 Map: A work in progress". Second Ave. Sagas. January 20, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Grynbaum, Michael M. "On the Subway, V Is for Vanished". Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "New IRT Schedules - Increased Service to Flatbush Avenue". New York Division Bulletin. July 1983.
- ↑ "mta.info | Facts and Figures". web.mta.info. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting December 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 12, 2016. pp. PDF-169 to PDF-175. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Clark St Tunnel Reconstruction Weekend Service Changes". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Subway Service Guide" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
External links
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- MTA Subway Time – 5 Train
- "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.