Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line)

Middletown Road
Middletown Road
	New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Middletown Road & Westchester Avenue; Bronx, NY 10461
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Bay
Coordinates	40°50′36″N 73°50′12″W / 40.843424°N 73.836751°WCoordinates: 40°50′36″N 73°50′12″W / 40.843424°N 73.836751°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6 (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx8, Bx24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	December 20, 1920
Rebuilt	October 5, 2013 to May 4, 2014
Station code	362[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	609,861[2] 1.9%
Rank	396 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Buhre Avenue: 6 <6>
Next south	Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue: 6 <6>
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Middletown Road is a local station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Middletown Road and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> train takes over.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← AM rush, other times toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Northbound local	→ PM rush, other times toward Pelham Bay Park (Buhre Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

Track layout

to Pelham Bay Park

to Buhre Av

Middletown Rd

to Westchester Yard

Westchester Sq

E Tremont Av

to Zerega Av

to Parkchester

This elevated station, opened on December 20, 1920, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is not used in regular service. South of the station are track leads to Westchester Yard, the main yard for all 6 and <6> trains. The center and Manhattan-bound local tracks rise above these leads.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center. On either ends are white waist-high steel fences with sodium lampposts at regular intervals. The station name signs are in the standard black plates with white Helvetica lettering.

From October 5, 2013 to May 4, 2014, the station was closed for rehabilitation work;^[3] however, the MTA has been sued by a disability rights group for not including an elevator during the $21,000,000 renovation of that subway station, because it was near an accessible rehabilitation clinic.^[4]

Exits

This station has one wooden elevated mezzanine below the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from the center of each platform go down to the mezzanine, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs. One goes south down to the triangular corner of Middletown Road and Westchester Avenue and the other to the north side of Westchester Avenue.^[5]

References

↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
↑ Temporary Station Closures Archived April 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Disability rights groups sue MTA over inaccessible subway station". Retrieved July 7, 2016.
↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Bay" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

Media related to Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons

nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Middletown Road
Station Reporter — 6 Train
The Subway Nut — Middletown Road Pictures
Middletown Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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[stationinformation-1] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[2] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

[3] Temporary Station Closures Archived April 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.

[4] "Disability rights groups sue MTA over inaccessible subway station". Retrieved July 7, 2016.

[maps-5] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Bay" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Lexington Avenue Local	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue–Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Pelham Bay Park Express	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester Hunts Point Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.