IRT Jerome Avenue Line

IRT Jerome Avenue Line
	; The 4 train serves the entire IRT Jerome Avenue Line at all times. One station is also served by the 5 train.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Termini	Woodlawn; 138th Street – Grand Concourse
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	1917-1918
Owner	City of New York
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Character	Underground(South of Yankee Stadium); Elevated(Most of The Bronx)
Technical
No. of tracks	2-3
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	600V DC third rail

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IRT Jerome Avenue Line

Legend

The IRT Jerome Avenue Line, also unofficially known as IRT Woodlawn Line, is a New York City Subway Line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. It was opened on June 2, 1917 as a shuttle service between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street. This was in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which began on July 17, 1918. The line was extended from Kingsbridge Road to Woodlawn on April 15, 1918.

In 1918, the Ninth Avenue elevated was extended from the Polo Grounds terminal, entering the Bronx via a now-demolished swing bridge immediately north of the still-extant Macombs Dam Bridge to connect with the Jerome Avenue line between 161st Street and 167th Street. After the lower portion of the Ninth Avenue Line closed on June 12, 1940, a shuttle continued to operate to the Polo Grounds until after the New York Giants moved to San Francisco. The shuttle closed on August 31, 1958.

[edit] Service Patterns

The Jerome Avenue Line is served locally by the 4 train at all times, except for the 138th Street – Grand Concourse station, which the 4 serves all times except rush hours in the peak direction, and the 5 at all times except late nights.

As part of a pilot program to evaluate express service on the line, from June 8, 2009 to June 26, 2009, the MTA operated four trains southbound on the express track between 7:15 AM and 8:00 AM. The trains stopped at Woodlawn, Mosholu Parkway, Burnside Avenue, and 149th Street – Grand Concourse, then continued down the normal route.^[1] From October 26, 2009, to December 11, 2009, another pilot program to run express service ran, this time adding Bedford Park Boulevard – Lehman College as an additional stop. A fifth train had also been added and trains now run every 20 minutes from 7:00am to 8:20am.^[2]

In July 2009, some Woodlawn-bound trains, during evening rush hours, ran express from 149th Street – Grand Concourse to short turn at Burnside Avenue.

[edit] Station listing

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details

	Station	Tracks	Services	Opened	Transfers and notes
Bronx
	Woodlawn		4	April 15, 1918	Terminal
Center Express track begins (No Regular Service)
	Mosholu Parkway	local	4	April 15, 1918
connecting tracks to Jerome Yard
	Bedford Park Boulevard – Lehman College	local	4	April 15, 1918
connecting track to Concourse Yard
	Kingsbridge Road	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	Fordham Road	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]	Bx12 Select Bus Service
	183rd Street	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	Burnside Avenue	all	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	176th Street	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	Mount Eden Avenue	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	170th Street	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	167th Street	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]
	161st Street – Yankee Stadium	local	4	June 2, 1917^[3]	B D (IND Concourse Line) Connection to Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line at Yankees – East 153rd Street
	149th Street – Grand Concourse	all	4	June 2, 1917^[3]	2 5 (IRT White Plains Road Line)
Branch from IRT White Plains Road Line joins (5 )
	138th Street – Grand Concourse	local	4 5	July 17, 1918
Center Express track ends
Continues as IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 )