Parkchester (IRT Pelham Line)

Parkchester
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	area of Cross-Bronx Expressway, Metropolitan Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Parkchester
Coordinates	40°50′0″N 73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°W / 40.83333; -73.860972Coordinates: 40°50′0″N 73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°W / 40.83333; -73.860972
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx36, Bx39, Q44 SBS MTA Bus: BxM6
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 27, 1920; 96 years ago (1920-05-27)
Former/other names	Parkchester–East 177th Street East 177th Street–Parkchester East 177th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,224,959  6.5%
Rank	90 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Castle Hill Avenue (local): 6  <6> Pelham Bay Park (express): no regular service (Terminal): 6
Next south	St. Lawrence Avenue (local): 6  Hunts Point Avenue (express): <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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Parkchester (formerly known as and still announced as Parkchester–East 177th Street) is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. The station opened on May 27, 1920. It is located in the Bronx at the intersection of the Cross-Bronx Expressway service roads (formerly East 177th Street), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue, atop Hugh J. Grant Circle. It is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction. By passenger count, Parkchester is the third busiest station in the Bronx in 2014, behind 161st Street–Yankee Stadium and Third Avenue–149th Street, which are respectively the busiest and second busiest stations.

Parkchester is an express station with three tracks and two island platforms. There are 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms and the staircases to the mezzanine are sheltered. Just north of the station is a signal tower which was used until the late 1990s, when a new master tower was created in Westchester Yard. This station was rehabilitated in 2010.

When <6> express trains operate, 6 local trains terminate here. <6> express trains always stop on the center track and 6 local trains always stop on the outer track, even when they terminate there. Trains use the switches north of the station to get to their respective track. Terminating trains use the center track past those switches as a pocket track to relay.

The IRT Pelham Line north of this station is served by a local train at all times except rush hours when <6> trains make local stops between this station and Pelham Bay Park. During this time, trains switch designations at Pelham Bay Park for the return trip to Manhattan.

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