The Bronx
| Station complex | Individual stations | Lines | Services | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149th Street – Grand Concourse | 149th Street – Grand Concourse | IRT Jerome Avenue Line | 4 | The station became a transfer station when the Jerome Avenue Line opened in 1917. The upper-level Jerome Avenue platforms and the lower-level White Plains Road platforms are perpendicular to each other. |
| 149th Street – Grand Concourse | IRT White Plains Road Line | 2 5 |
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| 161st Street – Yankee Stadium | 161st Street – Yankee Stadium | IND Concourse Line | B D |
A passageway connects the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line and underground IND Concourse Line at Yankee Stadium. The free transfer was added on June 12, 1940 as a paper transfer, replacing the closed IRT Ninth Avenue Line through Manhattan. Passengers that had transferred from the Jerome Avenue Line to the Ninth Avenue Line could now use the Concourse Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line, or alternately use the Polo Grounds Shuttle and another new transfer to the Concourse Line at 155th Street. A passageway was later built inside fare control. |
| 161st Street – Yankee Stadium | IRT Jerome Avenue Line | 4 |
- Former transfers
The first portion of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904 as a branch from the elevated IRT Third Avenue Line north of 149th Street to 180th Street – Bronx Park in West Farms. It was connected into the original IRT subway on July 10, 1905, and Third Avenue service was ended. Transfers were given at 149th Street for passengers who wanted to change to Third Avenue, and transfers were added between the Manhattan-bound subway and the Third Avenue Line to the north on July 13 due to the "congestion and confusion" at that point. These transfers originally only applied to trains continuing in the same direction; by the 1920s, this transfer point had become very congested. A passageway inside fare control was opened on June 1, 1927 in the triangle bounded by 148th Street, Third Avenue, and Willis Avenue. The Third Avenue Line closed on April 28, 1973, ending the transfer.
The IRT Dyre Avenue Line opened on May 15, 1941. At first, it did not connect directly to the IRT White Plains Road Line, and a transfer passageway (used by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway when the Dyre Avenue Line tracks were part of its operation) was placed inside fare control. A direct connection to the White Plains Road Line north of the station opened on May 6, 1957, and the old NYW&B station was closed.
Read more about this topic: List Of New York City Subway Transfer Stations
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