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For the former Template:BMT service, see BMT 5.

Template:NYCS logo The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs and the NYC Subway map, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through Manhattan. Trains of the Template:NYCS 5 service run at all times, though the service is significantly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. The service is extended into Brooklyn during rush hours; standard rush-hour service operates express to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College, with some special trips to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue. During rush hours, trains run express in the Bronx in the peak direction; about half the trains in the peak direction run either to Nereid Avenue–238th Street or Gun Hill Road (White Plains Road). (Those trips were signed with a diamond until the end of May 2005.[1]) Limited rush hour service operates on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line—two trains heading to Brooklyn during morning rush hours and four trains heading to the Bronx via the IRT White Plains Road Line to 241st Street during evening rush hours—to clear congestion. During middays, some trains run reverse peak express (northbound only) to East 180th Street. Many PM rush hour trains run express to Gun Hill Road (White Plains Road) and many also terminate there as well. During late nights, the service is cut back to its northernmost section in the Bronx, north of East 180th Street; service over the rest of the route is provided by the Template:NYCS 2 and Template:NYCS 4 trains.

The following lines are used by the Template:NYCS 5 service:

Line Tracks When
IRT White Plains Road Line from Nereid Avenue–238th Street to Gun Hill Road local rush hours in peak direction only (Limited PM Rush Hour service)
IRT White Plains Road Line from Gun Hill Road to East 180th Street local (express most PM rush hour trips) rush hours in peak direction only
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line) N/A always
IRT White Plains Road Line from East 180th Street to 149th Street–Grand Concourse local (express rush hours in peak direction and some midday northbound trains) all but late nights
IRT Jerome Avenue Line south of 149th Street–Grand Concourse local all but late nights
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line) express all but late nights
IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel N/A rush hours only
IRT Eastern Parkway Line north of Franklin Avenue express rush hours only
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line) N/A rush hours only
IRT Eastern Parkway Line south of Franklin Avenue express some rush-hour trips

Background

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File:DyreIRT.jpg
5 Train in 1977

The section from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue was once 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. In 1940, the City of New York purchased the section 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. This section has since been removed, isolating this part of the subway from interchange.

Until the early 2000s, much of the Template:NYCS 5 service's car fleet was made up of Redbird cars built in the mid 1950s and very early 1960s; these cars were retired by 2002. The trains included rollsigns with the numbers 8, 10 and 12, possibly to replace the diamond <5> express route. Today, the entire fleet is composed of the Bombardier-built R142s which feature digital signs, though space for only one digit is possible. However, there are no plans to change the line's nomenclature.

Service history

 
5

LEX-W.P. RD
R12 end rollsign
5
1967-1979 bullet
(in a circle)
Rush hour service, formerly designated with a diamond bullet.

The connection between the IRT White Plains Road Line and the IRT Jerome Avenue Line opened around the same time as that stretch of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (1918).

As of 1934, service operated from 241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue middays and weekend mornings; other times except midnights, to Utica Avenue.

From July 24–September 18, 1918, Sunday service ran to New Lots Avenue.

On April 28, 1930, Saturday service began running to Utica Avenue.

On July 10,1939, Sunday afternoon service began running to New Lots Avenue.

On December 22, 1946, every other trains began running to New Lots Avenue on Sunday mornings.

On March 5, 1950, trains began running to Utica Avenue all day Sunday.

On May 3, 1957 several rush hour trains began running to Flatbush Avenue (replacing the Template:NYCS 4). This was reversed on April 8, 1960. At this time, the Template:NYCS 5 began running on the Dyre Avenue Line.

On May 24, 1976 midday service was cut from Atlantic Avenue to Bowling Green, and reextended to Atlantic Avenue in 1980.

On July 10, 1983 Most rush hour trains began to operate to Flatbush Avenue. Some put-ins/layups (includes most early evening and special rush hour trips) run to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue.

On January 18, 1988, midday service was cut back to Bowling Green again, to allow the Template:NYCS 4 train to run to Utica Avenue.

In 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue-238th Street.

Service information

Station service legend
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
Disabled access Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Disabled access ↑ Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
in the indicated direction only
Disabled access ↓
Elevator access to mezzanine only
5 service Stations Subway transfers Connections
Bronx – North of East 180th Street to Eastchester–Dyre Avenue
Stops all times Eastchester–Dyre Avenue
Stops all times Baychester Avenue
Stops all times Gun Hill Road
Stops all times Pelham Parkway
Stops all times Morris Park
Bronx – North of East 180th Street to Nereid Avenue
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Nereid Avenue
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only 233rd Street
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only 225th Street
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only 219th Street
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Gun Hill Road
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Burke Avenue
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Allerton Avenue
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Pelham Parkway
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Bronx Park East
Bronx
Stops all times East 180th Street Template:NYCS 2
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights 174th Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights Freeman Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights Simpson Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights Intervale Avenue
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights Prospect Avenue
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak directionStops all times except late nights Jackson Avenue
Stops all times except late nights Third Avenue–149th Street
 Template:NYCS 2
Stops all times except late nights 149th Street–Grand Concourse Template:NYCS 2 Template:NYCS 4
Stops all times except late nights 138th Street–Grand Concourse Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS time
Manhattan
Stops all times except late nights 125th Street
 Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS 6
, M60 (to LaGuardia Airport)
Stops all times except late nights 86th Street Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS 6
Stops all times except late nights 59th Street N, ​R, and ​W Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS 6
(F and <F> with MetroCard)
Stops all times except late nights Grand Central–42nd Street
 S Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS 6 7 and <7>​
Stops all times except late nights 14th Street–Union Square L N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS 6
Stops all times except late nights Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
 J and ​Z Template:NYCS 4 Template:NYCS 6
Stops all times except late nights Fulton Street A and ​C J and ​Z 2 and ​3 Template:NYCS 4
Stops all times except late nights Wall Street
Stops all times except late nights Bowling Green Template:NYCS 4 Staten Island Ferry
Brooklyn
Stops rush hours only Borough Hall
(northbound only) 		N, R, and ​W 2 and ​3 Template:NYCS 4
Stops rush hours only Nevins Street Template:NYCS 2 Template:NYCS 3 Template:NYCS time Template:NYCS 4
Stops rush hours only Atlantic Avenue
 B (123a) D M (1) N Q R (1234) 2 3 (1234) 4
Stops rush hours only Franklin Avenue Template:NYCS 2 Template:NYCS 3 Template:NYCS time Template:NYCS 4 S
Brooklyn – South of Franklin Avenue to Flatbush Avenue
Stops rush hours only President Street
Stops rush hours only Sterling Street
Stops rush hours only Winthrop Street
Stops rush hours only Church Avenue
Stops rush hours only Beverly Road
Stops rush hours only Newkirk Avenue
Stops rush hours only Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Brooklyn – South of Franklin Avenue to New Lots Avenue
Stops rush hours only Crown Heights–Utica Avenue
 Template:NYCS 2 Template:NYCS time Template:NYCS 3 Template:NYCS time Template:NYCS 4
Stops rush hours only Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road
Stops rush hours only Saratoga Avenue
Stops rush hours only Rockaway Avenue
Stops rush hours only Junius Street
Stops rush hours only Pennsylvania Avenue
Stops rush hours only Van Siclen Avenue
Stops rush hours only New Lots Avenue B15 (to JFK Airport)
  • *Some rush hour trips to/from Utica or New Lots Avenues, Brooklyn.

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