Buhre Avenue station

The Buhre Avenue station (Template:IPAc-en, rhyming with "pure") is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Buhre and Westchester Avenues in the Pelham Bay neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the {{ #if: | 6 | 6 }}{{

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History

This station opened on December 20, 1920 with the extension of the Pelham Line from Westchester Square to Pelham Bay Park.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":3">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite book</ref> Service was originally provided by a mix of through and shuttle trains during the 1920s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

From July 5, 2014, to April 27, 2015, as part of a $109 million rebuilding project at five Pelham Line stations,<ref name="reopening42715">Template:Cite press release</ref> this station, along with Zerega Avenue, was closed for station rehabilitation work.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Station layout

Template:NYCS Platform Layout IRT Pelham Line/local/elevated with unused middle track There are three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in regular service.<ref name=tracks>Template:NYCS const</ref> The 6 local train serves the station at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, when the <6> express train serves the station instead.<ref name=tt6>Template:NYCS const</ref> The next stop to the south is Middletown Road, while the next stop to the north is Pelham Bay Park.<ref name=submap>Template:NYCS const</ref> It resembles other elevated stations along the line in that it has a wood mezzanine and no windscreens along the platform edges.

The platform lights are sodium vapor, but the wood mezzanine only has old-style lights that are quite dim. There are non-working old lights on the platform, covered old signs, and two extra exits from the fare control area. Holding lights have been added in two places along the uptown platform, so that trains can be kept at this station when the two tracks at the Pelham Bay Park terminal are occupied.

Exits

The station's only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to the northern, western, and southern corners of the seven-pointed intersection of Westchester, Buhre, Crosby, and Edison Avenues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

• Template:NYCS ref
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Buhre Avenue Pictures Template:Webarchive
• Buhre Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View