Gun Hill Road station (IRT White Plains Road Line)

The Gun Hill Road station is an express station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Gun Hill and White Plains Roads in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction; limited a.m. rush hour 5 trains from Manhattan also terminate at this station in the northbound direction only.

History

This station was built under the Dual Contracts. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield with access to rapid transit service. Service on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.<ref name="HathiTrust 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":6">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":52">Template:Cite news</ref>

The lower level was used by the IRT Third Avenue Line from October 4, 1920,<ref name="Fischler-Elevateds">Template:Cite book</ref> until the line's abandonment on April 29, 1973.<ref name="NYTimes-3rdAvEl-TheHub-Gone-1977">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="p1248134780">Template:Cite news</ref> The station was renovated in 2007 at a cost of $31.68 million.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

Station layout

P Platform level	Northbound local	← Template:Rint toward Template:Stl (Template:Stl) ← Template:Rint PM rush toward Template:Stl (219th Street)
	Island platform
	Peak-direction express	← Template:Rint termination track (select AM rush hour trips) Template:0 (No express service between Wakefield–241st Street and Template:Stl)
	Island platform
	Southbound local	Template:0 Template:Rint toward Template:Stl via Seventh (Template:Stl) → Template:0 Template:Rint AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (Burke Avenue) →
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, former Third Avenue El platform Template:NYCS Platform Layout access
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

Entrance

The station was designed as a bi-level station. The upper level has three tracks and two island platforms, while the lower level had two tracks and one wide island platform. North of the station, the lower level tracks rose and joined, making a five track line for a short distance. From west to east, they were as follows: White Plains Road Line southbound local, Third Avenue Line southbound, White Plains Road Line center express, Third Avenue Line northbound, White Plains Road Line northbound local.<ref name="tracks">Template:NYCS const</ref>

Exit

The station's only exit is at a street-level station house at the north side of Gun Hill Road in the median of White Plains Road. The mid-2000s refurbishment removed the Third Avenue el level and upgraded the station with the new station house at street level. The original station house was one short block north at East 211th Street. New escalators and elevators now make this station ADA-accessible.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>