Buhre Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

Buhre Avenue
 
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Buhre Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Borough The Bronx
Locale Pelham Bay
Coordinates 40°50′49″N 73°49′56″W / 40.846995°N 73.832331°W / 40.846995; -73.832331Coordinates: 40°50′49″N 73°49′56″W / 40.846995°N 73.832331°W / 40.846995; -73.832331
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Pelham Line
Services       6  (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx8, Bx24
MTA Bus: BxM8
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened December 20, 1920 (December 20, 1920)
Closed July 5, 2014 (2014-07-05) (rehabilitation)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 661,527[1]Increase 3.8%
Rank 395 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Pelham Bay Park: 6  <6>
Next south Middletown Road: 6  <6>

Buhre Avenue (/pir/; rhymes 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 Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> train takes over.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Pelham Bay Park
to Middletown Rd
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Middletown Road)
Peak-direction express No regular service
Northbound local toward Pelham Bay Park (Terminus)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G Street Level Exit / Entrance

There are three tracks and two side platforms. 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.

From July 2014 to April 2015,[2] this station, along with Zerega Avenue, was closed for station rehabilitation work.[3][4]

References

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