Subway Line 5 (New York City)

Lexington Avenue Express
Course of line 5
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Eastchester-Dyre Avenue Nereid Avenue East 180 Street 149 Street Grand Concourse 125 Street 86 Street 59 Street Grand Central - 42 Street (Transition to Grand Central Terminal Metro-North ) 14 Street– Union Square Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall (old (closed) / new) (transition to Chambers Street ) Fulton Street Bowling green Borough Hall-Court Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue (Transition to Atlantic Av / Barclays Ctr / 4 Av and Atlantic Terminal LIRR ) Franklin Avenue Flatbush Avenue - Brooklyn College
Stops
Only nodes and end points are shown. Stations in bold are served around the clock. Stations in italics are only served at peak times.

The line 5 is a subway line of the New York City Subway and runs from Eastchester - Dyre Avenue in Eastchester ( The Bronx ) on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line , IRT White Plains Road Line , IRT Jerome Avenue Line , IRT Lexington Line , IRT Eastern Parkway Line and IRT Nostrand Avenue Line to Flatbush Avenue - Brooklyn College . Since it runs on the trunk line under Lexington Avenue , it has the line identification color dark green and is also known as the Lexington Avenue Express .

Line 5 runs during the day in Manhattan and Brooklyn as the "Express", which only stops at selected stations on the route, but in the Bronx as "Local". At peak times, additional trains run in the main traffic direction on the northern section of the IRT White Plains Road Line, which then also run as express in the Bronx. At night only the IRT Dyre Avenue Line section (between East 180 Street and Eastchester - Dyre Avenue / 233st Street ) is served, as all other sections of the 5 are served by other lines.

Line 5 train leaves Gun Hill Road station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New York City Subway with bus and railroad connections. (pdf) web.mta.info, accessed on February 23, 2016 . 
2. ^ MTA / New York City Transit Subway Line Information. web.mta.info, accessed February 23, 2016 . 

Web links

• Official operator site