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	Lexington Avenue Express
Northern end	Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue
Southern end	East 180th Street, Bowling Green, or Flatbush Avenue
Stations	45

Note: dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs, route signs, and the official subway map, since it uses IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.

Rush hour and midday 5 service operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, the Bronx and Flatbush Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn, operating local in the Bronx and express in Manhattan and Brooklyn. During rush hours in the peak direction, 5 trains operate express in the Bronx and also operates between Nereid Avenue in the Bronx and Flatbush Avenue. Evening and weekend service terminates at Bowling Green in Manhattan instead of Brooklyn. Late night service operates only in the Bronx between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, with 2 and 4 trains replacing the 5 in the rest of the Bronx, and in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Limited rush hour service also operates between either Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue in the Bronx and either Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn instead of Flatbush Avenue due to space limitations along the Nostrand Avenue segment south of Franklin Avenue, and to allow trains to lay up at the Livonia Yard in East New York.

[edit] Dyre Avenue Shuttle

The East 180th Street – Dyre Avenue Shuttle or Dyre Avenue Shuttle was established as a new subway service and full-time shuttle in 1941 between the former East 180th Street station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway and Dyre Avenue, which was the last station on the the NYW&B within New York City. Passengers had to make a walking transfer between the Dyre Avenue Line and the IRT White Plains Road Line at East 180th Street as the two lines did not share a common station and there was no track connection between the lines.

A 5 R142 train departs Baychester Avenue in The Bronx

In 1957 a flyover connection opened between the East 180th Street station of the White Plains Road Line and the Dyre Avenue Line, enabling through service by trains of the 2 from Manhattan to Dyre Avenue. At the same time, the former NYW&B station was closed and off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttles rerouted to the White Plains Road Line station. These shuttles were initially labeled 2 like the full-time service but were later signed 9, a number used decades later for IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line skip-stop service.

The off-hours Dyre Avenue shuttle still operates, but trains on the line are signed 5, the same as the through service that now serves the line.

[edit] Service History

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.

Rush hour service, designated with a diamond bullet until May 2005

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.

Beginning 1934, trains normally ran from 241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue. During rush hours, they were extended to Utica Avenue.

From 1938 to 1950, weekend trains ran to Utica Avenue. Over the years, they were extended to New Lots Avenue every once in a while.

Beginning May 3, 1957, limited rush hour trains ran to Flatbush Avenue. This was discontinued on April 8, 1960.

From May 24, 1976 to 1980, midday trains terminated at Bowling Green.

Beginning July 10, 1983, all rush hour service ran to Flatbush Avenue, with limited service to/from Utica or New Lots Avenue.

On January 18, 1988, midday trains permanently terminated at Bowling Green.

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

On May 27, 2005, use of the 5 diamond to indicate peak direction service to Nereid Avenue was discontinued.

On June 29, 2009, 5 trains were extended to Flatbush Avenue during midday hours.

[edit] Route

[edit] Following lines

The following lines are used by the 5 service:

Line	Tracks	Time
IRT White Plains Road Line from Nereid Avenue to East 180th Street	local, though some PM rush hour trains run express from East 180th Street to Gun Hill Road.	rush hours in the peak direction
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	always
IRT White Plains Road Line from East 180th Street to 149th Street	local	all times except rush hours and late nights
	express	rush hours in the peak direction
IRT Jerome Avenue Line south of 149th Street	local	all times except late nights
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line)	express	all times except late nights
IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel	N/A	weekdays until 8:45 p.m.
IRT Eastern Parkway Line north of Franklin Avenue	express
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line)	local
IRT Eastern Parkway Line south of Franklin Avenue	express	some rush hour trips
IRT New Lots Line (full line)	local	some rush hour trips

[edit] Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction and late nights
Time period details

	Stations	Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
Dyre Avenue Line service
	Eastchester – Dyre Avenue
	Baychester Avenue
	Gun Hill Road
	Pelham Parkway
	Morris Park

White Plains Road Line service from Nereid Avenue to East 180th Street
	Nereid Avenue	2
	233rd Street	2	Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn (0.2 miles)
	225th Street	2
	219th Street	2
	Gun Hill Road	2
	Burke Avenue	2
	Allerton Avenue	2
	Pelham Parkway	2
	Bronx Park East	2

Dyre Avenue Line and White Plains Road Line services merge
	East 180th Street	2
	West Farms Square – East Tremont Avenue	2
	174th Street	2
	Freeman Street	2
	Simpson Street	2
	Intervale Avenue	2
	Prospect Avenue	2
	Jackson Avenue	2
	Third Avenue – 149th Street	2
	149th Street – Grand Concourse	2 4 <4> (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
	138th Street – Grand Concourse	4
Manhattan
	125th Street	4 6 <6>	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport
	86th Street	4 6 <6>
	59th Street	4 6 <6> N R W (BMT Broadway Line) F (IND 63rd Street Line at Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street; out-of-system MetroCard transfer)	Roosevelt Island Tramway
	42nd Street – Grand Central	4 6 <6> 7 <7> (IRT Flushing Line) S (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
	14th Street – Union Square	4 6 <6> L (BMT Canarsie Line) N Q R W (BMT Broadway Line)
	Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall	4 6 <6> J M Z (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)
	Fulton Street	4 2 3 (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) A C (IND Eighth Avenue Line) J M Z (BMT Nassau Street Line)
	Wall Street	4
	Bowling Green	4
Brooklyn
	Borough Hall	4 2 3 (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) M R (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	Station is accessible in the northbound direction only
	Nevins Street	2 3 4
	Atlantic Avenue	2 3 4 B Q (BMT Brighton Line) D M N R (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Flatbush Avenue
	Franklin Avenue	2 3 4 S (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
Services to Nostrand Avenue and New Lots Avenue split

Nostrand Avenue Line service
	President Street	2
	Sterling Street	2
	Winthrop Street	2
	Church Avenue	2
	Beverly Road	2
	Newkirk Avenue	2
	Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue	2

New Lots Line service (occasional rush hour trips)
	Crown Heights – Utica Avenue	2 3 4
	Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road	2 3 4	B15 bus to JFK Airport
	Saratoga Avenue	2 3 4
	Rockaway Avenue	2 3 4
	Junius Street	2 3 4
	Pennsylvania Avenue	2 3 4
	Van Siclen Avenue	2 3 4
	New Lots Avenue	2 3 4	B15 bus to JFK Airport