| The Dyre Av line was built on the abandoned right of way of the short lived-and marvelously appointed-NY Westchester & Boston, and electrified railroad that opened in 1913, and ceased operations in 1938. It was handicapped from the start by lack of a Manhattan terminal, its riders having to change to elevated trains in the south Bronx to reach midtown. It was lavishly built, with a wide right of way. The IRT, by then owned by the city, acquired it in 1941, building a connection from the White Plains Rd line at E 180th St. Were headed north at Baychester Av on a spring day in April 1974. |