The 219th Street station is a local

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on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the

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. Located at the intersection of 219th Street and

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, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

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

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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. The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The station was renovated in mid-2006.

Station layout

This elevated station has three tracks and two

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s. The center track is not normally used in revenue service. There is a mechanical room below the northbound platform at its north end that is reachable by a closed-off staircase. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering. The 2006 artwork here is called ''Homage'' by Joseph D'Alesandro. It consists of

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panels on the platform windscreens that depict colors showing certain human emotions and qualities. There are track switches that connect the tracks between this station and the next station south, Gun Hill Road.

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the

-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the

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-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three

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s. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of 219th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:219th Street (Irt White Plains Road Line) IRT White Plains Road Line stations New York City Subway stations in the Bronx New York City Subway stations located aboveground Railway stations in the United States opened in 1917 1917 establishments in New York City Williamsbridge, Bronx