New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (Non-demolition edition)
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company (NYW&B, also known to its riders as "the Westchester" and colloquially as the "Boston-Westchester"), is an electric commuter railroad in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York from 1912 to present. It runs from the southernmost part of the South Bronx, near the Harlem River, to Mount Vernon with branches north to White Plains and east to Port Chester. From 1906, construction and operation was under the control of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH) until its bankruptcy in 1935.
This article is an alternate history scenario if the full length of the NYW&B was never demolished, which means that the IRT Dyre Avenue Line would not have been built. It is currently the only privately-operated commuter rail system in the New York metropolitan area.
Stations[edit | edit source]
| City | Station | Miles (km) | Date opened | Date closed | Connections/notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx | Harlem River | 0.0 (0) | August 3, 1912 | ||
| Port Morris | 0.9 (1.4) | August 3, 1912 | |||
| Casanova | 1.9 (3.1) | August 3, 1912 | |||
| Hunts Point | 2.6 (4.2) | August 3, 1912 | Metro North Railroad: New Haven Line | ||
| Westchester Avenue | 3.2 (5.1) | August 2, 1912 | |||
| East 180th Street | 4.4 (7.1) | May 29, 1912 | New York City Subway: 2, 5 (at East 180th Street) | ||
| Morris Park | 5.5 (8.9) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Pelham Parkway | 5.9 (9.5) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Gun Hill Road | 6.7 (10.8) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Baychester Avenue | 7.6 (12.2) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Dyre Avenue | 8.3 (13.4) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Mount Vernon | Kingsbridge Road | 8.6 (13.8) | May 29, 1912 | ||
| East Sixth Street | 9.2 (14.8) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| East Third Street | 9.8 (15.8) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Columbus Avenue | 10.3 (16.6) | May 29, 1912 | |||
| Services split | |||||
| Service to Westchester Avenue | |||||
| Mount Vernon | East Lincoln Avenue | 10.7 (17.2) | July 1, 1912 | ||
| Eastchester | Chester Heights | 11.6 (18.7) | July 1, 1912 | ||
| New Rochelle | Wykagyl | 13.0 (20.9) | July 1, 1912 | ||
| Quaker Ridge | 15.1 (24.3) | July 1, 1912 | |||
| New Rochelle/Scarsdale | Heathcote | 16.0 (25.7) | July 1, 1912 | ||
| White Plains | Ridgeway | 17.5 (28.2) | 1929 | ||
| Gedney Way | 18.3 (29.5) | 1913-1914 | |||
| Mamaroneck Avenue | 18.9 (30.4) | July 1, 1912 | |||
| Westchester Avenue | 19.5 (31.4) | July 1, 1912 | |||
| Service to Port Chester | |||||
| Pelham | Fifth Avenue | 11.0 (17.7) | May 29, 1912 | ||
| Pelham / New Rochelle | Pelhamwood | 11.3 (18.2) | May 29, 1912 | ||
| New Rochelle | Remington Place | 11.7 (18.8) | May 29, 1912 | ||
| North Avenue | 12.2 (19.6) | March 20, 1921 | |||
| Pine Brook | 13.0 (20.9) | March 20, 1921 | |||
| Larchmont | Larchmont | 14.0 (22.5) | March 20, 1921 | Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line Bee-Line Bus System: 60, 61, 66, 70, 71 | |
| Mamaroneck | Larchment Gardens | 14.8 (23.8) | 1926 | ||
| Mamaroneck | 15.8 (25.4) | March 21, 1926 | Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line Bee-Line Bus System: 60, 61 | ||
| Harrison | West Street | 16.8 (27.0) | 1927 | ||
| Harrison | 17.6 (28.3) | July 3, 1927 | Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line Bee-Line Bus System: 5, 61 | ||
| Rye | Rye | 19.4 (31.2) | July 1, 1928 | Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line Bee-Line Bus System: 61, 75 | |
| Port Chester | Port Chester | 20.9 (33.6) | December 7, 1929 | Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line Bee-Line Bus System: 13, 61 CT Transit Stamford: 11A, 11B, 311, 311B | |