Gun Hill Road (IRT White Plains Road Line)

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New York City Subway station Gun Hill Road
Station information
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2 5^(1a)
Platforms	2 island platforms in service (upper level); 2 island platforms abandoned (lower level)
Tracks	3
Other
Borough	Bronx
Opened	March 3, 1917
Next north	Local: 219th Street 2 5^(1a)
	Express: 241st Street no regular service
Next south	Local: Burke Avenue 2 5^(1a)
	Express: East 180th Street no regular service

Gun Hill Road is an elevated station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Gun Hill and White Plains Roads, it is served by the 2 train (all times), and by the 5 train (rush hours in the peak direction).

This station used to have another level below the current one. This level was used for the IRT Third Avenue Line and was abandoned after service was terminated in 1973. The lower level mezzanine was visible behind a gated area. Down one more level to the street is the current station house. A view over the edge of the southbound platform once revealed hints that the lower level had a wide island platform and two tracks. They have been removed, but the trackways remain. There are junction tracks between the two levels, making a five track/trackway line for a short distance. From west to east, they were as follows: main southbound, 3rd Avenue southbound, main center, 3rd Avenue northbound, main northbound). At one time old signs on the lower level were still visible from the windows of downtown trains arriving into the upper level station, but were removed as part of the refurbishing project (see below for details).

The upper level is still active, with three tracks and two island platforms and sodium lights. The main crossunder was located on the lower level until 2004 when the refurbishing project began. This project, set to be completed in 2006, will upgrade the station with a station house at street level located at Gun Hill Road and White Plains Road; the original was one short block north of Gun Hill Road. New escalators and elevators will make this station ADA-compliant.