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New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
Former U.S. railway company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company (NYW&B, also known to its riders as "the Westchester" and colloquially as the "Boston-Westchester"), was an electric commuter railroad in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York from 1912 to 1937. It ran 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.
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Headquarters | Bronx, New York |
Reporting mark | NYWB |
Locale | New York |
Dates of operation | 1912โ1937 |
Successor | New York City Transit Authority (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1โ2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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A 4-mile (6.4 km) section survives as the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 train) of the New York City Subway.