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125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

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 125th Street
 "4" train​"5" train​"6" train"6" express train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
BoroughManhattan
Division[1]
LineIRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services   4 all times (all times)
​   5 all times except late nights (all times except late nights)
​   6 all times (all times) <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
TransitMetro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street File:Handicap reverse.svg
Platforms2 island platforms (1 on each of 2 levels)
Tracks4 (2 on each of 2 levels)
Other information
OpenedJuly 17, 1918
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20234,884,086[2] Increase 9.1%
Rank55 out of 423[2]
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

125th Street is the northernmost Manhattan station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Lexington Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (East 125th Street) in Harlem, it is served by the 4 and 6 trains (all times), and the 5 train (all times except late nights). The station lies one block east of Harlem–125th Street on the Metro-North Railroad. The planned northern terminal for the Second Avenue Line would be built below and at right angles to this station, along 125th Street.

File:125IRT.jpg
125th Street platform in 1977.

The station is unique in design. It is a bi-level station, with an island platform on each level, but is not configured in the standard express-local lower-upper configuration (which is used in most stations south of this point). Instead, the upper platform serves northbound (uptown) trains and the lower level serves southbound (downtown) trains. North of the station, just after crossing the Harlem River, the line splits into the IRT Jerome Avenue Line (heading north) and the IRT Pelham Line (heading east). On the lower platform, each track comes from one line, and a flying junction south of the station allows trains to choose the local or express track. On the upper platform, the west track comes from the local track, and the east track comes from the express track; a flying junction north of the station splits the lines.

There is an active tower at the north end of the upper platform; it is a satellite to the tower at 42nd Street–Grand Central, which controls the entire length of the Lexington Avenue Line. This station's renovation was completed in 2005.

Bus connections

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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