30th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)
30th St. | |||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | West 30th Street and 9th Avenue New York, NY Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′3.15″N 73°59′53.32″W / 40.7508750°N 73.9981444°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ninth Avenue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 13, 1873 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 11, 1940[1] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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The 30th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was opened on December 13, 1873 as the replacement for the original northern terminus of the Ninth Avenue Line at 29th Street, which was built in 1868[2] The station which was originally built by the New York Elevated Railroad Company had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed the station. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 23rd Street. The next northbound stop was 34th Street.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle". nycsubway.org. 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
External links
[edit]- "Ninth Avenue Local". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
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