125th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

125th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 125th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10027
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem, Morningside Heights
Coordinates	40°48′54″N 73°57′29″W / 40.815°N 73.958°WCoordinates: 40°48′54″N 73°57′29″W / 40.815°N 73.958°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M4, M104, Bx15
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904[1]
Former/other names	Manhattan Street
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,555,321[2]  0.9%
Rank	191 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	137th Street – City College: 1
Next south	116th Street – Columbia University: 1
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location
IRT Broadway Line Viaduct (a.k.a.; Manhattan Valley Viaduct)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP Reference #	83001749[3]
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1983

125th Street (formerly Manhattan Street), is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and Broadway, where Morningside Heights meets Harlem in an area known as Manhattanville, it is served by the 1 train at all times.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (137th Street – City College)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (116th Street – Columbia University) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

The station seen up close from Broadway.

This is the only station on the short elevated Manhattan Valley Viaduct, which bridges Manhattanville from 122nd to 135th Streets and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.^[3] This viaduct allows the trains to remain relatively level and avoid steep grades while traversing the valley. The overall length is 2,174 feet (663 m) and the steel arch across 125th Street is 168.5 feet (51.4 m) long.^[4]

This station, opened on October 27, 1904, as part of the original subway, has two side platforms and three tracks.^[5][6] The center track is not used in revenue service. On July 9, 1948, a platform extension at this station lengthening the platform to 514 feet, was opened to allow full ten-car trains to platform. Previously, only six-car locals were able to board at the station. This platform extension was part of a $423,000 project to lengthen the platforms of five stations on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line.^[7] Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with windows and green frames and outlines in the center that were installed in a 2003 renovation. On either side, there are red, waist-high, ironwork fences.

This station has one elevated station house at the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each side go down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and an enclosed passageway on the west side leading to two escalators going down to the southwest corner of Broadway and 125th Street facing in opposite directions. On the east side of the station house, another enclosed passageway leads to an escalator facing south and going down to the southeast corner of Broadway and 125th Street. Adjacent to this passageway is an "L" shaped staircase with its upper half directly above Broadway and the lower half beneath the enclosed escalator going to the same corner of the intersection.

Image gallery

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  The tracks leading south to the station, which is visible behind (south of) the northbound 1 train.

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  The station's entrance and turnstiles in 1978.

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  Staircase and passageway to escalator.

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  An HDRI photo from the 135th Street portal, facing south on Broadway.

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  A northbound 1 train approaching the 125th Street station, as seen from the 122nd Street portal.

References

1. "Our Subway Open, 150,000 Try It; Mayor McClellan Runs the First Official Train". New York Times. 1904-10-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
3. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
4. Guide to Civil Engineering Projects In and Around New York City (2nd ed.). Metropolitan Section, American Society of Civil Engineers. 2009. pp. 90–91.
5. "New York City subway opens - Oct 27, 1904". HISTORY.com. 1904-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
6. James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917, published 1918, pp. 162-191
7. "MORE LONG PLATFORMS; Five Subway Stations on IRT to Accommodate 10-Car Trains". The New York Times. 1948-07-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-27.

External links

Escalator

• nycsubway.org—IRT West Side Line: 125th Street
• nycsubway.org — River to River Artwork by Wopo Holup (1991)
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• Forgotten NY — Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
• The Subway Nut — 125th Street Pictures
• 125th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Tiemann Place entrance from Google Maps Street View
• view from the station from Google Maps Street View