59th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

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59th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
LocationWest 59th Street and 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Upper Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates 40°46′9.15″N73°59′5.16″W / 40.7692083°N 73.9847667°W / 40.7692083; -73.9847667
Operated by Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s) Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedJune 9, 1879;144 years ago (June 9, 1879)
ClosedJune 11, 1940;83 years ago (June 11, 1940) [1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
66th Street Sixth Avenue
Local
53rd Street and Eighth Avenue
toward South Ferry
Ninth Avenue
Local
50th Street
toward South Ferry

The 59th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms that served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 50th Street for Ninth Avenue trains and Eighth Avenue for IRT Sixth Avenue Line trains. The next northbound stop was 66th Street.

On September 11, 1905, 12 people were killed and 42 injured in the Ninth Avenue derailment when a train that had just left the station was wrongly switched onto the curve at 53rd Street.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">110th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)</span> Former Manhattan Railway elevated station (closed 1940)

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References

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