140th St. | ||||||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | West 140th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard New York, NY Harlem, Manhattan | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′10.8″N 73°56′39.24″W / 40.819667°N 73.9442333°W | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ninth Avenue Line | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level) | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 17, 1879 | |||||||||||||
| Closed | June 11, 1940[1] | |||||||||||||
| Former services | ||||||||||||||
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The 140th 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 and served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station.
History
This station opened on September 17, 1879 and closed on June 11, 1940.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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