59th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station (closed 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||||||
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Location | West 59th Street and 9th Avenue, New York, NY Upper Manhattan, Manhattan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°46′9.15″N 73°59′5.16″W | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Ninth Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 9, 1879; 144 years ago (June 9, 1879) | ||||||||||||||
Closed | June 11, 1940; 83 years ago (June 11, 1940)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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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.