34th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

The 34th Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was originally built on July 30, 1873 by the New York Elevated Railroad Company, and 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 and two side platforms over the lower level local tracks. It closed on June 11, 1940. This station also serviced Penn Station and was west of the IRT and IND subway stations at Penn Station.

34th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
Looking below towards the west at the 34th Street station in 1918, from a skyscraper on Eighth Avenue.
General information
LocationWest 34th Street and 9th Avenue
New York, NY
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°45′12.22″N 73°59′46.77″W / 40.7533944°N 73.9963250°W / 40.7533944; -73.9963250
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels2
History
OpenedJuly 30, 1873; 151 years ago (July 30, 1873)
ClosedJune 11, 1940; 84 years ago (June 11, 1940)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
66th Street Ninth Avenue
Express
14th Street
42nd Street Ninth Avenue
Local
30th Street

History

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In April 1930, a new stairway at the station was opened to the northeast corner of Ninth Avenue and 34th Street.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ New York (State). Transit Commission. (1930). Tenth Annual Report, 1930. Columbia University Libraries. Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon Co.