103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°47′46″N 73°57′41″W / 40.79604°N 73.96142°W / 40.79604; -73.96142
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 103 Street
 
M10
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Platforms2 side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks4 (2 on lower level, 1 on upper level, 1 on ramp from upper to lower level)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 10, 1932 (91 years ago) (1932-09-10)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2022922,327[4] Increase 28.4%
Rank295 out of 423[4]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 145th Street
Local 		96th Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 59th Street–Columbus Circle
"D" train does not stop here
Location
103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York
103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
Upper level
to lower level
to lower level
Lower level
to Cathedral Pkwy–110th St
from upper level
from upper level
to 96th Street
Upper level
Lower level
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The 103rd Street station is a local

Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A
train during late nights only.

History

New York City mayor John Francis Hylan's original plans for the Independent Subway System (IND), proposed in 1922, included building over 100 miles (160 km) of new lines and taking over nearly 100 miles (160 km) of existing lines. The lines were designed to compete with the existing underground, surface, and elevated lines operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and BMT.[5][6] On December 9, 1924, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) gave preliminary approval for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line.[7] This line consisted of a corridor connecting Inwood, Manhattan, to Downtown Brooklyn, running largely under Eighth Avenue but also paralleling Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Lower Manhattan.[7][8] The BOT announced a list of stations on the new line in February 1928, with a local station at 102nd Street.[9]

The finishes at the five stations between

207th Street.[15][16] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,269.8 million in 2023). While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West provided an alternative route.[17]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Basement 1 Northbound express ← "A" train"D" train do not stop here
Northbound local ← "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street)
← "C" train toward 168th Street (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street))
← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street))
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Basement 2 Southbound express → "A" train"D" train do not stop here →
Southbound local → "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (96th Street) →
→ "C" train toward Euclid Avenue (96th Street) →
→ "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (96th Street) →
Side platform
The only entrance, at 103rd Street
Tile color is blue with a black border

This underground station has two levels with northbound trains using the upper level and southbound trains using the lower one. Each level has one side platform to the west of two tracks.[18]

Both platforms have no trim line, but name tablets read "103RD ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight blue background and black border. Small black "103" signs with white numbering run along the tiles at regular intervals and directional signs in the same style are below the name tablets. Blue columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black station name plate in white numbering.

Within this station, the northbound express track descends to allow the northbound local to cross over it, before rising up at

110th Street, where the line becomes the standard four tracks side by side with the local tracks on the side and express tracks in the center.[18]

The

Central Park North–110th Street. The line is not visible from the platforms. On the east side of Central Park West and West 104th Street, adjacent to Central Park, is an emergency exit enclosed in a small brick house for the IRT line, which passes underneath the station. From here the line curves northeast, running directly under Central Park's North Woods
at this point.

Exit

This station has one

fare control area at the center of the upper-level platform. A single staircase connects the two platforms before a turnstile bank leads to a token booth and one staircase going up to the northwest corner of West 103rd Street and Central Park West. The station is unique in that it has only one open staircase to street level.[19]

Directional signs that have been covered indicate that there were two more fare control areas. One exit at the extreme south end had two staircases going to southwestern corner of West 102nd Street and Central Park West, and the other at the extreme north end had two that went to both western corners of West 104th Street.[20] Further evidence of these exits' existences includes new tiling on both levels, and doorways that lead to converted storage spaces on the upper level. The fare control area with stairs to West 104th Street was closed by 1940[21] and possibly as early as November 1932 - just two months after the opening of the station - due to frequent vandalism.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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  3. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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  15. ^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
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  17. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
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  18. ^
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  19. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  20. ^ Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  21. ^ "1940s NYC | Street photos of every building in New York City in 1939/1940". Archived from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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