34th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°45′12.22″N 73°59′46.77″W / 40.7533944°N 73.9963250°W / 40.7533944; -73.9963250
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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; 150 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

The 34th Street station was an express station on the demolished

IND
subway stations at Penn Station.

History

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

References

  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. Open access icon
  2. ^ New York (State). Transit Commission. (1930). Tenth Annual Report, 1930. Columbia University Libraries. Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon Co.