Spring Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line station)

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Coordinates: 40°43′20″N 73°59′50″W / 40.72222, -73.99722

Spring Street
NYC Subway 4 service NYC Subway 6 serviceNYC Subway 6d service

New York City Subway station
Station information
Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services 4 late nights (late nights)
6 all times (all times) <6>weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction(weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Passengers (2006) 3.439 million ▲ 3%
Other
Borough Manhattan
Opened October 27, 1904[1]
Next north Bleecker Street: 4 late nights 6 all times <6>weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction
Next south Canal Street: 4 late nights 6 all times <6>weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction

Spring Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lafayette and Spring Streets in Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train (all times) and the 4 train (late nights).

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History

Spring Street was one of the original stations of the first subway in Manhattan, opening on 27 October 1904.[2] At this time, Spring Street served local trains from the now abandoned City Hall station to 145th Street at Broadway (now served by the 1).The only major service pattern change occurred on 17 July 1918 when the "H-system" began. This system started when the Lexington Avenue Line, upon which Spring Street station lies, was extended to 125th Street creating what is now referred to as the East Side Line, parallel but not connected by track to the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, whose name was changed to the West Side Line. The 42nd Street Shuttle connects the two lines at Grand Central-42nd Street and Times Square-42nd Street.[3] This pattern is still in use today.

In 1948, Spring Street began servicing the newly coined 6 service to Pelham Bay Park. Rollsigns were labelled as "6 Lex-Pelham" until 1964 when it was replaced with the NYC Subway 6 service which is still in use today. The NYC Subway 6d service stops at Spring Street but has no meaning in Manhattan and only operates as an express in the Bronx.

Station layout

Spring Street is laid out in a typical local stop setup.[4] There are two side platforms and four tracks, the centre two of which are express tracks.[4] The southbound local track is technically known as MM1 whilst the northbound one is MM4; the MM designation is used for chaining purposes along the Lexington Avenue Line from Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall to Times Square-42nd Street via Grand Central and the 42nd Street Shuttle. Although they cannot be accessed at Spring Street, the southbound and northbound express tracks are known as MM2 and MM3, respectively. It is important to note that these designations are rarely, if ever, used in colloquial discourse. Both platforms have a slight curve which creates a now-unwanted gap between the train and the platform. Fortunately, because this gap is not considered significant, expensive gap fillers are not necessary.

Spring Street had a unique fifth centre track which has now been removed.[4] This track did not last long; it was reportedly disconnected and removed in 1906, only two years after the subway opened. Although its function has never been determined, it is now used as the location of a mechanical room.[4]

The station retains the typical large and small IRT mosaics in the old (prior to platform lengthening) portion.The station has small "S" cartouches from 1904, made by Atlantic Terra Cotta, and large mosaic tablets by Heins & LaFarge, also from 1904. Other small "S" and "Spring St" mosaics are newer.[4]

References

  1. ^ Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It New York Times Retrieved 2008-08-30
  2. ^ Subway opening to-day with simple ceremony New York Times Retrieved 2008-08-30
  3. ^ Open new subway lines to traffic; called a triumph New York Times Retrieved 2008-08-27
  4. ^ a b c d e Spring Street (IRT East Side Line)NYCSubway Retrieved 2008-08-30

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Street_(IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line)"

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