59th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

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.

For other uses, see 59th Street.
59th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
LocationWest 59th Street and 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Upper Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°46′9.15″N 73°59′5.16″W
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedJune 9, 1879 (June 9, 1879)
ClosedJune 11, 1940 (June 11, 1940)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
66th Street
toward 155th Street or Burnside Avenue
 Sixth Avenue
Local
 53rd Street and Eighth Avenue
toward South Ferry
Ninth Avenue
Local
 50th Street
toward South Ferry

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.

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
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