The 81st 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 and served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 72nd Street. The next northbound stop was 86th Street.
81st, street, station, ninth, avenue, line, station, actually, west, 81st, street, central, park, west, 81st, street, museum, natural, history, station, 81st, street, station, local, station, demolished, ninth, avenue, line, manhattan, york, city, levels, lowe. For the station actually at West 81st Street and Central Park West see 81st Street Museum of Natural History station The 81st 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 and served local trains The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station It closed on June 11 1940 The next southbound stop was 72nd Street The next northbound stop was 86th Street 81st St Former Manhattan Railway elevated stationGeneral informationLocationWest 81st Street and Columbus AvenueNew York NYUpper West Side ManhattanCoordinates40 46 59 67 N 73 58 28 31 W 40 7832417 N 73 9745306 W 40 7832417 73 9745306Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit CompanyLine s Ninth Avenue LinePlatforms2 side platformsTracks3 1 upper level 2 lower level ConstructionStructure typeElevatedHistoryOpenedJune 9 1879 144 years ago June 9 1879 ClosedJune 11 1940 83 years ago June 11 1940 1 Former servicesPreceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station 86th Streettoward 155th Street or Burnside Avenue Sixth AvenueLocal 72nd Streettoward South Ferry Ninth AvenueLocalReferences edit Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification New York Daily News June 10 1940 p 37 Retrieved June 30 2019 via Newspapers com nbsp nbsp This Manhattan train station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 81st Street station IRT Ninth Avenue Line amp oldid 1183148886, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
