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125th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

125th Street
"1" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
125th Street - Platforms.jpg
Station statistics
Address West 125th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Borough Manhattan
Locale Harlem, Morningside Heights
Coordinates 40°48′54″N 73°57′29″W / 40.815°N 73.958°W / 40.815; -73.958Coordinates: 40°48′54″N 73°57′29″W / 40.815°N 73.958°W / 40.815; -73.958
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1 all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: M4, M104, Bx15
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904; 112 years ago (1904-10-27)
Former/other names Manhattan Street
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 2,524,125 Decrease 1.2%
Rank 198 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 137th Street–City College: 1 all times
Next south 116th Street–Columbia University: 1 all times

IRT Broadway Line Viaduct (a.k.a.; Manhattan Valley Viaduct)
NRHP Reference # 83001749
Added to NRHP September 15, 1983

125th Street (formerly Manhattan Street), is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and Broadway, where Morningside Heights meets Harlem in an area known as Manhattanville, it is served by the 1 train at all times. The station is the southernmost elevated station on the line, the southernmost one in Manhattan, and the only one south of Dyckman Street.

Operation of the first subway began on October 27, 1904, with the opening of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch including the 125th Street station.

In 1948, platforms on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 103rd Street to 238th Street were lengthened to 514 feet to allow full ten-car express trains to platform. Previously the stations could only platform six car local trains. The platform extensions were opened in stages. The platform extensions at 125th Street opened on June 11, 1948.

This is the only station on the short elevated Manhattan Valley Viaduct, which bridges Manhattanville from 122nd to 135th Streets and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983. This viaduct allows the trains to remain relatively level and avoid steep grades while traversing the valley. The overall length is 2,174 feet (663 m) and the steel arch across 125th Street is 168.5 feet (51.4 m) long.


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