125th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

125th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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)
Transit connections	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 (2015)	2,555,321  0.9%
Rank	191 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	137th Street–City College: 1
Next south	116th Street–Columbia University: 1
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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IRT Broadway Line Viaduct (a.k.a.; Manhattan Valley Viaduct)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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.