125th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

125th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	East 125th Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10035
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	East Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′15″N 73°56′15″W / 40.804259°N 73.937473°W / 40.804259; -73.937473Coordinates: 40°48′15″N 73°56′15″W / 40.804259°N 73.937473°W / 40.804259; -73.937473
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)       5  (all except late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M35, M60 SBS, M100, M101, M103, Bx15 Short Line Bus: 208 Metro-North: Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines (at Harlem–125th Street)
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	July 17, 1918; 98 years ago (1918-07-17)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	9,586,567  0.1%
Rank	32 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	138th Street–Grand Concourse (Jerome local): 4  5  149th Street–Grand Concourse (Jerome express): 4  Third Avenue–138th Street (Pelham): 6  <6>
Next south	116th Street (local): 4  6  <6> 86th Street (express): 4  5
Next north	161st Street–Yankee Stadium (via Jerome): 4  Third Avenue–149th Street (via White Plains Road): 5  Hunts Point Avenue (via Pelham): 6  <6>
Next south	51st Street (local): 4  6  <6> Grand Central–42nd Street (express): 4  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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125th Street is an express station that has four tracks and two island platforms. It is the northernmost Manhattan station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Lexington Avenue and East 125th Street (also known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) in East Harlem, it is served by the 4 and 6 trains at all times, the 5 train at all times except late nights, and the <6> during weekdays in peak direction.

A planned northern extension of the Second Avenue Subway would connect with this station and with the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem–125th Street station, located one block west.

This station opened on July 17, 1918 as part of the extension of the Original Subway up Lexington Avenue to 125th Street and into the Bronx. Initially, service was provided only as a shuttle on the local tracks of the then-formed Lexington Avenue Line between Grand Central, continuing past this station and under the Harlem River to 167th Street on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line. On August 1, 1918, through service on the Lexington Avenue Line began. Both express trains and local trains began stopping at this station, running from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. The extension from Grand Central cost $58,000,000.

The opening of this station resulted in development in the surrounding neighborhood of East Harlem.

In 1952 or 1953, a public address system was installed at this station, providing information to passengers and train crews.

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