50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

50th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown platform on upper level
Station statistics
Address	West 50th Street & Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Hell's Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′44″N 73°59′10″W / 40.762276°N 73.986139°W / 40.762276; -73.986139Coordinates: 40°45′44″N 73°59′10″W / 40.762276°N 73.986139°W / 40.762276; -73.986139
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	A  (late nights)       C  (all except late nights)       E  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M20, M50, M104
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks	6 (4 on upper level, 2 on lower level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 84 years ago (1932-09-10) (upper level) August 19, 1933; 83 years ago (1933-08-19) (lower level)
Accessible	(southbound only)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	6,826,275  0.6%
Rank	64 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	59th Street–Columbus Circle (via 8th Avenue): A  C  Seventh Avenue (Queens Boulevard): E
Next south	42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal: A  C  E
Next north	northbound platform not accessible Previous accessible station southbound for the A C trains: 59th Street–Columbus Circle: A  C  Previous accessible station southbound for the E train: Lexington Avenue–53rd Street: E
Next south	42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal: A  C  E
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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50th Street is a bi-level station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway, located at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. The lower level is served by the E train at all times, and the upper level is served by the C at all times except late nights and the A during late nights.

This bi-level station, opened on September 10, 1932, has six tracks and four side platforms in total. The upper level is fed by Eighth Avenue local trains from Central Park West and has four tracks and two side platforms. The center express tracks carry Eighth Avenue express trains during the day, and do not have any platforms. Fare control is at platform level.

The lower level has two tracks and two side platforms, separated by a curtain wall. The northbound track of the lower level is fed by the northbound local and express tracks at 42nd Street. In the southbound direction, lower level trains may access either the Eighth Avenue local or express tracks; until recently, they also had the option of running to the abandoned lower level of 42nd Street. The two levels are offset, with the upper level running from 50th to 52nd Streets and the lower from 49th to 51st. Neither level has crossover or crossunder between directions, although level-to-level transfer in the same direction is possible.