96th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

96th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown island platform
Station statistics
Address	West 96th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10025
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper West Side
Coordinates	40°47′39″N 73°58′19″W / 40.7941°N 73.972°W / 40.7941; -73.972Coordinates: 40°47′39″N 73°58′19″W / 40.7941°N 73.972°W / 40.7941; -73.972
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (all times)       3  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M96, M104, M106
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms (in service) cross-platform interchange 2 side platforms (abandoned)
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904; 112 years ago (1904-10-27)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	13,008,596  0.8%
Rank	23 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	103rd Street (Broadway–7th local): 1  157th Street (Broadway–7th express): no regular service Central Park North–110th Street (Lenox): 2  3
Next south	86th Street (local): 1  2  72nd Street (express): 2  3  91st Street (local; closed): no regular service
Next north	231st Street (via Broadway–7th): 1  135th Street (via Lenox): 2  3
Next south	72nd Street: 1  2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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External video

96 St Station House, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; April 16, 2010; 2:14 YouTube clip

96th Street is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is served by the 1, 2 and 3 trains at all times.

96th Street station was part of the original IRT subway and opened on the inaugural date of October 27, 1904. At the time, the station served as the terminus of local trains and express service; express trains would run as locals north to 145th Street.

Currently, 96th Street operates in the same manner as other normal express stations in the subway system. There are two island platforms that allow for cross-platform interchanges between local (outer tracks) and express (inner tracks) trains heading in the same direction, in this case uptown or downtown.

During normal service, southbound local trains use track B1 and southbound express trains use track B2. Northbound express trains use track B3 and northbound local trains use track B4. These track designations are not posted in the station, but are used in the chaining of each individual track, used to measure distance by train crews on the subway.

North of 96th Street, the express tracks descend and turn east under West 104th Street and running northeast under Central Park on their way to the IRT Lenox Avenue Line at West 110th Street. The local tracks remain on the upper level to Riverdale, Bronx. After the express tracks diverge, a currently unused center track starts at approximately 100th Street. Some last minute design changes added the third track northbound, and a provision for a third track was also built into the lower level Lenox branch of the junction. This accounts for the extra space seen alongside the active tracks in this area.