IRT Lenox Avenue Line
| IRT Lenox Avenue Line | |
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The 2 train serves the IRT Lenox Avenue Line south of 145th Street. The 3 train serves the entire line at all times.
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| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | New York City Subway |
| Termini |
Harlem–148th Street Central Park North–110th Street |
| Stations | 6 |
| Daily ridership | 126,471 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1904-1968 |
| Owner | City of New York |
| Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority |
| Character | Underground (Except for Harlem–148th Street) At-grade (Harlem–148th Street) |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 2-3 |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Electrification | 600V DC third rail |
The Lenox Avenue Line is one of the IRT lines in the New York City Subway, mostly built as part of the first subway line. It is a rather short line, only serving upper Manhattan.
The following services use part or all of the Lenox Avenue Line:
The Lenox Avenue Line begins at the Harlem–148th Street station, which was formerly known as 148th Street–Lenox Terminal. After the terminal, a track merges from the Lenox Yard, and the line heads south under Lenox Avenue. At 142nd Street Junction, the IRT White Plains Road Line merges (with an at-grade crossing between the northbound Lenox track and the southbound White Plains track), carrying through service from the Bronx.
At the north border of Central Park is the final stop on the line, Central Park North–110th Street. From there the line curves southwest under Central Park (one of three lines to do so, the other two being the IND 63rd Street Line and the BMT 63rd Street Line), and heads west under 104th Street. The line turns southwest and south to run underneath the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, passing under part of the northbound platform at 103rd Street. After the center express track on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ends by connecting to the two local tracks, the Lenox Avenue Line rises to become the two express tracks, with double crossovers to each local direction. The four-track Broadway–Seventh Avenue line then continues south through 96th Street, an express station and transfer point.
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