14th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

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14th Street
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	F (all times) V (weekdays until midnight)
Transfers	1 2 3 at 14th Street (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line)
	L at Sixth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Passengers (2006)	14.134 million (station complex) ▲ 2%
Other
Borough	Manhattan
Opened	December 15, 1940
Connection	PATH at 23rd Street
Next north	23rd Street: F V
Next south	West Fourth Street-Washington Square: F V

14th Street is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the F train at all times, and the V train on weekdays.

1 History
2 Station design
3 Bus connection
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

14th Street station opened on December 15, 1940 along with the rest of the IND Sixth Avenue Line from West Fourth Street-Washington Square to 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center; the IND Sixth Avenue Line is the central trunk line through midtown Manhattan. The B and BB originally serviced the station. Eventually, the B became an express line through Manhattan, with the F then taking over as the local train in 1987. V service was added on December 17, 2001, providing extra serivce on the Sixth Avenue Line but using a different routing through Queens than the F.

[edit] Station design

There are entrances at both 14th Street and 16th Street, with fare controls at both ends. The 14th Street entrance is shared with the PATH station, which has a separate fare control. There is a typical full IND mezzanine over the station, largely unused and dimly lit.^[1]

This station has the appearance of two side platforms to the inside of the tracks. Trains open their doors to the left, which is unusual for a side platformed station. Most side platforms in the system are to the outside of the tracks. The PATH tracks and its platforms are on the other side of the platform walls. This means that the station would be a cross-platform interchange but the walls separate the different services. Since PATH and the subway use separate fares, the walls also act as a fare control between the two systems. Neither the PATH tracks nor its platforms are visible from the subway station. ^[1]

The Sixth Avenue express tracks are at a lower level and are not visible.