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Downtown platform on lower level |
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| Address | West 103rd Street & Central Park West New York, NY 10025 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Upper West Side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Eighth Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | A (late nights) B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) C (all except late nights) |
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms (1 on each level) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 10, 1932[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1.557 million[2][3] 2.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 280 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street: A B C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | 96th Street: A B C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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103rd Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 103rd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the C train at all times except late nights, when the A train replaces it. The B train provides additional service on weekdays.
This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two levels with northbound trains using the upper level and southbound trains using the lower one. Each level has one side platform to the west of two tracks. The two express tracks that bypass this station are used by the A train during daytime hours and the D at all times.
Both platforms have no trim line, but name tablets read "103RD ST." in white sans serif lettering on a blue background and black border. Small black "103" signs with white numbering run along the tiles at regular intervals and directional signs in the same style are below the name tablets. Blue columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black station name plate in white numbering.
This station has one fare control area at the center of the upper level platform, but directional signs indicate there were two more fare control areas, one at the extreme south end that led to East 102nd Street and the other at the extreme north end that led to East 104th Street. A single staircase connects the two platforms before a turnstile bank leads to a token booth and one staircase going up to the northwest corner of Central Park West and West 103rd Street.
On the east side of Central Park West and West 104th Street adjacent to Central Park, a small brick shed provides third rail power for the Eighth Avenue Line between 59th Street – Columbus Circle and 125th Street. North of this station, the northbound express track descends to allow the northbound local to cross over it, before rising up at 110th Street, where the line becomes the standard four tracks side-by-side with the local tracks on the side and express tracks in the center. Also, the 2 and 3 trains pass underneath this station via the IRT Lenox Avenue Line.
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