34th Street – Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

34th Street – Penn Station
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address West 34th Street & Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Borough Manhattan
Locale Midtown Manhattan
Division B (IND)
Line IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services       A  (all times)
      C  (all except late nights)
      E  (all times)
Connection
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms (local)
1 island platform (express)
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened September 10, 1932; 79 years ago (September 10, 1932)[1]
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 24,265,016[2]  0.3%
Rank 6 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal: A  C  E 
Next south 23rd Street (local): A  C  E 
14th Street (express): A 
Next north 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal: A  C  E 
Next south 14th Street: A  C  E 

34th Street – Penn Station is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, and adjacent to Pennsylvania Station. Pennsylvania Station is the busiest railroad station in the United States and a major transfer point to Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road.

This underground station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the initial segment of the Independent Subway System, at the time comprising what is now the IND Eighth Avenue Line from Chambers Street to 207th Street.[3] It is served by the A and E trains at all times, and by the C train at all times except late nights.

There are four tracks, two side platforms, and one island platform. The two side platforms serve the C and E local trains. The A also uses these platforms late nights, when it runs local. Other times, it runs express and uses the center island platform. Atlantic Avenue on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line and 34th Street – Penn Station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line are the only other stations in the system with this configuration.

South of the station, an additional track begins at a bumper block between the two express tracks with a connection to both at both ends (about 30th Street on the south end and 33rd Street on the north end). This allows for various extra movement of trains including storage or removal of a train with mechanical problems to be sent back in the other direction. It could also be used if 34th Street had to function as a terminal station.

References

  1. ^ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  3. ^ "Gay midnight crowd rides first trains in new subway". New York Times: p. 1. September 10, 1932. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D13F7395513738DDDA90994D1405B828FF1D3. 

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