Morrison Avenue – Soundview (IRT Pelham Line)

Morrison Avenue – Soundview
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Morrison Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
Borough The Bronx
Locale Soundview
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Pelham Line
Services       6  (all times)
Connection
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened May 30, 1920; 91 years ago (May 30, 1920)
Former/other names Sound View Avenue
Morrison – Sound View Avenues
Morrison Avenue – Sound View Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 730,517[1]  63.1%
Rank 388 out of 422
Station succession
Next north St. Lawrence Avenue: 6 
Next south Elder Avenue: 6 

Morrison Avenue – Soundview[2] is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Morrison Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx.

This station has three tracks and two side platforms. The platforms have beige windscreen, green canopies, and red roofs in the center and waist-level black steel fence at both ends.

Two staircases from each platform lead to the wooden elevated mezzanine beneath the tracks. The station house has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street staircases to all four corners of Morrison and Westchester Avenues except for the northwest one.

The station opened on May 30, 1920 as Sound View Avenue and has also been known as Morrison Avenue – Sound View Avenue and Morrison – Sound View Avenues.

References

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ New York City Subway Map, March 2009

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