Franklin Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = Franklin Street


bg_color = #E20F00
line = IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
service = Broadway-Seventh south local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
passengers = 1.706 million
pass_year = 2006
pass_percent = -3
borough = Manhattan
open_date = July 1, 1918
north_station = Canal Street
north_line = IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
north_service = Broadway-Seventh south local
south_station = Chambers Street
south_line = IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
south_service = Broadway-Seventh south local

Franklin Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Franklin Street, Varick Street, and West Broadway. [http://mta.info/nyct/service/oneline.htm 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line Local line map] "MTA" Retrieved 2008-05-20]

tation description

The station has two side platforms and four tracks with no crossover or crossunder. [http://nycsubway.org/perl/stations?6:1383 IRT West Side Line: Franklin Street] "NYCSubway" Retrieved 2008-05-20] The full-time entrance is on the uptown side, on a traffic island where Varick Street and West Broadway meet. There is a kiosk reminiscent of the original IRT kiosks at 72nd Street and Bowling Green, but it was added during the station's renovation during the mid-1990s. The downtown entrance is on the west side of West Broadway, but the booth is not staffed at all times. There are part-time high-exit turnstiles one block north, at North Moore Street, on both the uptown and downtown sides.

There are "store window"-style art displays on the southbound platform and a faux-newsstand on the northbound side. Although the station's original wall tiling was replaced during renovations, its mosaic bands were kept; there are "Franklin Street" large mosaics, small "F" mosaics and directional mosaics "To Franklin St." and "To North Moore St." The floor tiles are rose-coloured.

ervices

Franklin Street is served by the NYCS|1 at all times and supplemented by the NYCS|2 during night hours. Each services operates every 20 minutes during early morning and late night hours so as to have at least 10 minute intervals with alternating 1 and 2 trains. [http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/t1cur.pdf 1 train timetable] "MTA" Retrieved 2008-05-20] At around 5.35am, the 2 begins running express through Manhattan, leaving the station solely served by 1 trains until almost 1am the next day, [http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/t2cur.pdf 2 train timetable] "MTA" Retrieved 2008-05-20] at which time 1 service increases to every ten minutes, eventually increasing to five minute increments. Peak hour services run at up to three-minute gaps between trains. Service then gradually decreases throughout the rest of the day. Despite being on the same main line and passing through the station, the NYCS|3 continues as express and never stops at Franklin Street. [ [http://mta.info/nyct/service/threelin.htm 3 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line Local line map] "MTA" Retrieved 2008-05-20]

References

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?6:1383|IRT West Side Line|Franklin Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/1train.htm 1 Train]