125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 125th Street
accessible = yes
bg_color = #11117D
bg_color_2 = #FF6E1A


image_caption = Street stair
line = IND Eighth Avenue Line
service = Eighth center
platforms = 2 island platforms
tracks = 4
passengers = 7.168 million
pass_year = 2006
pass_percent = 7
borough = Manhattan
open_date=September 10, 1932New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line, September 10, 1932, page 6]
north_line = IND Eighth Avenue Line
north_local_station = 135th Street
north_local_service = Eighth center local
north_express_station = 145th Street
north_express_service = Eighth center express
south_line = IND Eighth Avenue Line
south_local_station = 116th Street
south_local_service = Eighth center local
south_express_station = 59th Street–Columbus Circle
south_express_service = Eighth center express

125th Street is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the NYCS|A and NYCS|D trains (all times), by the NYCS|C train (all times except late nights), and by the NYCS|B train (weekdays).

The station has a full length mezzanine with full-time fare control at 125th Street with four staircases to the street. The part-time fare control at the other end of the station at 127th Street. has two staircases to the street. There are five staircases to each platform and large-scale photos of Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s. In the middle of the mezzanine, there is evidence of closed stairs and exits to 126th Street, one on each side. One of the staircases appears to lead into a business that existed at street level. The tile band on the platform walls was untouched during the renovation and is colored green.

The station was renovated in the 1980s, during which the stairs to each platform at the north end were removed. A more recent renovation to make the station ADA-accessible restored these two stairs and installed elevators near the middle of the platforms.

The next express station, 59th Street–Columbus Circle, is 3.35 miles (5.391 km) away, with seven local stations in between. This is the longest distance between two express stops in the subway system.

Bus connections

*M3
*M10
*M18
*M60 to LaGuardia Airport via 125th Street
*M100
*M101
*Bx15

References

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?7:32|IND 8th Avenue|125th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/aleff.htm A Lefferts]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/arock.htm A Rockaway]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/btrain.htm B Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ctrain.htm C Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/dtrain.htm D Train]