14th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 14th Street


bg_color = #FF6E1A
line = IND Sixth Avenue Line
service = Sixth local
transfer_station = 14th Street
transfer_line = IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
transfer_service = Broadway-Seventh south
transfer_station_2 = Sixth Avenue
transfer_line_2 = BMT Canarsie Line
transfer_service_2 = Canarsie
connection = PATH at 23rd Street
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 2
passengers = 14.134 million (station complex)
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=2
borough = Manhattan
open_date = December 15, 1940
north_station = 23rd Street
north_line = IND Sixth Avenue Line
north_service = Sixth local
south_station = West Fourth Street–Washington Square
south_station_acc = yes
south_line = New York City Subway
south_service = Sixth local

14th Street is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the NYCS|F train at all times, and the NYCS|V train on weekdays.

History

14th Street station opened on December 15, 1940 along with the rest of the IND Sixth Avenue Line from West Fourth Street-Washington Square to 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center; the IND Sixth Avenue Line is the central trunk line through midtown Manhattan. The NYCS|B|B and BB originally serviced the station. Eventually, the NYCS|B became an express line through Manhattan, with the NYCS|F then taking over as the local train in 1987. NYCS|V service was added on December 17, 2001, providing extra serivce on the Sixth Avenue Line but using a different routing through Queens than the NYCS|F.

tation design

There are entrances at both 14th Street and 16th Street, with fare controls at both ends. The 14th Street entrance is shared with the PATH station, which has a separate fare control. There is a typical full IND mezzanine over the station, largely unused and dimly lit. [http://nycsubway.org/perl/stations?221:3189 14 Street] NYC Subway]

This station has the appearance of two side platforms to the inside of the tracks. Trains open their doors to the left, which is unusual for a side platformed station. Most side platforms in the system are to the outside of the tracks. The PATH tracks and its platforms are on the other side of the platform walls. This means that the station would be a cross-platform interchange but the walls separate the different services. Since PATH and the subway use separate fares, the walls also act as a fare control between the two systems. Neither the PATH tracks nor its platforms are visible from the subway station.

The Sixth Avenue express tracks are at a lower level and are not visible.

Bus connection

*M14

References

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?221:3189|IND 6th Avenue|14th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/14-6and7.htm 14th Street/6th and 7th Avenue Complex]