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181st Street (IRT West Side Line)

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181st Street Station · Opened 3/16/1906

Local station with two tracks and two side platforms. The main portion of the station is a large archway over the two tracks. Extensions at the north end are clearly evident with their heavy columns and low ceilings. There are three crossover bridges, with only the northernmost one in active use. This station has several different styles of mosaic tablets reading "181st Street-George Washington Bridge".

An interesting discovery was made on the northbound platform: old two-story elevators are behind a floor-to-ceiling wooden arched gate. These manually operated elevators appear to be the very first elevators in the station.

At fare control level there is a pleasant impromptu "strip mall" of subway merchants outside the fare control before the stairs to the street.


(image 104096) (125k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/6/2009
Notes: Scaffolding in place to repair ceiling at 181st St, after tile collapse in Aug.'09.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 586


(image 104097) (140k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/6/2009
Notes: Scaffolding in place to repair ceiling at 181st St, after tile collapse in Aug.'09.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 405


(image 104094) (36k, 512x640)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Date: 8/16/2009
Notes: Ceiling tile collapse at 181st St. about a half hour after it happened.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 801


(image 84139) (220k, 864x574)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 5/2/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 828


(image 84151) (188k, 864x574)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2190
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 5/2/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1653


(image 84153) (196k, 864x574)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2234
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 5/2/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1330


(image 84154) (189k, 864x544)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2235
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 5/2/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1469


(image 70910) (211k, 1044x791)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/3/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1656


(image 45603) (239k, 1044x791)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/3/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 916


(image 67030) (193k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1876
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2136


(image 67031) (243k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: View of stairway at south end of station into structure over trackway.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1435


(image 67032) (195k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: View of structure over trackway at south end of station.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1094


(image 67033) (299k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: Mosaic name tile.
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 794


(image 77375) (209k, 1044x712)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2375
Photo by: David M. Kelly
Date: 2007
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1571


(image 34834) (107k, 768x576)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V (Museum Train) 5443
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 11/21/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 4317


(image 34352) (293k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 11/6/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2024


(image 34353) (324k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2269
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 11/6/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2907


(image 34354) (323k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2270
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 11/6/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 3088


(image 34355) (298k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1879
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 11/6/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2983


(image 34356) (312k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 181st Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2187
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 11/6/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2652


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