96th Street (IRT West Side Line)
  
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96th Street Station · Opened 10/27/1904Express station with four tracks, two island
platforms. 96th Street was built in a similar fashion to the Contract
I express stops at Brooklyn Bridge and 14th Street: two island
platforms for the express trains and two shorter side platforms for
the local trains.
Before the advent of ten-car locals the side platforms
were probably used for local trains; since it would have been
operationally logical to use the center island to allow local
passengers easy transfer to the express, the local trains may never
have used the side platforms exclusively for service, and in any event
the practice did not last long.
Access to the station is provided from stairways along
the sidewalks of Broadway to the side platforms; access to the center
island platforms is via a crossunder passage running underneath the platforms.
At Brooklyn Bridge and 14th Street, these side platforms
have been closed and walled off; access to trains remains via those
stations' mezzanines with stairs down to the island platforms. Because of the location of a large sewer line under 96th Street, no mezzanine was built at this station, thus requiring the underpass.
[There has been ongoing debate regarding the headhouse in Broadway's center median on the north side of 96th Street. It was suggested that this headhouse, similar to others along the Broadway IRT, provided an entrance directly to the north end of the island platforms. However, photographic evidence of this intersection indicates that the headhouse post-dates the year 1924; and anecdotal evidence from 1947 notes that the headhouse was used as a "comfort station" (a.k.a. public restroom). The conclusion on the matter, then, is that the headhouse is not and never was used as a subway entrance; nor was it even built by the IRT company. The structure is now a community center called the West Side Broadway Mall.]
The station was renovated in 1950 to accomodate longer
trains. It was both extended (with a second entrance on 94th
St. created) and widened (the tracks were moved and the platforms were
widened). You can see differences in the walls and ceiling at the
south end, and you can still spot a seam in the platforms where they
were widened. Another renovation of the station is planned within the
next several years, but because of its unusual design, it may never
be made more efficient. Riders may continue to have to go downstairs
and then back up to transit the station.
The creation of the new entrance at 94th St. led directly
to the closure of 91st Street, as it would have been impractical to
lengthen it for 10-car local trains with 94th Street so close by.
North of 96th St. Station, the express tracks descend to
head under 104th Street to Lenox Avenue and the Bronx while the local
tracks remain on the upper level. After the express tracks turn off, a
new center track starts at approximately 100th Street.
(image 109067) (148k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 1/11/2010
Notes: New headhouse construction.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 1/6/2010
Notes: New entrance to 96th Street Station under construction.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 12/10/2009
Notes: Construction of new headhouse.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 12/10/2009
Notes: Construction of new headhouse.
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(image 108724) (153k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 12/10/2009
Notes: Construction of new headhouse.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/30/2009
Notes: New tilework installed on southbound local wall.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/30/2009
Notes: New tilework installed on southbound local wall.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/30/2009
Notes: Original 1904 rosette on northbound local platform wall.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2261
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/30/2009
Notes: Southbound.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2458
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/30/2009
Notes: Northbound.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 10/22/2009
Notes: New headhouse construction.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/9/2009
Notes: Tilework.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/16/2009
Notes: Station renovation - new headhouse project.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/16/2009
Notes: Station renovation - new headhouse project.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/6/2009
Notes: New tile work.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/6/2009
Notes: 96th St. tower.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/6/2009
Notes: New station headhouse.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Route: 2
Car: R142 6636
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/15/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Route: 3
Car: R62 (Kawasaki, 1983-1985) 1581
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/15/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 96th Street
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2370
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/15/2009
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