155th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)
155th St. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | West 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard New York, New York Harlem and Coogan's Bluff, Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′48″N 73°56′18″W / 40.8301°N 73.9382°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (after 1940) New York City & Northern Railroad (starting 1881) New York & Northern Railway New York and Putnam Railroad New York Central & Hudson River Railroad New York Central Railroad (until 1918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ninth Avenue Line Putnam Division (until 1918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms (1913–1940) 1 island platform (1940-1958) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 (1913–1940) 2 (1940–1958) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 1, 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | August 31, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 155th Street station was an elevated railway station in Manhattan, New York City, that operated from 1870 until 1958. It served as the north terminal of the IRT Ninth Avenue Line from its opening until 1918 and then as the southern terminal of a surviving stub portion from 1940 until its closure in 1958. It had two tracks and one island platform.