125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

 125 Street
 
Station statistics
AddressEast 125th Street & Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleEast Harlem
Coordinates40°48′15″N 73°56′15″W / 40.804259°N 73.937473°W / 40.804259; -73.937473
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services   4  (all times)
   5  (all times except late nights)
   6  (all times) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit NYCT Bus: M35, M60 SBS, M101, M103, M125
Short Line Bus: 208
Columbia Transportation: Queens-Riverdale Commuter Route
Metro-North: Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines (at Harlem–125th Street)
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Platforms2 island platforms (1 on each level)
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
OpenedJuly 17, 1918 (1918-07-17)
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20234,884,086 9.1%
Rank55 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
149th Street–Grand Concourse
4 
express

Express
86th Street
4  5 
138th Street–Grand Concourse
4  5 
services split
Third Avenue–138th Street
6  <6>

Local
116th Street
4  6  <6>
Location
Track layout

Upper level
to lower level
from lower level
Lower level
from upper level
to upper level
Tracks used by the
Tracks used by the
Non-revenue tracks
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times
Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The 125th Street station is an express station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Lexington Avenue and East 125th Street (also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 4 and 6 trains at all times, the 5 train at all times except late nights, and the <6> train during weekdays in peak direction. The station contains four tracks and two island platforms split across two levels. The upper level is used by northbound trains to the Bronx, while the lower level is used by southbound trains to Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.

This station was constructed as part of the Dual Contracts by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and opened in 1918. A planned northern extension of the Second Avenue Subway, once built, will connect with this station and with the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem–125th Street station, located one block west.