59th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

The 59th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms that served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 50th Street for Ninth Avenue trains and Eighth Avenue for IRT Sixth Avenue Line trains. The next northbound stop was 66th Street.

LocationWest 59th Street and 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Upper Manhattan, Manhattan

Coordinates40°46′9.15″N 73°59′5.16″W

SystemFormer Manhattan Railway elevated station

OperatorInterborough Rapid Transit Company

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59th St.
General information
Location	West 59th Street and 9th Avenue, New York, NY Upper Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°46′9.15″N 73°59′5.16″W
System	Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
Operator	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line	Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	June 9, 1879; 147 years ago (June 9, 1879)
Closed	June 11, 1940; 86 years ago (June 11, 1940)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station 66th Street toward 155th Street Sixth Avenue 53rd Street and Eighth Avenue toward South Ferry Ninth Avenue Local 50th Street toward South Ferry
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On September 11, 1905, 12 people were killed and 42 injured in the Ninth Avenue derailment when a train that had just left the station was wrongly switched onto the curve at 53rd Street.