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The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue Elevated or Ninth Avenue El, [1] was the first elevated railway in New York City.It opened in July 1868 as the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, as an experimental single-track cable-powered elevated railway from Battery Place, at the south end of Manhattan Island, northward up Greenwich Street to Cortlandt Street.
Its high elevation also led to its having a reputation as a popular location for suicide jumps. The common suicides, combined with the line's 90° turns from Ninth Avenue (now Columbus Avenue) onto Eighth avenue (now Frederick Douglass Boulevard), subsequently earned the station, and the area of track around it, the nickname Suicide Curve .
The 50th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was built on January 18, 1876 and eventually had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms that served local trains.
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 ...
The 66th Street station was an express 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. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track and two side platforms over the lower level local tracks. The ...
The 30th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City.It was opened on December 13, 1873 as the replacement for the original northern terminus of the Ninth Avenue Line at 29th Street, which was built in 1868 [2] The station which was originally built by the New York Elevated Railroad Company had two levels.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station: General information; Location: West 86th Street and Columbus Avenue New York, NY Upper West Side, Manhattan: Coordinates: Operated by: Interborough Rapid Transit Company: Line(s) Ninth Avenue Line: Platforms: 2 side platforms
The 34th Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was originally built on July 30, 1873 by the New York Elevated Railroad Company, and had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms.