The 125th Street station was an express station on the demolished
IRT Second Avenue Line
The IRT Second Avenue Line, also known as the Second Avenue Elevated or Second Avenue El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan, New York City, United States, from 1878 to 1942. It was operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company until 1940 ...
in
Manhattan
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,
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. It had three tracks and two
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
s. The next stop to the north was
129th Street for terminating trains and
133rd Street for through trains. The next stop to the south was
121st Street for local trains and
86th Street for express trains. The station closed on June 11, 1940.
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IRT Second Avenue Line stations
Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan
1940 disestablishments in New York (state)
Railway stations in the United States closed in 1940
Second Avenue (Manhattan)
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