The 14th Street station is a

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on the

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system. Located at the intersection of 14th Street and

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(Avenue of the Americas) in the Chelsea neighborhood of

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, it is served by the

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and

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lines on weekdays, and by the

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line on weekends.

History

The original station, opened on February 25, 1908, was modified slightly as a result of the building of the Sixth Avenue Line. The platforms were extended to the south, and the northern ends were closed. This allowed the downtown platform to share a street entrance with the downtown IND subway. The southbound platform was renovated in 1986. The next year, the station's platforms were lengthened.

Station layout

This PATH station consists of two

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s, which are not connected by a crossover or crossunder. The southbound platform shares a mezzanine area with the

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at 14th Street, which the PATH station is located in between, but the northbound platform exits directly to the street. The tracks of the PATH station are located above the Sixth Avenue Line's express tracks, which the tunnels for were dug using the "deep-bore" tunneling method in the mid-1960s, and are not visible from the platforms. The deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 23rd Street, where provisions exist for lower level platforms. There is no free transfer between either platform, nor to any of the other stations in the 14th Street/Sixth Avenue station complex.

19th Street station

North of the 14th Street station is the abandoned 19th Street station, which was the original northern terminus of the

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. It opened on February 25, 1908, and closed on August 1, 1954. It is now used for storing mechanical equipment and is still visible from trains travelling between 14th Street and 23rd Street.

Subway connections

Direct

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connections include: * 14th Street on the

() * 14th Street on the

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() via a block-long passageway *

on the

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() Passengers traveling from New Jersey must exit to street level, enter a nearby subway entrance, and descend to a separate subway mezzanine in order to access the IND station complex. The entrances for New Jersey-bound PATH commuters are on the southwest and northwest corners of 6th Avenue and 14th Street. The entrance for 33rd Street-bound PATH commuters is on the east side of 6th Avenue, midblock between 13th and 14th Streets.

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and Union Square are nearby.

References

External links

PATH – 14th Street Station

14th Street southbound entrance (shared with NYCS) from Google Maps Street View

14th Street northbound entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platform from Google Maps Street View
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