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The Cortlandt Street station was an express station at Greenwich Street on the demolished
The Cortlandt Street station was an express station at Greenwich Street on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line
The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue Elevated or Ninth Avenue El, 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 car ...
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 was built as a replacement for the original southern terminus at Dey Street. It had three tracks, one 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 ...
and two side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
s. It was served by trains from the IRT Ninth Avenue Line
The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue Elevated or Ninth Avenue El, 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 car ...
. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop for all trains was Rector Street. The next northbound local stop was Barclay Street. The next northbound express stop was Warren Street.
The station was located two blocks from Liberty Street Ferry Terminal and Cortland Street Ferry Depot
Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot was the main ferry terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the West Shore Railroad on the North River (Hudson River) in lower Manhattan. The railroads operated ferries to their terminal stations on the Hudson River ...
. These were the main ferry terminals for passengers traveling to Communipaw Terminal
The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. The terminal was built in 1889, replaci ...
and Exchange Place Terminal in Jersey City.
The site of the station was in the parcel of land acquired in the early 1970s as the location for the World Trade Center.
References
IRT Ninth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1874 1874 establishments in New York (state) 1940 disestablishments in New York (state) Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Railway stations in the United States closed in 1940 {{Manhattan-railstation-stub