Ghost Stations - Open Stations With Closed Platforms New York City
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1. Second Avenue
2. Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line)
3. 14th Street – Union Square
4. 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
5. 59th Street – Columbus Circle
6. 96th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
7. Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
8. Bergen Street (IND Culver Line)
9. Bowery (BMT Nassau Street Line)
10. Bowling Green (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
11. Broadway (IND Crosstown Line)
12. Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall
13. Canal Street
14. Chambers Street
15. City Hall (BMT Broadway Line)
16. DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
17. East 180th Street
18. East Broadway (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
19. Essex Street
20. Gun Hill Road (IRT White Plains Road Line)
21. Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway)
22. Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street (63rd Street Lines)
23. Mets – Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)
24. Myrtle Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
25. Nevins Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
26. Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)
27. Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
28. Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway)
29. Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line)
30. Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue
31. Utica Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
32. Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
33. Wakefield – 241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
34. Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_closed_New_York_City_Subway_stations
Music : Don't Turn Back,Silent Partner; YouTube Audio Library
Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Its predecessors—the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND)—were consolidated in 1940. Since then, stations of the New York City Subway have been permanently closed, either entirely or in part.
The largest number of closed New York City Subway stations consist of stations on abandoned and demolished elevated lines once operated by the IRT and the BMT, both of which were privately held companies. After their takeover by the City of New York (the IND was already owned and operated by New York City), the three former systems were no longer in competition with each other. Thus, elevated lines that duplicated underground lines were the first to close. Other elevated lines that did not create a redundancy in the system, such as the Bronx portion of the IRT Third Avenue Line and a major portion of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line were later demolished. Two stations in which sections of track still operate have been demolished. The Dean Street station was demolished as part of the rebuilding of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line, and the Cortlandt Street station of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line was demolished after it sustained heavy damage caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The remaining closed stations and portions of stations are intact and are abandoned. The exception is the Court Street station: it is the site of the New York Transit Museum, a museum that documents the history of public transportation in New York City. One of these abandoned stations, the outer platforms of the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, is occasionally used for filming purposes. The criterion for closing stations, as explained by spokesman Charles Seaton, is: "We do not shut stations down because of low ridership. The only reason we have closed a station is because of its proximity to another station... The smaller stations are just as necessary as the larger ones."
1. Second Avenue
2. Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line)
3. 14th Street – Union Square
4. 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
5. 59th Street – Columbus Circle
6. 96th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
7. Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
8. Bergen Street (IND Culver Line)
9. Bowery (BMT Nassau Street Line)
10. Bowling Green (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
11. Broadway (IND Crosstown Line)
12. Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall
13. Canal Street
14. Chambers Street
15. City Hall (BMT Broadway Line)
16. DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
17. East 180th Street
18. East Broadway (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
19. Essex Street
20. Gun Hill Road (IRT White Plains Road Line)
21. Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway)
22. Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street (63rd Street Lines)
23. Mets – Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)
24. Myrtle Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
25. Nevins Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
26. Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)
27. Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
28. Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway)
29. Rector Street (BMT Broadway Line)
30. Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue
31. Utica Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
32. Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
33. Wakefield – 241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
34. Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_closed_New_York_City_Subway_stations
Music : Don't Turn Back,Silent Partner; YouTube Audio Library
Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Its predecessors—the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND)—were consolidated in 1940. Since then, stations of the New York City Subway have been permanently closed, either entirely or in part.
The largest number of closed New York City Subway stations consist of stations on abandoned and demolished elevated lines once operated by the IRT and the BMT, both of which were privately held companies. After their takeover by the City of New York (the IND was already owned and operated by New York City), the three former systems were no longer in competition with each other. Thus, elevated lines that duplicated underground lines were the first to close. Other elevated lines that did not create a redundancy in the system, such as the Bronx portion of the IRT Third Avenue Line and a major portion of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line were later demolished. Two stations in which sections of track still operate have been demolished. The Dean Street station was demolished as part of the rebuilding of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line, and the Cortlandt Street station of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line was demolished after it sustained heavy damage caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The remaining closed stations and portions of stations are intact and are abandoned. The exception is the Court Street station: it is the site of the New York Transit Museum, a museum that documents the history of public transportation in New York City. One of these abandoned stations, the outer platforms of the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, is occasionally used for filming purposes. The criterion for closing stations, as explained by spokesman Charles Seaton, is: "We do not shut stations down because of low ridership. The only reason we have closed a station is because of its proximity to another station... The smaller stations are just as necessary as the larger ones."