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Columbus Circle - 59th Street

Boro	Manhattan	Lines Served
Year Opened	IRT: 1904 IND: 1932	Lines Served
Street Location	Columbus Circle	Transfers
Platform Layout	IRT: 2 side local platforms IND: 3 island platforms (central island not in service)	Right-of-Way	Subway
# of Tracks	IRT: 4 tracks IND: 4 tracks	Former Name(s)	IRT: Columbus Circle IND: 59th Street
Points of Interest	Columbus Circle, Central Park. On IND, south of station is a huge flying "Y" junction with the 53rd St Line. This is also the start of the IND huge express run to 125th St. There is a central platform for the IND platform that hasn't been used for years. Recently a portion was re-opened to make a duck-under to transfer between the updown and downtown IRT platforms. No access is provided to board the IND trains however.

Inwood bound A-Train arriving on the express track of 59th-Columbus Circle. Then the fast dash to Harlem. (2/3/03)	R-44's operating on the famous A-train at very busy 59th Street Columbus Circle Station.. (89)
Downtown B entering 59th St. (5/20/03)	C train with old R-11 stock at 59th St in 1987.
#2 racing away on the center express track at 59th St (94?)	A #1 train is leaving using R-62a equipment.
Original IRT station Art (10/02/13)	Original IRT station art (10/02/13)
The IRT station was used as a testing gorund for different style of station tiles before it opened in 1904. They were "unearthed" during a recent station renovation (10/02/13)	Different Original 1904 tiles under "Test on display (10/02/13)
Different Original 1904 tiles under "Test on display (10/02/13)	Different Original 1904 tiles under "Test on display (10/02/13)
IRT tile station name (10/02/13)	IRT platform (10/02/13)
IRT platform (10/02/13)	Original IRT station Art (10/02/13)
	Tight exit (10/11/14)
IRT tile (10/11/14)	IRT tile (10/11/14)
IRT tile (10/11/14)	IRT tile (10/11/14)
C-train departing (10/02/13)	IND local track (10/02/13)
Route selector for motorman to chose their route (10/02/13)	Modernized wall tile, IND station (10/02/13)
Transfer between uptown/downtown local corridor on unused IND center platform (10/02/13)	Tile artwork, IND concourse (10/02/13)
IND express track, unused central platform on right (10/02/13)	D-train arriving (10/02/13)
NEXT STOP
To: South Ferry	To: Van Cortlandt Pk/242nd St
50th Street	66th St-Lincoln Center
To: Rego Park/Lefferts or Far Rockaway/Mott or Rockaway Pk/116th	To: Inwood/207th St
42nd St/Port Authority Bus Terminal	125th Street
To: Brighton Beach	To: 145th St or Bedford Park Blvd
7th Avenue	72nd Street
To: Euclid Avenue	To: 168th Street
50th Street	72nd Street
To: Coney Island	To: Norwood/205th St
7th Avenue	125th Street

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