34th Street/Herald Square (IND 6th Avenue)
   
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34th Street/Herald Square Station · Opened 12/15/194034th Street/Herald Square is a massive complex serving
the IND 6th Avenue, the BMT Broadway, and the PATH line from New
Jersey. As one might expect, this is the third busiest station complex
in the system.
A textual description of the layout of this station is
not easy. The Broadway and 6th Avenue subways cross in an "X" pattern
following their respective streets, with the midpoint of the "X" at
about 32nd Street. The 6th Avenue line, built later, passes underneath
the Broadway line and the elevation of the tracks shows it; the 6th
Avenue line tracks dip way down in the middle of its station, with the
ends higher. From the top down, at the south end, the layout is
roughly as follows: BMT mezzanine; BMT tracks; PATH station and
tracks; 6th Avenue mezzanine; 6th Avenue tracks. Underneath all of
this at a much lower level are the Long Island Rail Road tunnels from
Queens to Pennsylvania Station. As the PATH predates the subway by
about 32 years, its tracks are closer to the surface of 6th Avenue,
with the subway tracks underneath. (Actually, the layout is more
complex than that, see the descriptions of 23rd St./6th Ave. and 14th
St./6th Ave. for more details.)
Discontiguous mezzanines exist at both the north and
south end of this complex, providing a transfer at both ends. At the
north end there is a single mezzanine with stairs and elevators to the
Broadway platforms on the west and the 6th Avenue platforms on the
east. At the south end, the 6th Avenue and Broadway mezzanines are
connected inside the fare-paid area by stairs. The mezzanines are also
connected outside the fare-paid area as well, and it is this area that
provides access to the PATH station. A long passageway from one end
of the complex to another connects the PATH mezzanine at the south
with the "shared" mezzanine at the north. (Phew!)
There are numerous exits and passageways including a
direct entrance to the shopping center that has variously been known
as Gimbels, A&S Plaza, and Manhattan Mall. The station has exits from
30th St. at the south end, to 35th St. at the north end, and various
others in between. Until the mid-1980s a passageway was available to
connect, outside the fare control, to the IRT 7th Ave./West Side line
and to Penn Station and the commuter railroads there, but this was
closed citing security concerns and the lack of desire of the private
property owner to maintain it.
Prior to a 1990s renovation effort, this was a dungeon of
a station complex. The lighting was miserably faint, signs all mixed
up, stairs dark and tricky. The renovations have improved all aspects
of the station, although little of the original IND or BMT decor was
kept. The combined stations are blended into a unified scheme of
decor. The 6th Avenue station received new "34" monogram tablets
installed along the trackside walls (these are not mosaics). The tile
is white with two rows of bright red accents. The BMT station retained
its "Dual Contracts"-style "34" mosaic monograms.
Some relative depths of stations in the 34th St./6th
Ave. complex are as follows, +/- 10 feet.
- IND Platforms, 40 feet below street
- BMT Platforms, 20 feet below street
- Path Platforms, 30 feet below street
Station Decoration
(image 107322) (259k, 1044x700)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9522
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/25/2009
Notes: E Rerouted via 63 St/6 Av with 34 St being the southern terminal on the E from Queens. Also with R46 F Train R46 5868.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9548
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/25/2009
Notes: E Rerouted via 63 St/6 Av with 34 St being the southern terminal on the E from Queens.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9522
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/25/2009
Notes: E Rerouted via 63 St/6 Av with 34 St being the southern terminal on the E from Queens.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9548
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/25/2009
Notes: E Rerouted via 63 St/6 Av with 34 St being the southern terminal on the E from Queens.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9533
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/25/2009
Notes: E Rerouted via 63 St/6 Av with 34 St being the southern terminal on the E from Queens.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9563
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/25/2009
Notes: E Rerouted via 63 St/6 Av with 34 St being the southern terminal on the E from Queens.
Viewed (this week/total): 99 / 99
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: E reroute
Car: R160A/R160B
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 8/16/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 559
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: V
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4540
Photo by: David of Broadway
Date: 7/13/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: D
Car: R68 (Westinghouse-Amrail, 1986-1988)
Photo by: David of Broadway
Date: 7/13/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: V
Car: R32 (Budd, 1964) 3520
Photo by: David of Broadway
Date: 7/13/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: F
Car: R160A/R160B
Photo by: David of Broadway
Date: 7/13/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: B
Car: R68A (Kawasaki, 1988-1989)
Photo by: David of Broadway
Date: 7/13/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: F
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9258
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 3/26/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: D
Car: R68 (Westinghouse-Amrail, 1986-1988) 2700
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 3/20/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: V
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5756
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 3/20/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R9 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1802
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R1 (Independent Subway) (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 11/30/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: B-Yankees Special
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4512
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/20/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: B-Yankees Special
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4513
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/20/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 799
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 34th Street/Herald Square
Route: Work Service
Car: R33-WF 9338
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 4/30/2008
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