14th Street/Union Square (IRT East Side Line)
  
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14th Street/Union Square Station · Opened 10/27/1904The first express stop since Brooklyn Bridge is
14th Street/Union Square. This station has the uptown
and downtown platforms offset from each other, and are slightly
curved. Gap filling moveable platforms are automatically operated via
proximity sensors mounted on the outside wall when trains arrive.
This station has two abandoned side local platforms, the northbound
one is now visible again through windows, bordered with wide, bright
red frames. It looks like this platform is being used as a utility
chase. From the north end of the downtown platform's mezzanine you
can see the abandoned southbound side platform through a hole in the
plywood. This station's mezzanines are located over the
platforms. This station provides a number of transfer opportunities.
On August 29,
1991, an accident occured just north of
the station, killing five people in one of the worst wrecks since the
Malbone St. Disaster of 1918. The train operator, Robert Ray, had
been overshooting platforms on the entire run. At 14th Street the
train was to be shifted to the local track due to repairs.
He had been running the train at 40 MPH in a 10 MPH zone and took the
switch so fast that only the front of the first car made the
crossover. The third and fourth cars ended up perpendicular to the
tracks, having sheared off support columns and split in half. The line
suffered heavy damage and service was disrupted for six days as
transit workers toiled around the clock to clean up the wreckage. The
entire infrastructure, including signals, the switches, track,
roadbed, cabling, and 23 support columns needed to be replaced. The
motorman Ray was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the worst subway
accident since 1928.
The wreck occurred between 18th Street and Union Square
on the downtown side at the entry to a former pocket track. Union
Square and 72nd Street on the IRT West Side line had extra tracks on
the approach to the station. These were between the incoming local and
express track and were one old IRT train length long. The idea was to
have a 'stacking' track where a train could be held momentarily until
the platform cleared for it to enter the station. The track here and
at 72nd Street were rendered useless when train lengths grew beyond
their capacity. When the damage from the 1991 wreck was repaired the
crossing was not made more gentle even though the stacking track here
was removed.
Artwork: Framing Union Square, Mary Miss (1998) Artwork: Paradise, Chiho Aoshima (2005)
(image 7661) (92k, 845x627)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: North of 14th St./Union Square
Car: R62 (Kawasaki, 1983-1985) 1437
Photo by: MTA New York City Transit
Date: 8/28/1991
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 5
Car: R142
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/22/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 5/24/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 2/24/2009
Notes: Southbound end of southbound platform.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: Transit Museum Nostalgia Train
Car: R33-WF 9306
Photo by: Robert Marrero
Date: 8/2/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 5/2/2008
Notes: Station entrance.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 3/5/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: Work Service
Car: Vacuum Train VT105
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 2/21/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7471
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 2/21/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 12/28/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Filip Matuska
Date: 6/13/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: Filip Matuska
Date: 6/13/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 4
Car: R142A
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: Downtown local track showing edge of former side local platform.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 4
Car: R142A 7723
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 4
Car: R142A 7721
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7425
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Route: 4
Car: R142 1129
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 5/6/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Car: R142A 7325
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 4/20/2007
Notes: Local track gap fillers. With 7375.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 14th Street/Union Square
Car: R142A 7375
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 4/20/2007
Notes: Local track gap fillers.
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