125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

The 125th Street station is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. It is the northernmost Manhattan station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Lexington Avenue and East 125th Street (also known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) in East Harlem, it is served by the 4 and 6 trains at all times, the 5 train at all times except late nights, and the <6> train during weekdays in peak direction. This station was constructed as part of the Dual Contracts by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and opened in 1918.

For other uses, see 125th Street (disambiguation) and Harlem station (disambiguation).

 125 Street
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
AddressEast 125th Street & Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10035
BoroughManhattan
LocaleEast Harlem
Coordinates40.804259°N 73.937473°W / 40.804259; -73.937473
DivisionA (IRT)
Line   IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services   4  (all times)
​   5  (all times except late nights)
​   6  (all times) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit NYCT Bus: M35, M60 SBS, M101, M103, M125
Short Line Bus: 208
Columbia Transportation: Queens-Riverdale Commuter Route
Metro-North: Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines (at Harlem–125th Street)
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Platforms2 island platforms (1 on each level)
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
OpenedJuly 17, 1918 (1918-07-17)
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20224,475,736  18.6%
Rank50 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
149th Street–Grand Concourse
4 
express
Express		 86th Street
4  ​5 
via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
138th Street–Grand Concourse
4  ​5 
services split
Third Avenue–138th Street
6  <6> ​
toward Pelham Bay Park
Local		 116th Street
4  ​6  <6>
toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Location
Track layout

Upper level
to 138rd St–GC
to Third Ave–138th St
to lower level
from lower level
to 116th Street
Lower level
from upper level
to upper level
to 86th Street
Tracks used by the
Tracks used by the
Tracks not in service
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times
Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

A planned northern extension of the Second Avenue Subway, once built, will connect with this station and with the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem–125th Street station, located one block west.

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