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59th Street – Columbus Circle is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is the seventh busiest station complex in the system. It is located at Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan where 59th Street, Broadway and Eighth Avenue intersect, and is served by the: * 1, A, and D trains at all times * C train at all times except late nights * B train during weekdays until 11:00 p.m. * 2 train during late nights == IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms == 59th Street – Columbus Circle on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, opened on September 10, 1932, is a large express station. There are four tracks and three island platforms with the outer two in revenue service. South of the station, trains can either continue on Eighth Avenue or diverge east to the Seventh Avenue station via the IND Sixth Avenue Line. North of the station are crossovers in both directions and the northbound tracks cross over the southbound tracks to form a two level configuration to 103rd Street. The next express station to the north, 125th Street, is 3.35 miles (5.391 km) away with seven local stations in between. This is the longest distance between two express stops in the system. The center platform was first used in passenger service in 1959, but was originally built along with the other platforms. It served the purpose of a Spanish solution, allowing passengers to exit both sides of subway cars as the express trains would open the doors on both sides. Newer subway cars' door controls made it more difficult to open doors on both sides of the train simultaneously, thus this solution became impractical and the platform was closed on November 8, 1973. In 2007–2010, it was converted to a crossunder between the IRT side platforms. Large metal fences have been erected to keep people away from the edges. At the middle of each open platform, there are two staircases and one elevator that connect with the northbound platform of IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. There are also one staircase from each platform at the north end leading to the same area. A single staircase at the extreme south end connect to the southbound IRT platform. There are two newsstands which are the center of both platforms. This station formerly had a 1992 artwork called ''Hello Columbus'', made by various New York City artists and public school students. Sol LeWitt created tile work on the stairway from the platforms to the uptown 1 train entitled "Whirls and Twirls". Currently, large white "59"s are placed over the blue stripes – similar to the "42"s at 42nd Street – Port Authority. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「59th Street – Columbus Circle (New York City Subway)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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