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Smith–Ninth Streets is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over the Gowanus Canal between Smith and Ninth Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn and is served by the F and G trains at all times. This elevated station, opened on October 7, 1933, has four tracks and two side platforms. The center express tracks are not used in revenue service. ==Description and history== With an elevation of , this station is the highest subway station above ground level in the world.〔(Rebuilding the Culver Viaduct )〕〔BROOKLYN!!, Summer 2013 issue, p.7, caption on photo from station reopening celebration, www.brooklyn-usa.org〕 It is not, however, the highest subway station above sea level. This elevation was required by now-defunct navigation regulations for tall-mast shipping on the Gowanus Canal. The bridge rises straight up on four towers by cables. West (railroad north) of this station, the IND Culver Line curves north and enters a tunnel into Carroll Street station. This station and the next station south, Fourth Avenue, were the only original elevated stations built by the IND. All other IND stations were either built underground or taken over from their original owners.〔(Crazy Train: NYC's Weirdest Subway Stations )〕 This station and elevated structure are made entirely of concrete. There were green mosaics along the concrete platform walls reading “Smith–9th St” in white sans-serif lettering, which were replaced with laminated replicas during renovations.〔(SMITH-9th STREET STATION – RED HOOK Part 1 )〕 A close examination of the canopied area suggests windows existed in the past. These were covered for many years and are now open air with safety grates. The station house is on ground level on the north side of 9th Street between Smith Street and the Gowanus canal. Inside, there is a turnstile bank, token booth, and three long escalators and one staircase going up to a landing, where three more long escalators and one staircase perpendicular for the first set go up to a crossunder. A single staircase then goes up to the western end of either platform. In 2007, the MTA announced a three-year renovation project of the elevated Culver Viaduct and for twenty-seven months, this station would be fully or partially closed. On January 18, 2011, the second phase of the Culver Viaduct rehabilitation project began, resulting in the closure of the Manhattan-bound platform. This required northbound trains to use the express track and stop at a temporary platform placed over the local track. This shorter platform could only accommodate G trains; F trains bypassed this station on the same track. On June 20, 2011, the station was closed entirely for further renovations. It reopened April 26, 2013.〔(Smith-9th Sts F/G Station Returns to Service )〕 Additional work was performed after the station reopened but it will not affect service. Residents lobbied for an elevator in the station during the renovation, but installation of an elevator was too costly and prohibitive, according to the MTA.〔(Photos: Smith-9th Street Station Finally Reopens But Isn't Handicap Accessible )〕 The station was the southern terminus of G until July 5, 2009, when the G was extended south at all times to Church Avenue, to allow for overhaul of the Culver Viaduct. On July 19, 2012, the MTA announced that this extension would be permanent. 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「Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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