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IRT Ninth Avenue Elevated
The Ninth Avenue El's "suicide curve" at 110th Street, in 1896
Overview
Other name(s)West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway
West Side and Yonkers Patent Elevated Railway Company
Westside Patented Elevated Railway Company
Ninth Avenue El
History
CommencedJuly 1, 1867 (1867-07-01)
OpenedJuly 1, 1868 (1868-07-01)
CompletedApril 1868 (1868-04)
Cable railway1868
Regular ServiceFebruary 14, 1870
Electrification1903
ClosedJune 11, 1940 (1940-06-11) (South of 145th Street) August 31, 1958 (1958-08-31) (North of 145th Street)
Technical
Number of tracks2–3
Characterelevated railway
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationDC third rail
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The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue Elevated or Ninth Avenue El,[1] was the first elevated railway in New York City. It opened in July 1868 as the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, as an experimental single-track cable-powered elevated railway from Battery Place, at the south end of Manhattan Island, northward up Greenwich Street to Cortlandt Street. By 1879 the line was extended to the Harlem River at 155th Street. It was electrified and taken over by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1903.

The main line ceased operation in June 1940,[2][3] after it was replaced by the IND Eighth Avenue Line which had opened in 1932. The last section in use, over the Harlem River, was known as the Polo Grounds Shuttle. It closed in August 1958.[4] This portion used a now-removed swing bridge called the Putnam Bridge,[5][6] and went through a still-extant tunnel with two partially underground stations.[7]

The line had the worst accident in the history of New York City elevated railways, on September 11, 1905, when a train derailed and fell to the street. There were 61 casualties.[8]

  1. ^ "Remembering the 9th Avenue El". MTA.info. October 26, 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Ninth Avenue Elevated Closure Poster
  3. ^ "Two 'El' Lines End Transit Service". New York Times. June 12, 1940. p. 27.
  4. ^ "imagejpg1_zpse1f8a458.jpg Photo by JavierMitty – Photobucket". Photobucket.
  5. ^ "Image 8282". nycsubway.org. June 14, 1958. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  6. ^ "Image 8296". nycsubway.org. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  7. ^ Walsh, Kevin (December 25, 1999). "When Is a Subway Not a Subway?". Forgotten NY. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  8. ^ Shaw, Robert B. (1961). Down Brakes: A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices in the United States of America. London: P. R. Macmillan. OCLC 2641112.

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