86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 86th Street

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bg_color = #007527
line = IRT Lexington Avenue Line
service = Lexington
platforms = 4 side platforms (2 on each of 2 levels)
tracks = 4 (2 on each of 2 levels)
passengers = 17.927 million
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=-.1
borough = Manhattan
locale = Upper East Side
open_date = July 17, 1918
north_line = IRT Lexington Avenue Line
north_local_station = 96th Street
north_local_service = Lexington local
north_express_station = 125th Street
north_express_station_acc = yes
north_express_service = Lexington express
south_line = IRT Lexington Avenue Line
south_local_station = 77th Street
south_local_service = Lexington local
south_express_station = 59th Street
south_express_service = Lexington express

86th Street is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, it is served by the NYCS|4 and NYCS|6 trains (all times), and the NYCS|5 train (all times except late nights).

The station has four side platforms, two on an upper level, serving local trains, and two on a lower level, serving express trains. Old-style wall and ceiling lights have been removed. The initial renovation of this station took place with the opening of Gimbels just above in the early 1970s. The renovation consisted primarily of the stairwells from the street, the token booth, and the turnstyle area. An additional renovation was completed in the fall of 2005. There is no crossover between the uptown and downtown directions; fare control is at the upper platform level. Like many stations that have trains running in the same direction on different levels, there is an information device on the upper level that gives advance notice of an express train on the lower level; however, since the completion of renovations in 2005, this device ceased to operate and was subsequently removed. It is expected that new system-wide information monitors, currently in development, will replace the device no earlier than 2012.

Before recent renovations, the downtown station had two token booths. In 2003, the smaller of the two was removed and replaced with four automated kiosks.

Gallery

Bus connections

*M96
*M98
*M101
*M102
*M103

External links

*NYCsubway ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?5:3108|IRT East Side Line|86th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/4train.htm 4 Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/5train.htm 5 Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/6train.htm 6 Train]