The 14th Street station was a station on the demolished

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. It had two tracks and two

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s, and was served by trains from the IRT Sixth Avenue Line. The station opened on June 5, 1878, and was designed by famed

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, a trained architect. Beginning in 1907, the station had a connection to the 14th Street subway station of the

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. It closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was Eighth Street. The next northbound stop was 18th Street. Two years later the station was replaced by the IND Sixth Avenue Line platforms of the 14th Street / Sixth Avenue Subway station complex.

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* IRT Sixth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1878 Railway stations closed in 1938 Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground 1878 establishments in New York (state) 1938 disestablishments in New York (state) {{Manhattan-railstation-stub Sixth Avenue 14th Street (Manhattan)