The 30th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in

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. It was opened on December 13, 1873 as the replacement for the original northern terminus of the Ninth Avenue Line at 29th Street, which was built in 1868 The station which was originally built by the

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had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two

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. The upper level was built as part of the

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and had one track that served express trains that bypassed the station. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 23rd Street. The next northbound stop was 34th Street.

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* IRT Ninth Avenue Line stations Railway stations closed in 1873 Railway stations closed in 1940 Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground {{Manhattan-railstation-stub