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The Franklin Square station was an express station on the demolished
IRT Third Avenue Line The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railwa ...
in
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,
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. It was built by the New York Elevated Railroad in 1878 over the aforementioned square, had two tracks and one
island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
, and was the northernmost station on the line that shared both Second Avenue and Third Avenue trains. The next stop to the north was
Chatham Square Chatham Square is a major intersection in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City. The square lies at the confluence of eight streets: the Bowery, Doyers Street, East Broadway, St. James Place, Mott Street, Oliver Street, Worth Street and Park ...
. The next stop to the south was Fulton Street. The station closed on December 22, 1950.


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*http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20100609061601/http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm IRT Third Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1878 Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Railway stations in the United States closed in 1950 {{Manhattan-railstation-stub