Spring Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line station)

Spring Street is a local station, located at Lafayette Street and Spring Street, with two side platforms and center express tracks. The platforms are offset by about 2/3 of their length. The station was renovated recently, and is on a slight curve. There is no crossover or crossunder. In a unique layout, there is a space between the express tracks for a pocket layup track, removed long ago. At one point along the center walls, the locations of the switches connecting this track to the express tracks can be seen. A mechanical room is now located in the trackway at the south end between the two express tracks. The station retains the typical large and small IRT mosaics in the old (prior to platform lenghtening) portion. Due to the curve there is a large gap between the train and platform, but no fillers are needed. Fare control is at platform level. The station has small "S" cartouches from 1904, made by Atlantic Terra Cotta, and large mosaic tablets by Heins and LaFarge, also from 1904. Other small "S" and "Spring St" mosaics are newer.

External links

• NYCsubway.org – IRT East Side: Spring Street (text used with permission)