175th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

The 175th Street station (also known as 175th Street–George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal) is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, at the intersection of 175th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, it is served by the A train at all times.
== Station layout ==
G 	Street level 	Exit/entrance
M 	Mezzanine 	Fare control, station agent
PPlatform level	Northbound 	← toward ()
PPlatform level	Island platform	Island platform
PPlatform level	Southbound 	toward , or () →
The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. It has two tracks and one island platform, with single green columns in the center of the platform rather than the double columns found near the platform edges at other stations. The tilework in this station is plain, and lacks the maroon-colored tile bands that are present at adjacent stations along the line.
It is linked by a tunnel to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station. The tunnel, which is maintained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is not wheelchair-accessible, as using it requires traversing a short flight of stairs between the tunnel and the station mezzanine. This tunnel is closed at night between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
The 174th Street Yard, used to store trains assigned to the C service, is adjacent to this station to the east.
The station is planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program.
===Exits===
The full-time exits are at 175th Street and 177th Street. The station is fully accessible, with an elevator at the northeast corner of 177th Street, and another from the mezzanine to the platform. The elevators were installed in November 1989, making the station one of the earliest to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The 177th Street exit offers a direct passageway into the basement of the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, but it includes stairs. 
* Exits at the northwest, northeast, and southwest corners of Fort Washington Avenue and 177th Street. The northwest corner has two stairs, the southwest corner has one stair, and the northeast corner has one stair and one elevator.
*Exits at the southwest and southeast corners of Fort Washington Avenue and 175th Street.
There is also a closed exit at the south end of the station that leads to the southeast corner of 174th Street and Fort Washington Avenue via a passageway. The passageway was not monitored and was closed to improve security. In June 1994, the MTA Board approved a plan to permanently close the entrance, allowing the passageway to be sealed with brick-and-mortar with the street staircase slabbed over. At this point, the entrance had been closed for several years. A public meeting was held on May 1994, along with proposed station access changes at other stations.
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==Bus service==
The station and the nearby George Washington Bridge Bus Station are served by ten local MTA Regional Bus Operations routes and various interstate bus routes.
Route 	Operator 	North/West Terminal 	South/East Terminal 	via 	notes
Local Bus Routes 	Local Bus Routes 	Local Bus Routes 	Local Bus Routes 	Local Bus Routes 	Local Bus Routes
M4 	New York City Bus	The Cloisters or Fort Tryon Park 	Fifth Avenue/32nd Street, Koreatown 	Broadway and Fifth Avenue 	Bus only runs to the Cloisters when the museum is open; it only runs to Fort Tryon Park at all other times.
M5 	New York City Bus	Broadway at West 179th Street 	Broadway/31st Street, Garment District 	Riverside Drive, Fifth Avenue, and Broadway 	
M98 LTD 	New York City Bus	Fort Tryon Park 	68th Street/Lexington Avenue 	Harlem River Drive and Lexington Avenue 	Bus only runs during rush hours.
M100 	New York City Bus	West 220th Street/Broadway, Inwood 	East 125th Street/First Avenue, East Harlem 	Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues 	
Bx3 	New York City Bus	238th Street station, Riverdale, Bronx 	West 179th Street east of Broadway 	University Avenue 	
Bx7 	New York City Bus	West 263rd Street/Riverdale Avenue, Riverdale, Bronx	168th Street station 	Broadway, Johnson Avenue, Henry Hudson Parkway	
Bx11 	New York City Bus	West 179th Street west of Broadway 	Simpson Street station, Longwood, Bronx 	170th Street 	
Bx13 	New York City Bus	West 179th Street west of Broadway 	Bronx Terminal Market (extended to Third Avenue/163rd Street, rush hours)	Ogden Avenue and Yankee Stadium 	
Bx35 	New York City Bus	West 179th Street east of Broadway 	Simpson Street station, Longwood, Bronx 	167th/169th Streets 	
Bx36 	New York City Bus	West 179th Street west of Broadway 	Olmstead Avenue/Seaward Avenue, Castle Hill, Bronx 	174th/180th Streets 	
Other bus routes 	Other bus routes 	Other bus routes 	Other bus routes 	Other bus routes 	Other bus routes
George Washington Bridge Bus Station routes	Various 	George Washington Bridge Bus Station 	 	 	
== References ==
== External links ==
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* Station Reporter — A Lefferts
* Station Reporter — A Rockaway
* The Subway Nut — 175th Street–George Washington Bus Terminal 
* 175th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Fort Washington Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
* 177th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Platform from Google Maps Street View
Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan
Category:IND Eighth Avenue Line stations
Category:New York City Subway stations in Manhattan
Category:New York City Subway stations located underground
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1932
Category:1932 establishments in New York City