Spring Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Spring Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Spring Street in SoHo and Little Italy, Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in the peak direction, and the 4 during late night hours.HistorySpring Street was one of the 28 original stations of the first subway line in Manhattan, which opened on October 27, 1904. At this time, Spring Street served local trains from the now-abandoned City Hall station to 145th Street at Broadway.Station layoutSpring Street is laid out in a typical local stop setup: there are two side platforms and four tracks, the center two of which are express tracks. The southbound local track is technically known as MM1 and the northbound one is MM4; the MM designation is used for chaining purposes along the Lexington Avenue Line from Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall to Times Square – 42nd Street via Grand Central and the 42nd Street Shuttle. Although they cannot be accessed at Spring Street, the southbound and northbound express tracks are known as MM2 and MM3, respectively. These designations are rarely, if ever, used in everyday speech. Both platforms have a slight curve which creates a gap between the train and the platform. Because this gap is not significant, gap fillers are not necessary.