[VIDEO] The NYC Subway Station That Doesn’t Fit the Train

This video explores the unique operational challenges of the 145th Street subway station in Harlem, New York City. Opened in 1904, it was originally the end of the line, built for shorter trains and an evolving system. Today, its platforms can only accommodate six and a half subway cars, forcing 10-car trains on the 3 line to use selective door operation, opening only the first five cars. Despite plans in the 1960s to close the station and extend the terminal further north to the 148th Street–Lenox Terminal station, community pressure successfully kept the 145th Street station open. This decision means the subway system adapted to the station, rather than the other way around, preserving a piece of early 20th-century transit architecture that continues to function in a distinct way.