The L platform at Union Square is a single island platform for the two track line that crosses beneath the Broadway and Lexington Avenue Subway lines. It has a colorful trimline along the track walls with little Us inside it. The platform has a series of exits, starting from its west end there are two staircases up to a mezzanine with a little fare control area of low turnstiles to two streetstairs on the SW corner of Broadway and 14 Street. There is also a passageway that curves north and connects to the southern end of the mezzanines above the N,Q,R platforms. Next on the platform is a single staircase directly up to each of the BMT Broadway N,Q,R,W platforms. These have little intermediate landings and require walking a bit of a distance before connecting to staircases up to the platforms extreme southern ends. The final means of access is two staircases followed by the elevator that makes the L station ADA compliant up to the southern end of the 4,5,6 Lexington Avenue Line mezzanine.
Photo 1: June 10, 2004; 2-11: December 31, 2009; 12-15: September 16, 2011; 16 & 17: November 3, 2012; 18: November 5, 2012; 19-26: September 3, 2023;
A countdown clock in front of the elevator to the mezzanine from the L platform
The entrance to the passageway from the N,Q,R mezzanine to the small fare control area that really belongs to the L
The turnstiles to 14 Street and Broadway directly above the L platform
The platform trimline with a U for Union Square inside it
One of the staircases up to the L train's own mezzanine includes all transfers although continuing farther down the platform makes all of them shorter
R143 #8101 stops at Union Square, notice the yellow columns
Close up of R143 #8101 stopped at Union Square
Passengers storm onto a R143 L train stopped at Union Square
The bottom of the staircase from the uptown N,Q,R platform has a sign for the two directions of L service, the downtown platform is just beyond
Passengers file down the stairs towards the L platform from the entrance from the 4,5,6 station
The turnstiles in the L trains personal fare control area
Brooklyn or 8 Avenue? Looking down to the platform from a staircase to it
A street stair to the L trains direct entrance
The roof between the two street stairs at the entrance that is on the L trains own mezzanine
Passengers swipe into the system right above the Canarsie Line platform
One of the L entrances is still closed post Superstorm sandy although 4 train service has been restored
Close up of the service alert saying 4,5, and 6 trains have been restored post-Superstorm Sandy
The corridor to the L train's gate is open but is taped off because L service hasn't been restored post Superstorm Sandy
Passengers head up the connecting staircase from the L platform to the main 4,5,6 mezzanine
Last Updated: January 4, 2023
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