181 Street (A) - Photos Page 2

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A R40 Slant at 181 Street

An uptown R44 A train leaves 181 Street

A 181 St name tablet with an arrow for -184-> exit

Looking down to the platform from the mezzanine

In the middle of the upper mezzanine

Another mezzanine view of the curved platform walls

The entrance from Fort Washington Avenue, looks normal during Tropical Storm Irene

Going inside all the elevators are out of service since the subway is shut down

The 181 Street end of the station's mezzanine had no tape. Venturing down a service altert for Hurricane Irene

The empty mezzanine during Hurricane Irene with the token booth taped up and waiting removal

A R46 #5894 going uptown and R32 #3579 going downtown

Leaving the subway two hours before its shutdown for Sandy

Dry erase board in the token booth

The Wednesday after Sandy signs on the doors into the station: white signs for No Trains, No Elevators and plenty of tape

The next day: the elevators are back in service but no trains

The turnstiles on Thursday, the first day of Subway operations after Sunday's Shutdown due to Superstorm Sandy. No trains at 181 Street yet. The System Shutdown sign hasn't been removed from the turnstiles. It would take 5 more days until next Tuesday for the A to operate north of 168 Street because of flooding at Dyckman Street

Modern name tablet on the new employee room built between the staircases at the northern end of the downtown platform

Looking across to the Uptown platform, it still has the original name tablet and wide area between the staircases down to the paltform

The small 181 Street upper mezzanine and remains of where the token booth once was

Looking down the long staircase from 181 Street down to the lower mezzanine

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