Summer of service changes and
track repairs on 6th, 8th Ave. lines
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
A slate of service changes is coming
to seven subway lines for 10 weeks
this summer to accommodate
track replacements and signal upgrades in
Manhattan and Brooklyn, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority announced on
June 4.
“These improvements will allow us to deliver
smoother rides and reliable service for
subway riders,” said Demetrius Crichlow,
executive Vice President for subways at
New York City Transit. “NYC Transit
remains laser-focused on welcoming New
Yorkers back to a modernized system that
is the quickest way to navigate the city.”
The MTA will replace the downtown
express track for the 6th Avenue Line,
which runs the B, D, F, and M trains, at
47-50Sts-Rockefeller Center.
On the 8th Avenue Line, which is home
to the A, C, and E trains, the transit agency
will do work to prepare for major signaling
upgrades between 59 St-Columbus Circle
in Manhattan and High St in Brooklyn.
The work will be on weeknights for 10
weeks from June 14 through Aug. 20, when
FILE PHOTO
the D and F trains swap routes in Brooklyn
from 9:45 pm–5 am.
On weekends, Friday through Monday
morning from July 2 through Aug. 2,
service will change on the D, F, A, C, and
E lines (for more information see below).
The reason for the works on the 6th
Avenue Line is due to an old track at the
end of its useful life which needs to be
replaced.
On the 8th Avenue Line, the work will
include installing new axle counter technology
and track switch checks to gauge the
health of switch machine movement and
remotely report potential failures.
Once that work is completed the MTA
will install the so-called Communications-
Based Train Control (CBTC) between 59
St-Columbus Circlein Manhattan and High
St in Brooklyn.
CBTC replaces the aging system’s signals,
some of which date back to the 1930s.
The technology allows computers to drive
the trains and enables subways to operate
closer together and at faster speeds.
So far the MTA has installed that technology
on the L and 7 lines.
Visit mta.info for more details.
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14 June 10, 2021 Schneps Media