Station improvement work on New York City’s Northern 1 Line begins

The weekend of Sept. 18-19, MTA NYC Transit will begin a $47-million project to rehabilitate Inwood's historic Dyckman Street station and conduct stair and platform improvement work on five No. 1 Line elevated stations from 207th to 242nd Street in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

This, and two other major
construction projects, will require 1 line service to be suspended from end to
end during this weekend, replaced by a combination of 2, 3 and A train service
and shuttle buses.

This weekend, track panel
installation at 215th Street and abatement work at 242nd Street will
necessitate the closure of subway stations above 168th Street. Signal cable
replacement north of 96th Street will force the closure of stations between
168th and 96th Streets. In addition, Port Authority will be doing work on the
"box" that carries the #1 line through the WTC site, which will
affect the tracks between Chambers Street and South Ferry.

2 and 3 trains run local
and replace the 1 between 96th and Chambers Sts. When possible, customers are
encouraged to use the A Line. Shuttle buses will run in four sections making
station stops along the 1 line.


Opened in 1906, the
Dyckman Street Station is a design unique in the system and is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places. The outdoor station situated just north
of the Fort Washington Tunnel portal has two side platforms above a masonry
head house. The fare control area is located in the station building below
track level.

The general scope of work
includes repairing the stairs from the sidewalk into the station, restoring the
concrete station wall along Hillside Avenue, replacement of the stairs
connecting the control area to the platforms, repairing and painting the
ceiling and repairing damaged tiles. At train level, the agency will demolish
and reconstruct the north and southbound platforms, demolish and reconstruct
the platform structure and canopy, install new platform windscreens and repair
the guardrails. It will also take this opportunity to replace the track along
the entire station length.

"We are
rehabilitating this station with the goal of improving the structural aspects
and customer amenities while retaining the unique architectural features that
have made this station so visually special," said NYC Transit President
Thomas F. Prendergast. Additionally, we are making improvements to stations
north of Dyckman on the 1 Line."

During the initial phase
of the Dyckman St. station work, from October 18th, 2010 to June 2011, the
northbound platform will be out of service for a little more than eight months.
Phase Two will begin in July 2011 and continue through August 2012, at which
time the southbound platform will be out of service.

During each phase there will
be 14 weekend closures for station component work at 207th, 215th, 225th,
238th, and 242nd Streets. Stations from 242nd Street to 181st Street will be
closed. A free shuttle bus will be in operation from 242nd Street to the 207th
Street A station. In addition, the M3 bus will allow free boardings between the
191st Street 1 station and 168th Street 1, A station.

The station component
work at the five stations north of Dyckman Street will include the demolition
and reconstruction of stairs from the sidewalk into the station at 207th and
225th Streets. All five stations will receive new platform edges and the
installation of edge warning strips. Canopies and platform structures will be
demolished and reconstructed. At 238th and 225th Streets there will be a
one-month bypass during northbound platform demolition and a one-month bypass
for the southbound platform demolition.