NYCT’s FASTRACK returns to Manhattan and Queens

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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On March 30, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit's (NYCT) FASTRACK program returns to the E, F, M and R lines in Manhattan and Queens.

 

For two consecutive weeks until April 10, E service will be suspended between Roosevelt Av and World Trade Center; F service will be suspended between Roosevelt Av and 21 St-Queensbridge; M service will end early between 71 Av and Essex St each night and R service will end early between 71 Av and 36 St in Brooklyn each night.

“All subway stakeholders win with FASTRACK,” said Joseph Leader, senior vice president for the Department of Subways. “Workers have a better and safer work environment, customers benefit from improved train service and reliability and NYCT saves money by getting more work done in less time.”

During the previous FASTRACK in November 2014, train service was suspended for four consecutive nights along a five-mile section of the Queens Boulevard line between Roosevelt Av and 5 Av/53 St on the E and 21 St-Queensbridge on the F, as NYC Transit workers took full advantage of the seven hours of train-free access each night to perform a range of cleaning and maintenance tasks of station and tunnel infrastructure, signal equipment and track and third rail components.

Track workers scraped and cleaned 12,787 feet of track, installed 882 tie plates, 23 rails, 56 friction pads and 39 tie blocks and cleaned 1,705 feet of track under and around the third rail. Infrastructure workers grouted 169 leaks, repaired 230 square feet of damaged concrete, including pouring 17 square feet of new concrete, cleaned 550 feet of drain line, removed 800 gallons of silt, repaired 224 feet of handrail and replaced 558 light bulbs. At stations, workers scraped and cleaned 14,700 square feet and painted 11,380 square feet of station surface areas.

They also repaired 40 feet of rubbing board attached to the platform’s edge, patched 22 square feet of concrete and installed 20 feet of new drain line. Signal crews tested and serviced five signals and six switches and performed maintenance work on eight rail/switch segments and other signal components. Workers also performed preventative maintenance on elevators and escalators and serviced communications equipment.

 

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