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Posted 27 March 2015 - 08:29 PM

NYCT news release, 3/26:
 

 

 FASTRACK Returns to the EFMR Queens Blvd Line

 

M and R Service Ends Early Each Night

 

On Monday, March 30, MTA New York City Transit’s FASTRACK program returns to the E Line F Line M Line R Line lines in Manhattan and Queens for two consecutive weeks. Beginning Monday, March 30, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., for four consecutive weeknights, and from Monday, April 6, to early Friday morning, 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 Line service will end early between 71 Av and Essex St each night. R Line service will end early between 71 Av and 36 St in Brooklyn each night.

 

How trains will operate:

• E Line service will operate in Queens between Jamaica Center and 74 St/Roosevelt Av.

• M Line service ends early between 71 Av and Essex St. M shuttle service between Metropolitan Av and Myrtle Av will run all night.

• R Line service ends early between 71 Av and 36 St in Brooklyn. R shuttle service will run all night in Brooklyn between 95 St and 36 St.

• F Line service will operate in two sections as follows: Between Jamaica-179 St and 74 St-Roosevelt Av. Between Coney Island-Stillwell Av and 21 St-Queensbridge.

 

Travel alternatives:

• Take the 7 Line between Manhattan and 74 St-Roosevelt Av or Queensboro Plaza.

• Take the N Line between Manhattan and Queensboro Plaza.

• In Manhattan, transfer at 5 Av/42 St-Bryant Pk 7 Line F Line , Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority 7 Line A Line C Line N Line , and 34 St-Herald Sq F Line N Line .

• In Manhattan along 8 Avenue, take the A Line Local or C Line instead of the E Line .

• Along 53 St, use the D Line or nearby 6 Line and N Line stations instead.

• Free shuttle buses run local between Queensboro Plaza and 74 St-Roosevelt Av making station stops at Queens Plaza, 36 St, Steinway St, 46 St, Northern Blvd, and 65 St.

• In Queens, transfer between shuttle buses and trains at 74 St-Roosevelt Av 7 Line E Line F Line or Queensboro Plaza 7 Line N Line .

 

Joseph Leader, Senior Vice President for the Department of s, said, "All stakeholders win with FASTRACK. Workers have a better and safer work environment, customers benefit from improved train service and reliability, and New York

 

City Transit saves money by getting more work done in less time."

During our 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 Line , 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. This represents only a portion of the work completed during this FASTRACK diversion.

 

FASTRACK has been designed around the careful determination that there is adequate alternate means of transportation, including enhanced services along some bus lines during work periods. Alternative transportation options will be detailed in announcements and posters on trains, in stations and on selected buses; brochures will be available in both English and Spanish. Information on this FASTRACK is available on the web at http://web.mta.info/...#serviceChanges

 

FASTRACK was introduced in January 2012, devoting four straight weeknights to perform maintenance work in tunnels, stations and on tracks, completely suspending service within a given line segment for a seven-hour period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., allowing an army of maintenance workers to perform dozens of tasks.

 

 






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