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February 02, 2017
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FASTRACK Returns to the BDFM Sixth Avenue LineB and M Service ends Early in Manhattan each Night
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On Monday, February 6, MTA New York City Transit’s FASTRACK program returns to Trains will operate as follows:
Travel alternatives:
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/nyct/service/fastrack_BDFM_6Av.htm Wynton Habersham, Senior Vice President for the Department of Subways said "FASTRACK has proven to have a significant impact on decreasing delays – both in terms of consolidating maintenance forces in a concentrated area and in terms of proactive maintenance that improves service delivery.” During our previous FASTRACK in March 2016 along the At stations, workers scraped, primed and painted 21,000 feet, 53,000 feet and 35,470 feet of station surface areas respectively. They also replaced 1,535 station light bulbs, 24 ballasts, 33 platform signs, 14 wayfinding signs, installed 150 feet of drain line, and painted and repaired 7,696 feet and 598 feet of rubbing board at the platform’s edge. Signal crews serviced 11 switched, 6 signals, tested 18 signals and tested 19 switches. This only represents a portion of the work that is completed during FASTRACK. 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.. This gives free access to the system, allowing an army of maintenance workers to perform dozens of tasks repairing and replacing components that are vital to providing safe and reliable train service without the concern of having to "clear up" to allow trains to pass. FASTRACK efforts have been highly successful in providing a safer work environment for employees and improved station conditions for customers. Our next FASTRACK overnight closure will be on the |
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