NYCT a year ago launched FASTRACK, which calls for devoting four consecutive weeknights to perform maintenance work in tunnels, stations and on tracks. The process involves complete suspension of service within a given line segment for a seven-hour period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. to provide crews complete access to the system without interference from passing trains.
The new FASTRACK corridors for 2013 will include the Broadway NQR south of Queensboro Plaza to Court Street; A Line between 168th Street and 207th Street in upper Manhattan; Concourse D Line between 161st and 205th streets; Queens Boulevard Line EFMR between 5th Ave/53rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue; Lexington Avenue Local 6 between 45th and 100th Streets; and Lexington Avenue Express 45 also between 45th and 100th streets.
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