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Posted by randyo on Tue Apr 3 14:48:11 2018, in response to Re: Those EIS Stations...MTA Running Out Of Money!, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Apr 3 11:53:51 2018. Many of the station renovations are entirely unnecessary. In many cases all that needs to be done is to lean and patch up a few tiles on the existing station walls. A lot of money was wasted on the Bway and 4 Av stations of the BMT during the platform extensions when all that needed to be done was to match the extensions with the original tile work. Even more money was wasted to restore some of the Bway stations to match their original pre 1969 condition. As for the need to replace the signaling, most of the signals on the system are relatively new and do not go back to the 1930s as the know nothing management of the MTA alleges. With the possible exception of the Wh Pl Rd line of the IRT (which may now have had all new signaling installed since I was there last) the entire IRT and BMT are completely push button and state of the art with the possible exception of the Bway Subway which had its current signaling installed in the early 1960s. Even the BMT signaling on Bway is more modern that the MTA suits seem to think. The oldest signaling is on the IND and that is in the process of being upgraded including the installation of CBTC on Queens Blvd. The last of the old conventional signaling on the IND is in Bkln between Hoyt and Bway Jct (ENY). Even the ”old” signaling S/O there is post WWII. If yo red the news articles and watch the TV news, yo will note that the recent spate of signal failures is on lines that have recently had the newest signal equipment installed. |
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