LExington ave Subway signal rehabilitation & modernization

The Lexington Avenue/53rd Street Station is on the IND Queens Boulevard line of the New York City Subway System. It has two tracks, one island platform and is 80 feet below street-level. In 1989, when a passageway connecting to 51st street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line was added, the 52rd street station became the sixth busiest in the system. The distinction came with a price: the station’s volume became intolerable at rush hour.

Over 30 trains per hour operate through the contract area during the rush hours on the E and V lines. The signal system is beyond its useful life and as a result failures of the system have resulted in increasing delays. To alleviate the problem, New York City Transit proposed a $106 million project consisting of various elements.

J-Track was an integral part of the successful bid of TC Electric, a fellow Judlau Company. J-Track will be performing all of the civil, architectural, track work, HVAC and fire protection work for this project. This work consists of the installation of special track work, railroad ties, and insulated rail joints as part of the new signal system, embedding a signal cable routing system into the floors of the mezzanines, the construction of relay rooms at the 5th Ave and Lexington Ave mezzanines, and the construction of three tunnel-lighting rooms within the subway.