Mar 11, 2025 · Communications-based train control (CBTC) drastically improves the reliability of subway service. Here are details about how it works, how it benefits customers, and where we're installing it. You may think of signals as the devices that look like traffic lights on our tracks.

Culver CBTC covers Church Avenue to W8 Street. The MTA is piloting a new way to instaall CBTC faster on the G by enacting 24/7 shutdowns over the summer at various points. If the pilot is successful they may use full line shutdowns in future CBTC projects.

Dec 2, 2022 · The newer technology, known as communication based train control (CBTC), is replacing a signal network that has been used to direct subway traffic since the 1930s.

Nov 18, 2020 · CBTC on Culver Line for NYCT 1. This project builds on the CBTC work on the QBL line and will overlay the Culver Line with CBTC signaling from W8 St to Church Ave Station, Brooklyn. The work includes modernizing of the Ave X …

Jun 28, 2023 · Crosstown isn’t just the latest CBTC project. It reflects a completely transformed approach to delivering signal modernization. CBTC takes control of switches and signals, eliminating the need for the legacy system. State funding is increased by $1 million.

Jan 16, 2024 · The MTA has also begun CBTC installation along the IND Eighth Avenue Line and the IND Culver Line, two major subway lines located in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The IND Crosstown Line is also slated to receive CBTC, with installations expected to start around 2027.

We’re modernizing the signaling system on the Culver Line between Church Av and W 8 St. This means more reliable transit and fewer delays. Here are details about service changes and what you can expect to improve.

JOADEM Corporation has been contracted by Bureau Veritas to provide quality control (QC) special inspections and materials testing services for the MTA New York City Transit’s (NYCT) Culver Line Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Project in Brooklyn, New York.

Jun 1, 2020 · The $253 million project, which had its original late March start date pushed back in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, will replace 70-year-old technology between Church Ave. and Coney Island with a Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) system.

The project scope of work consists of the complete CBTC signal system overlay on NYCT’s Culver Line between West 8th Street and Church Avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, including signal system modernization for the Avenue X and Ditmas Avenue interlockings, trackwork and construction of three relay room buildings.