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9/15/2009
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NYCT closes more A Line station platforms for Rockaway Branch program
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Yesterday, MTA New York City Transit closed Manhattan-bound platforms at two stations on the A Line’s Rockaway Branch to continue a $117 million station rehabilitation program.
The platforms at Beach 105th and Beach 90th stations will remain closed until Dec. 21; southbound platforms at Beach 67th, Beach 44th and Beach 25th Street stations that were closed Sept. 8 will reopen in mid-January.
To be completed at nine Rockaway Branch stations, the rehabilitation work calls for new canopies over stairs and platforms; renewing mezzanine and platform floors; installing vandal-resistant fluorescent lighting, new public-address systems and ADA-complaint elevators.
The Rockaway Branch opened in 1956 on the A Line, which dates back to 1892, when the route was operated by the Long Island Rail Road.
The platforms at Beach 105th and Beach 90th stations will remain closed until Dec. 21; southbound platforms at Beach 67th, Beach 44th and Beach 25th Street stations that were closed Sept. 8 will reopen in mid-January.
To be completed at nine Rockaway Branch stations, the rehabilitation work calls for new canopies over stairs and platforms; renewing mezzanine and platform floors; installing vandal-resistant fluorescent lighting, new public-address systems and ADA-complaint elevators.
The Rockaway Branch opened in 1956 on the A Line, which dates back to 1892, when the route was operated by the Long Island Rail Road.
