Nyc Subway Control Room
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Nyc subway control room. The news of derailments and train track issues seemed like a distant past for the dispatchers in the penn station control room. Mta new york city subway r32 r127 refuse garbage train on the d line grand street duration. Opened in 1904 the new york city subway is one of the world s oldest public transit systems one of the most used and the one with the most stations. In this file photo mta subway train dispatcher joe maher works in a control room of mostly 1930s technology for subway interlocking switch and signal control at the 4th st.
Mta supervisory tower. As of may 2014 the system consists of about 14 850 signal blocks 3 538 mainline switches 183 major track junctions 10 104 automatic train stops and 339 191 signal relays. See the equipment and track circuit control modules in action. The new york subway.
There are now 472 stations most. The new york city subway system has for the most part used block signaling since its 1904 opening. The new york city subway is a rapid transit system owned by the city of new york and leased to the new york city transit authority a subsidiary agency of the state run metropolitan transportation authority mta. New york subway system transports over 5 million passengers every weekday and about 3 million passengers each day on the weekend.
Usually automated subways also include surveillance systems such as closed circuit tv to allow people to monitor trains progress and safety from a control room two way radio systems allow passengers to talk to employees in the control room or summon help in case of an emergency. Get a behind the scenes look inside one of metro s train control rooms. Its construction and equipment 1904 the interborough subway historic american engineering record new subways for new york. Sensors also detect objects near the train or in doorways so people don t get caught between the doors or hurt.
The subway system opened on october 27 1904 with 28 stations in manhattan.