Canarsie Line

Project Highlights

Joint venture partner to introduce CBTC on NYCT system
Installed CBTC technology on the line

Customer

New York City Transit Authority, part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority

Location

New York, New York

Category

Transit Rail Services

Provided By

L.K. Comstock participated in a joint venture to install Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) technology on the Canarsie Line, a 10-mile New York City Transit Authority (NYCT) subway line connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan.

L.K. Comstock updated the conventional, fixed-block wayside signals with intelligent radio frequency communications-based technology. Using CBTC technology, trains are controlled through two-way communications between the rail cars and wayside equipment. L.K. Comstock completed the project in 2007.

Unique Features

With CBTC, or moving-block signals, subway trains communicate with each other to maintain safe separation distance that varies according to their relative speeds. CBTC technology has enabled NYCT to increase the number of trains to provide more responsive, flexible train service for riders, while ensuring safe operations.