The G train is our lifeline, and for 6 weeks this summer it's gonna be shut down, said local City Council Member Lincoln Restler. And that's just gonna be a huge pain in the you-know-what for everybody.
Shutting down a subway line is no small undertaking, and the MTA isn't doing it without justification. The transit agency is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to replace the line's Great Depression-era train signals with modern Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC).
The one silver lining I would say here is the CBTC technology they are installing while the shutdown is happening is a major positive development for the G line, said Restler. And it will hopefully, in the not distant future, lead to more efficient service, more reliable service, even more frequent serv
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