By Joseph Morales

                  The IND Concourse Line(B,D Trains) is a subway line in the Bronx that begins at Norwood-205th St and travels via the Grand Concourse into Manhattan. Now, the MTA is starting the next phase of a reconstruction project to rehabilitate and modernize the 89-year old subway line between 161st-St Yankee Stadium and Norwood-205th St. The MTA says the reconstruction as part of its $51.5B capital program will lead to better service, reliability and a better customer experience. The project aims to mitigate leaks to prevent further deterioration and corrosion, repair or replace spalled concrete and cracks, remove and replace radio antennas and repair street level vents.

                 Also in the project, the MTA will look to rehabilitate stations along the line from 167th St to Norwood-205th St. NYCT President Richard Davey said this in a video obtained by Spectrum News NY1 about the plans for station rehabilitation, “The station rehabilitations will consist of scraping and painting, deep cleaning the floors, stairways, gum removal, thank God.” The only unfortunate part of this project is that there will be no express service on the D train between Norwood-205th St and 145th St until at least the end of January or beginning of February 2023. However, there is no doubt that the reconstruction is needed in order for the line to provide the best quality of subway service possible for years to come. In an MTA press release, New York City Senior Vice President Of Subways Demetrius Crichlow said, “In order to bring riders back to the subway, we need to ensure faster and more reliable service”. State of good repair work will bring us closer to the goal of providing a state of the art transit system.”

Broken tiles at Bedford Park Blvd Station on IND Concourse Line

Broken tiles and soiled walls at Bedford Park Blvd Station on the Concourse Line

Soiled walls at Bedford Park Blvd Station on the Concourse Line

Signage indicating service changes on D Trains during Concourse Line rehabilitation

Works Cited

“MTA to Begin Next Phase of Concourse Line Reconstruction on BD Lines in the Bronx.” MTA, 10 June 2022, https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-begin-next-phase-of-concourse-line-reconstruction-bd-lines-bronx. Accessed 13 July 2022.

Rivoli, Dan. “MTA to ‘refresh’ Grand Concourse stations during rehab work.” NY1, 28 June 2022, https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2022/06/29/mta-grand-concourse-stations-rehab-work. Accessed 13 July 2022.