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Gap fillers on the New York City Subway are movable platform extensions at stations where the curvature of the platform creates a significant gap between the platform and subway car door. In contrast, see "Mind the gap".

History

The Interborough Rapid Transit Company's first cars were built with only two doors on each side, at the extreme ends of the car, lining up with the curved platforms so as not to leave a wide gap between the train and the platform. When the IRT modified existing cars and ordered new cars with a middle door, gap fillers were needed because the middle door was not near the platform. After the City of New York bought the IRT in 1940, new car designs (starting with the R12) had the end doors away from the extreme ends of the carbody, which also required the use of gap fillers at certain stations.

Stations with gap fillers

The former South Ferry station with gap fillers extended out to a 9 train awaiting passengers, 14 September 2004
The downtown bound side of 14th Street–Union Square, 2 April 2010. An unextended gap filler can be seen at the bottom of the image along the platform edge, with additional gap fillers visible in the distance.

IRT stations with gap fillers were:

  • South Ferry, outer loop. The station closed on 16 March 2009 and was replaced by a new station which does not require gap fillers.
  • 14th Street–Union Square (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), downtown platform (local and express). There may have been gap fillers on the uptown express platform. A new design of gap filler was installed in 2004 to provide maintenance access from the platform rather requiring crews to stand at track level.

Manufacturers

The 2004 replacement gap fillers were manufactured by Jaygo Incorporated and Manning & Lewis Engineering.

References

  1. "IRT West Side Line: South Ferry". 15 March 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  2. "IRT East Side Line: Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall". 2 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  3. "IRT East Side Line: 14th Street/Union Square". 24 June 2005. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  4. "IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle: Times Square". 28 June 2005. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  5. "Jaygo Incorporated: Gap Fillers". 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  6. "Gap Fillers - Custom Design Units -- Manning and Lewis Engineering". 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.

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