Queens subway station loses moving walkways

The city subway system’s only two futuristic moving walkways will soon be a thing of the past.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is ripping out the only two people-movers at the Court Sq. station in Long Island City and the pathway connecting the No. 7 and G lines with the E and M lines.

The 350-feet-long walkways, which are the only ones in the subway system, didn’t significantly speed up the trip for riders making the transfer, MTA officials said.

People saved an average of nine seconds and broke down frequently — one of them was out of service for 34 straight days last year, the MTA said.

Together, the walkways were out of service 20% of the time and cost about $210,000 a year to maintain.

MTA officials want to open up the passageway for the throngs of displaced L train riders who will be transferring from the G train once the Canarsie Tunnel shutdown starts in April.

“These mechanical walkways are at the end of their useful lives, and we can improve passageway flow and free up resources for elevators and escalators by removing them,” MTA spokesman Shams Tarek said.

Work has started on one walkway, leaving one for commuters to use. It should take about 10 weeks, through September, to finish the project.