Jcb Posted January 26, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 26, 2016 What are the worst interlockings in the system in terms of slowing speed and reducing capacity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelestor Posted January 26, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 26, 2016 The IRT junction in Brooklyn is the worst, given that the , , , all serve busy corridors but run lower capacity trains than the B Division. A Dekalb Ave style rebuilding with a flying junction would probably increase capacity in practice by 20 percent or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardye1 Posted January 26, 2016 Share #3 Posted January 26, 2016 lol the nostrand junction RIP the guy above me knows also the at DeKalb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azspeedbullet Posted January 26, 2016 Share #4 Posted January 26, 2016 the J/M at Myrtle ave. They need a better way route the M. Its kinda annoying being on a J train held up by a M that needs to make soo many track changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted January 26, 2016 Share #5 Posted January 26, 2016 Canal St . Most annoying when I operate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted January 27, 2016 Share #6 Posted January 27, 2016 the J/M at Myrtle ave. They need a better way route the M. Its kinda annoying being on a J train held up by a M that needs to make soo many track changes. It's not even a lot of track changes. It's literally one switch and that track crosses the other two. There's only ONE way to route the as by the time it gets to Brooklyn, it' already near the end of its route. The , which will be travelling further out, requires that little bit of express service. Frankly, I'd extend that express service to Broadway Junction and run the as the local during rush hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted January 28, 2016 Share #7 Posted January 28, 2016 Canal St . Most annoying when I operate. I've mentioned this before. Someone responded with "it's a new interlock". It still sucks. I understand that they don't want any incidents but the signals are red for the next train for a seemingly unnecessary long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsunflyguy Posted January 28, 2016 Share #8 Posted January 28, 2016 the J/M at Myrtle ave. They need a better way route the M. Its kinda annoying being on a J train held up by a M that needs to make soo many track changes. It would be easiest if the ran express Westbound and the ran on the express Eastbound...but that would be considered 'complicated'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted January 28, 2016 Share #9 Posted January 28, 2016 34 Street–Herald Square going northbound on the Broadway line is a **********k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxBombers Posted January 29, 2016 Share #10 Posted January 29, 2016 34 Street–Herald Square going northbound on the Broadway line is a **********k. The Broadway Line is just a cluster F mess in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted January 30, 2016 Share #11 Posted January 30, 2016 Forest Hills/71av sucks as a terminal and makes the track capacity of QBL Local way lower than it ought to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 30, 2016 Share #12 Posted January 30, 2016 59 St-Columbus Circle, with the or Flushing-Main St Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK Depot Posted January 30, 2016 Share #13 Posted January 30, 2016 Forest Hills/71av sucks as a terminal and makes the track capacity of QBL Local way lower than it ought to be. IMO I think they should really run the M to 179... The F can run express up Hillside to 179... Free up the bottleneck at 71st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 30, 2016 Share #14 Posted January 30, 2016 Brighton Line: Brighton Beach, Kings Hwy during weekday G.Os and Bren Parkside AV and Prospect Pk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted January 31, 2016 Share #15 Posted January 31, 2016 To alleviate the DeKalb Ave junction can it be solved with the via Sea Beach and the via Brighton Exp. so this way the doesn't have to diverge between different tracks with a smooth operation.... I guess not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted January 31, 2016 Share #16 Posted January 31, 2016 To alleviate the DeKalb Ave junction can it be solved with the via Sea Beach and the via Brighton Exp. so this way the doesn't have to diverge between different tracks with a smooth operation.... I guess not Lets look at the track layout there. Any train that goes through the DeKalb bypass automatically lead to the 4 Av express tracks. Under your plan, you would now have both and trains going through the bypass, and have Brighton served by 2 Broadway lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted February 1, 2016 Share #17 Posted February 1, 2016 Lets look at the track layout there. Any train that goes through the DeKalb bypass automatically lead to the 4 Av express tracks. Under your plan, you would now have both and trains going through the bypass, and have Brighton served by 2 Broadway lines. It was less of a plan and more of a thought. I understand the current setup is because of service flexibility. Looking at the track layout it looks more like 6th Ave tracks leads straightforward down 4th Ave than the Broadway train tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted February 1, 2016 Share #18 Posted February 1, 2016 Forest Hills/71av sucks as a terminal and makes the track capacity of QBL Local way lower than it ought to be. Isn't the whole reason it's slow that they have to fumigate the trains? The IND terminals were all designed to be high-capacity (with the exception of WTC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordsaitamaboss Posted February 1, 2016 Share #19 Posted February 1, 2016 IMO I think they should really run the M to 179... The F can run express up Hillside to 179... Free up the bottleneck at 71st Sadly it may have to come to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted February 1, 2016 Share #20 Posted February 1, 2016 Isn't the whole reason it's slow that they have to fumigate the trains? The IND terminals were all designed to be high-capacity (with the exception of WTC) I'm not sure forest hills was ever really meant to be a terminal. Hence why 179 has a hell of a lot of capacity. Pretty sure it was originally designed to be the terminal for the whole line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B46 via Utica Posted February 1, 2016 Share #21 Posted February 1, 2016 I'm not sure forest hills was ever really meant to be a terminal. Hence why 179 has a hell of a lot of capacity. Pretty sure it was originally designed to be the terminal for the whole line. It actually was supposed to be but the amount of capacity there would be crazy the only possible terminal other than 179 st is Forest Hills because it's right next to Jamaica Yard. It was originally for the , and but Jamaica Center came along in 1988 and they decided to reroute the there and cut the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted February 2, 2016 Share #22 Posted February 2, 2016 I'm not sure forest hills was ever really meant to be a terminal. Hence why 179 has a hell of a lot of capacity. Pretty sure it was originally designed to be the terminal for the whole line. If you think about it if you used Forest Hills as a terminal back then it was only for the and anything short turned for the yard. IIRC the ran local to 179th from Forest Hills. I'd compare it to Euclid on the other end. WTC wasn't built as a terminal either nor was Smith-Ninth St but ended up being used as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK Depot Posted February 2, 2016 Share #23 Posted February 2, 2016 Sadly it may have to come to that. That's not sad.... That's actually a good solution I thought about saying the R train but then I thought about it The run time added on the R would take it from bad to worse I think the M is more frequent than the R on QB So sending it those extra stops wouldn't hurt a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfanrod Posted February 12, 2016 Share #24 Posted February 12, 2016 We might need a 2nd terminal for the , 4th ave local suffering with 1 line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juelz4309 Posted February 14, 2016 Share #25 Posted February 14, 2016 1.Southbound 2/5 AM Rush Bet Jackson-3 Ave/149 Merge..Time gained southbound on the 5 ALWAYS gets negated by passing '2"s I caught the 745 "5" Southbound every day from 225/WPR BEHIND the 744 "2"...Pass it At SIMPSON on a good day just to get held up at Jackson For that SAME 2 to pass us...Granted it dosent happen evry day but at least 3 outta 5 days it happens...Why schedule it like that!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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