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How is it possible to terminate the at Lafayette Av?

Okay, I've got a random dumb question: how does the conductor open the window on both sides of the train on a car with partial-width cabs?

I don't want to open up a can of worms, but some would consider this evidence of the MTA testing R160s for the . I'm not saying that it is; I'm just saying that some people would interpret it as that.

Gee, what happened at High St?

rerouted via the line from 36 St to DeKalb Av, then via the express to Brighton Beach. trains terminate at 71 Av to shorten the route, preventing a car shortage. runs via 63 St, and extended to Jamaica Center to replace the runs from Coney Island to 145 St because of too many trains in the 63 St tunnel. runs to Astoria via Broadway Express/60 St to avoid congestion in the 53 St tunnel because of trains running there. rerouted via the and from W 4 St to Jamaica Center to provide alternate service due to no trains there. runs via the between New Lots Av and 135 St, then via the to Dyre Av just because I like the Dyre Av line a lot. runs via the 42 St shuttle tracks from Grand Central to Times Sq and terminates there. Provides connection to line. The Pelham line is served by a green train that runs between Pelham Bay Park and 3 Av. Shuttle buses run between 3 Av and 125 St.

Okay, let's get back to real trains (if people want to):

Gee, southbound? That's crazy...That's only 43 MPH in real life.

The has some slow patches and fast patches, more extreme than the IRT I'm pretty sure. It's not just the timers; there are a lot of steep upgrade and downgrade sections of the route. The from 14 St to 59 St is noticeably slower because of the timers passing 23 St and 50 St, but I don't think it could exceed 35 MPH even without them, because of the upgrade. Passing 50 St was only 30 MPH before the timers were installed. CPW northbound is downgrade as has been discussed, and could be 50 MPH northbound without timers. 59 St - W 4 St is a pretty good stretch, and 45-50 MPH is possible coming southbound into 42 St. In Brooklyn, there are a lot of steep upgrade sections, and all of the steep downgrade sections are timed. That's my judgement. Yes, the timers into Broadway Junction and Utica Av are annoying, but aside from that, it's reasonably fast (30-35 MPH generally). If I'm correct, the IND was designed with steeper grades because the newer IND equipment in the 1930s could handle them better than IRT or BMT equipment. Thus, the IND could be built closer to the surface even if there are hills and such. Problem is, with the braking issues raised after the big crash, timers have been installed on many steep downgrades... Well, that's what I've got to say about the line.

http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/35569-the-official-speed-thread/

This isn't what the What If? thread is made for. If you have actual service proposals, why don't you use this thread: http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/35850-nyc-subway-proposals-and-real-world-expansion-ie-light-rail-2012-13/

NEXT: It's August 28th, 1991, and a downtown train derails on the switch from the express track to the local track north of Union Square. The accident happens at night, but both downtown tracks are still unusable during the next day.

2015, dude.

Oh, I thought "south of West 4 St on the 8 Av line" meant Manhattan only. Whoops...

207 St/168 St - Jay St Queens - Utica Av Jamaica Center - 2 Av Court Sq - Beford-Nostrand Avs some trains terminate at Chambers St

Here's what I'd do: WTC - Court Sq Coney Island - 21 St-Queensbridge trains run non-stop from Queensboro Plaza to 74 St/Bwy, use express track until 69 St Shuttle buses run in two sections: https://maps.google....ia=1,2&t=m&z=14 https://maps.google....=1,2,3&t=m&z=13

NEXT: FASTRACK has come to the Queens Blvd line. No trains can run between Jamaica Center/Jamaica-179 St and Court Sq-23 St/21 St-Queensbridge. Try to run shuttle buses as little as possible, but you can certainly run them. Court Sq and 21 St-Queensbridge stations may be used.

NEXT: No trains can pass through 135 St on any of the express tracks. You can't suspend any services. EDIT: and you can't terminate trains at 59 St-Columbus Circle.

I had an unusual ride uptown on the CPW express today...R32 going down the hill at 103 St + breakdancing performance = quite a sight. Those 32s do make the run feel even faster than it is...Felt like at least 40 MPH at 81 St, even though I know that it was more like 35.

Wallyhorse is a happy man today.

Since when did Wallyhorse get a job with the MTA??? Anyway, I think there was a closed entrance at GC-42 St today because of flooding...No word of it on the MTA website, though.

Sorry, you're right...I thought you were trying to say that those speeds were possible in real life (which it sounded like at first). I wasn't very upset, really, but in any case, I should have calmed down... Well, here's the speed in the 60 St tube, taken by FanRailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcPDbC_tO2Q&feature=relmfu

Nope. Let me make this clear: 65 MPH is NOT possible anywhere in the system. Let alone the southbound CPW express, which really isn't THAT fast, even without timers. I'm guessing 40-45 max without the timers. 50-55 may be possible northbound with no timers, but not southbound. Maybe 60 MPH would be possible in the 60 St tube with no timers, but that area has a HUGE downhill, which the southbound CPW express lacks...

Gee, OpenBVE seems pretty inaccurate...

Exactly what areas are impassible? And, how can the for example go in one section from Coney Island to Astoria without using the Broadway line?

NEXT: World Trade Center and the middle tracks at 2 Av are unusable.