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A meme I made of one of the MTA's post-Sandy Flickr pics...

Did anyone see the story in the news about the killer nanny on the Upper West Side? Scary sh*t.

This one cracked me up

Don't know if anyone's posted this already, but this is really cool:

How come the subway map shows some rush-hour supplements ( to Rockaway Park, to Nereid Avenue) but not others ( to New Lots, to Jamaica-179th)? The only thing I've noticed regarding these is that the ones they don't show are a matter of terminal space, and the ones they do show are typically to provide extra service regardless.

With the stations spaced apart the way they're planned, there's really no need for more than 2 tracks. When planned back in the 70s, it was to be a high speed line. We've becomes spoiled with the 4track system. NYC and SEPTA's Broad Street Subway are the only 4 tracked systems. If a 2 tracked line is successful with cbtc on the L, SAS doesn't really need it.

The Chicago 'L' Purple Line Express run is another 4-tracked line, but you're right, we've assumed express tracks too easily.

Service Change Posted: 09/29/2012 8:49AM

 

 

Due to a signal trouble at the Vernon Blvd- Jackson Avenue Station, there are no train service from the Times Square-42 Street Station to the Flushing-Main Street Station in both directions.

Please expect delay in train service at this time.

 

 

One Signal trouble caused the entire shutdown of the 7?!

 

What I don't get is, if the whole line is down, why they said "please expect delays in train service at this time."

Isn't there NO train service at this time?

Hey, does anyone know why uptown trains were running local from 42nd to 59th today (at around noon)? Thanks

Here's something that might also go to the :

 

Put it on the , it'd be an improvement.

 

 

I don't see why there would be complaints. It is just a train at the end of the day. They were running regular service on the Brighton right after 9/11 and when the Broadway side of the Manhattan Br was closed.

 

Exactly. In my opinion, R46's are even some of the better cars of the current MTA fleet. I'm sure 30 years in the future, there will be complaints about R160s. But the MTA can't operate rolling stock based on who will complain.

What was the deal with the R160 Lefferts yesterday?

 

It was borrowed from the fleet.

http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/36446-f-to-lefferts-blvd-go/

 

 

If the Nets pay for them, then yes, if not, no.

 

I can see that happening, after all, they paid $4 million for a 20 year lease on the naming rights to Atlantic Avenue.

The trains were pretty crowded from the Labor Day Parade. It'd be really awesome if next labor day the 5 could run to Flatbush or Utica. If traffic is a concern, keep the 4 express and the 5 local. Or just run extra 2 and 3 trains. Of course, I doubt the MTA would enjoy the $$$ spent doing extra stuff like this for every big parade.

 

Speaking of extra trains, does anyone think they might send extra trains on game days when Barclays Center opens?

If 18/28 are so useless, them why do they get so much ridership?

 

Agreed. If I had to pick one of the stops to close down, it'd be a much less used station like Franklin or Canal.

Another question: how come the doesn't shorten platforms on the already to at least 6- car length? I see so many out-of-towers running when the trains zooms right by them or stops short. Is it because of the occasional F reroute, or does the think that Williamsburg, Greenpoint, etc.'s population will one day call for a lengthening?

The problem is that the and would have to terminate on the express tracks inside Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike, which would block and trains. At 71 Av, the trains stay on the local tracks, go past the station, and turn around on a lower-level track near 75 Avenue, thus not blocking other trains.

 

The track map for this area: http://www.nycsubway...northeast_3.png

 

Ohhh... makes sense. I do hate trains terminating on two different platforms, such as the Q at 57th on weekends.

CBTC on the anybody?

YES... especially because despite being on a main branch in Manhattan, it doesn't share tracks with anybody, even better for CTBC. While we're at it, CTBC on the please. Haha

Quick question-- this may be a stupid one, but how come the M and R don't go two stops further and terminate at the next express-configured station, Kew Gardens, as opposed to their current terminal, Forest Hills- 71st Ave?

I say a return of the last W before it was discontinued (Astoria Local/Broadway Local), except it would be continued through the Monyague Street Tunnel after Whitehall with the R to Jay Street Metrotech. The MTA would build a short connector tunnel at Jay Street between the BMT and IND tracks, and the W serves as the Culver Express to Church Avenue, with a peak-direction express extension to Kings Highway. Like the last W, this would be a weekday-only route.