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It was showing all trains. This was toward the front of the platform.

The countdown clocks were displaying train times when I passed thru Queens Plaza on the Queens bound side.

What a bad time for this to happen. Shuts down the entire QBL due to work at 71 Ave and Roosevelt Ave, as well as layups. Nowhere to turn or reroute trains.

So i just saw an OOS heading back to Manhattan via QBL express. Must be due to the investigation along the Astoria line. Wonder if it got sent to 71 Ave in service

They will say something to the effect of emergency brakes/BIE or stalled train on the PA quite a bit. Mechanical problems is the language used on the alert.

Agreed

Maybe it will be used for the upcoming long term weekend Clark St tube outage. I think the turns at 14 and the runs local south of times square, hence Broadway express north of 42nd and 7 Ave local south of 42nd

Well, it was on the QM11 bus I took on Thursday. It was a College Point depot 29xx series express bus, one of the older ones.

No. Read carefully. It says that the is running to the Lex/63rd station, then via the to 96th. The and you see there are for identification puroses only.

Do all of the 29xx series express buses (with the green front sign) have the fare indicator box mounted above the driver so that the passengers see it? I dont ride too often, but when I do I always have gotten one of the newer 3xxx buses with the orange front sign. I got on at the last pickup stop so I dont know if it still works or not. It looked like this

Why does the new Roosevelt Ave QBL interlocking have some strange behavior with the signals? Over the past year since it was installed in phases, I have seen (in no particular order *Signals mid platform that stay red until a train is several blocks away, then show a brief ST (20 or 15 light), then turn yellow. This is if the home signal at the end of the platform is yellow over green or green over green. These mid platform signals are never green. *Red home signals will still be preceded by the brief ST aspect, but this is usually if one train just pulled out and another is right behind waiting to enter *Said station time aspects in mid station *One shot timers for diverging movements. Why not have 2 shots or the newly installed ST? *extremely close and bright signals. Looking out the RFW on an e/b express, sometimes its hard to tell the next signal especially with another train in front or 3 to 4 yellows ahead in a row I havent noticed much of a reduction in speed on the QBL around there, save for the express during rush hour (they repositioned some signals and control lengths on the expressw/b at Elmhurst and e/b at 65th, this has caused more congestion around there), and am curious as to the rationale of putting in all this complex operation, especially with CBTC coming soon.

Manhattan or Brooklyn?

The work train apparently went through the 60th st Tunnel to Lex/59, and is now making its way up the QBL into Jamaica Yard. To make matters worse, the Jamaica bound QBL local track is OOS for planned work. From NYCTSubway Twitter

First time seeing this one https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/854157602347003904?s=09 #ServiceAlert: b/d trains are running with delays, slow moving work train between Queensboro Plaza and 34 St. https://t.co/vhZQ2kZ2vb

https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/853612710285774848

That Jay St incident according to the NYCTA twitter was a misroute. They had to back the train up to Jay St and discharge it.

So why did I just see a NIS pass through on the Manhattan bound local track at Roosevelt Ave?

There are clocks at both stations, as well as Roosevelt Ave, on mezannine and platform levels. They have been there for a few months, but are curremtly black. On another note, why are there next train indicators at Roosevelt Ave on the ramp at the east end of the mezzanine? I'm talking about the kind you find at terminals like at 57th st which are not used anymore

Im thinking either to 9 Ave or a simple via local between 36th and 59th (4th Ave)

Has the from Flatbush ended for the night? Due to a train with mechanical problems at 86 St, the following service changes are in effect: Northbound and trains are running local from Grand Central-42 St to 125 St. Northbound trains running on the line from South Ferry to Chambers St, then on the line to 149 St-Grand Concourse. Expect delays on the northbound , , , and train service. Allow additonal travel time.

Countdown clocks have been activated at the Whitehall St platforms as of this morning. They are the same as the others along Broadway

That is indeed what happened. Now it makes more sense.

IMO it is not a good idea to have the terminate at Lex 59 and the at Canal, especially with the still running and the being relegated to supplementing the on Broadway and 4 Ave As others have said, have the run 96th to 59th BK or Bay Ridge, and maybe terminate the at whitehall or suspend it entirely. The passengers will be confused regardless of what service changes are in place on a day like this.

The service change website for the weekend of March 25th now has the to Utica/New Lots instead of the to E180. Looks like the woke up and used their brain

Pennsylvania Ave on the reopens on Mar 6 https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/835929169447936000