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1 hour ago, N6 Limited said:

What about Newark Airtrain? I know the PATH is supposed to be extended there soon.

Not sure tbh. They currently dont take metrocard, only train tickets IINM

On 1/8/2020 at 11:20 PM, HenryB said:

any news on JFK AirTrain getting OMNY?

I think there is one of the places need OMNY the most, since not everyone traveling from outside of NYC has metrocard 😴 

Looking back at a Jan 7 press release, Airtrain and PATH ("affiliates") will be supported by the end of 2022

The also has announcements out of sync when running on QBL local. 

Theyve been keeping to that promise so far

@RR503 have any of the STs at Roosevelt been fixed or modified? and trains seem to be moving better in that area during the AM rush recently.

Caught 4828 on the  at Canal this morning. Same set I got 2 days ago on the (J). Pic taken 10 minutes ago toward Broad

42 minutes ago, danielhg121 said:

Yea, I noticed that recently, perhaps they just flat out ignore tweets for where certain equipment is. It does get annoying on their end, I'll admit.

One guy on twitter constantly asks them about where the R179s are at certain times of the day, I dont blame them for ignoring questions about certain car types

5 hours ago, bobtehpanda said:

Judging by how Queens Blvd looks whenever it rains, they better be floodproof.

The queens blvd transponders are bigger and bulkier than those on the 7. They appear to be covered by default, as they were installed a couple of years ago already. 

2 minutes ago, Union Tpke said:

Please take pictures and share them!

I just got off at Broad. The train should be currently heading back uptown. If i get an r42 tomorrow i will report back

1 hour ago, R32 3838 said:

I'm hearing 4 R42's are in service. 2 are running on the right now.

So far no R32's were transferred to ENY as most of them are on the and with the having those 3 R160's from ENY

Can confirm, I am currently on 4826 on the

there was also a service alert sent this morning, despite the appearing to run

There is reduced J train service during the morning rush while we evaluate a mechanical issue that may affect J and Z trains. J trains will make all local stops and run approximately every 7 minutes, compared to every 5 minutes in the standard schedule.

Z trains are not running.

Expect longer wait times and crowding.

@RR503 your posts on here are pure gold. Thanks for the additional info, it adds a lot of needed context to the report. 

34th St Herald Sq has bases installed

Today I was at 2 separate stations where the turnstile bank had at least one reader with a malfunctioning screen. Very unlikely due to vandalism. I purposely tried them to see what would happen

Fortunately the NFC and blue/green/red corner lights still worked properly and the taps worked the first time. 

I wonder why a screen was chosen as opposed to a dot matrix like we have now, especially considering the screen only shows reader status and a go no go tap result. Its just another point of failure to account for

5 hours ago, Italianstallion said:

Canal St. is not a second-to-last-stop because you can continue southbound at Brooklyn Bridge by changing to the or .

1 hour ago, Jemorie said:

Still second to last stop on the  individually.

Late nights the covers Lex ave local though. 

CBTC testing is currently going on as I write this post on the QBL express between Forest Hills and presumably Jackson Heights. Both directions I saw test trains running at full speed, employees were at the front with laptops and other equipment. One was a 10 car train the other a 5 car train IIRC. 

This testing is what is causing the full local service GO. 

2 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

The January 2020 stations have been announced:

66 St-Lincoln Center to Van Cortlandt Park-242 St

Chambers St to Wall St

  Inwood-207 St to Jay St-MetroTech

59 St-Columbus Circle to Broadway-Lafayette St

 

Where is this posted? The omny site doesnt seem to be updated yet

Jerome Ave line is entirely enabled north of 149

On 12/16/2019 at 3:34 PM, LegoBrickBreaker101 said:

Q58 which is heading back to Fresh Pond

That will be an improvement, the Q58 has been bunching more than usual after the move to Grand Ave. 

On a different note, how well are B/Os trained on queue jump signals? The Q53 ops dont always go on a white bar light while thru traffic has a red, even when it is safe to do so (which is most of the time).

The got stuck in the 60th st tube  behind the delayed and trains, I was on one at the start of this. 

Lawrence st is right, the train was only affected due to workers on the track and wasnt having CBTC problems. 

Did any or trains get rerouted to Forest Hills?

This twitter thread supposedly will be updated daily

I saw a reader being troubleshooted at Whitehall a few minutes ago. The brains look like they are located in the skinny side parts of the turnstiles that separate each lane , above gate arm level. 

As of 830am Dec 16 Whitehall readers are fully in service

Transponder installation has been going on for a while, at least the last 2 to 3 years in some spots. 6th Ave has had some for a while, along with 53rd st. The 11th st cut got them in the last couple of months. 

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

Most likely the switch at Queens Plaza is stuck again, so trains from 63rd St have to run via QBL Local and trains from 53rd St have to run express.

Usually when that happens it is announced as a switch problem. This time the NYCT twitter mentioned the tower. 

Service resumed in the meanwhile