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Bus has been there since last year. I made mention of that on Friday.

So FIFA announced that the World Cup final in 2026 will be held at MetLife stadium. It'll be interesting what will or won't be done about the transit options to the stadium in two years.

The surge in posts where people report seeing the bus without the omny readers are irking me a bit. I'd wait until the bus is towed out of the depot before reporting, but that's just me.

It was on the 39 yesterday...

Been there since last year along with 2788.

Those are loans, Like Quill and Tuskegee, Hale tends to get loans from The Bronx almost every day.

3677 just ran a few hours ago. Speaking of which, are all those reported buses actually retired? Just curious to know from those that have seen the omny readers removed.

The and the city really need to do something about the homeless and drug addicts hanging out on the edges of stations on the line. 181st is pretty bad with some making it their own personal bathroom and the needles that keep piling up on the tracks. I feel for the train operators that manage to get a sniff of the station ends.

Not sure what you're trying to get at here when the guy was only asking if those two units were still in service or not.

I wasn’t referring to those specific units. I was making a general response to why any OG hybrid should be preserved.

For the museum as the first new local buses they bought when the took over the private bus operations nearly 20 years ago.

You know there is the option to EDIT the post instead of cluttering the page with "corrections"

The bus is on the Q31 so it must of covered for a Q30 run when heading to Jamaica or it was a BusTime error.

For those that use the during the evening-late night, there will be service disruptions on the route in Mid-February: No between Hunts Point Av and 125 St Feb 12 - 16, Mon to Fri, and Feb 20 - 23, Tue to Fri, 9:30 PM to 5:00 AM runs in two sections 1. Between Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall and 125 St and via the to/from 149 St-Grand Concourse 2. Between Hunts Point Av and Pelham Bay Park Shuttle Bus Free shuttle buses make all stops between 125 St and Hunts Point Av. Transfer between trains and Shuttle Bus at Hunts Point Av Accessibility and 125 St Accessibility. Note: Uptown trains skip the 138 St-Grand Concourse station. What's happening? Fastrack maintenance

It ran on the SIM7 earlier. Remember that all SI coaches end up moving back and forth between all 4 depots.

It seems a bit redundant to mention the Quill and Hale loans as they happen every day and the units sent to Tuskegee rotate daily.

Here's what the article said (I took this from a comment on a FB group) Four bolts — and their mysterious disappearance — are at the center of the MTA’s investigation into the Jan. 10 derailment of an F train in passenger service in Brooklyn, the Daily News has learned. MTA investigators are trying to track down the high-strength Grade 8 bolts, which were noticed missing from the undercarriage of the derailed car when crews arrived on the scene on Coney Island, transit sources told The News. The bolts are supposed to affix to a train’s undercarriage a piece called the “radius arm,” which helps keeps in place subway cars’ massive wheels and axles. Properly installed radius arms keep wheels correctly aligned as trains move, subway car experts explained. Photo from the scene of last week's F-train derailment, showing the truck that jumped the track. (Obtained by the Daily News) Photo from the scene of Jan. 10 F-train derailment, showing the truck that jumped the track. (Obtained by the Daily News) “If that [radius arm] falls off or breaks, it can derail a train,” said a transit source with knowledge of subway car maintenance. The fourth car of the northbound F train jumped the elevated track at midday on Jan. 10 as the train approached the Neptune Ave. station. No one was injured in the incident. Photos from the scene show one of the fourth car’s trucks — the wheel, motor and brake packages that make up the undercarriages of subway cars — more than a foot off the rails. What the bolts are supposed to look like, on another R160. (obtained by NYDN) A photo of another R160 radius arm. (Obtained by the Daily News) Those photos also show one of the subway car’s eight radius arms, boltless and disconnected — an assessment confirmed by multiple transit sources. Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the derailment, and have not ruled out track issues or other factors. But an MTA spokesperson confirmed Friday that the agency believes the bolts may have contributed to the incident. It is not yet clear whether the bolts broke before they disappeared, or if they were not properly installed in the first place. Sources told The News that vandalism was not being considered as a factor. When properly affixed to the train, the radius arm bolts are secured against accidental loosening with a metal cotter pin, according to a diagram of the truck reviewed by The News. Subway service was suspended in Coney Island on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, when an F train jumped the tracks near the W. 8th St.-NY Aquarium station in Brooklyn. (Emma Seiwell / New York Daily News) Subway service was suspended in Coney Island on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, when an F train jumped the tracks near the W. 8th St.-NY Aquarium station in Brooklyn. (Emma Seiwell / New York Daily News) While bolts can loosen over time from the vibrations and mechanical shocks of everyday train service, critical fasteners on trains are checked at regular inspections, said experts on subway maintenance. The trucks on the car that derailed, a Kawasaki R160, were last inspected on Nov. 21, and had traveled roughly 9,000 miles before the derailment, according to sources. That’s within the MTA’s maximum allowed inspection interval of every 78 days, or 12,000 miles. An MTA spokesperson told The News that out of an abundance of caution, some 50,000 radius arm bolts have been checked across the subway fleet since the derailment. The bolts have been checked on R160s and cars of similar design. A typical ten-car train of R160 cars should have 320 such bolts. The MTA said no “systemic issues” were found during the inspections, and officials believe riders are not currently at risk. MTA officials have previously said an issue with the track along that section of the Culver Line — which carries the F train over southern Brooklyn — was the likely cause for the derailment. Investigators are now looking into whether an issue with the track could have exacerbated the damage to the train’s undercarriage, sources said. The section of track where the train derailed had passed a walking inspection the day before, and was inspected by the agency’s track geometry car in November. Days before the Coney Island derailment, on Jan. 4, two slow-moving trains collided on tracks near the W. 96th St. and Broadway subway station in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, injuring 24 people, none seriously. That incident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Good thing they're doing this during the mid-winter recess for public school students instead of any other weekday.

I do question the accuracy of that report, but I can see that happening. The bus was on loan to Tuskegee and it last ran 3 days ago.

That’s even worse, with trains either still needing to go up so they can change to the downtown track, or disrupt and trains by using the express switches. It would make sense if and service was also cut to 96th. Just saw it clearer and I apologize for the error if it turns out to be a week long operation. The posting also has that date stretch so either this is truly week-long, or they bunched up both weekends into one stretch making it look like a long term change. I’ll need to come back to this once the postings for Feb 17-25 are posted.

service ends around that time the G.O starts up. The last Manhattan-bound train leaves Brighton at around 9 PM and the last to arrive from Manhattan is around 10-10:30. They can easily cut off service early on Friday.

I was referring to the President's day G.O. not the 191st St one for Structural maintenance.

The G.O. posting has "Structural improvements" listed, not station improvements.

Downtown Trains switch to the express track before 207th, skipping that station in the process. That shuttle isn't a 1-track operation and its been done plenty of time during the past few months. The curious bit is trains terminating at 116th. My guess is that structural work is being done on 125th St and 137th, hence why trains won't serve there. Trains can technically switch back to the downtown track without having to use 137th at all.

I can see why the temporary platforms would not be a thing. It would give work trains unimpeded access to the platforms under construction so that work is done faster rather than how things are being done at 82nd and 111th.