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On 3/25/2020 at 1:21 PM, Tonyboy515 said:

Special  service runs between Jamaica Center and Broad Street, then
via the  line to/from DeKalb Avenue, and via the  express line
to/from Kings Highway, last stop.


 

Why Kings Highway instead of Brighton Beach?

22 hours ago, Jova42R said:

Because the express tracks 145-168 are being worked on.

Ok, so a bus would run down kappock to broadway, then up to 242. special buses run from 225 to Dyckman.

So send the  local from 125. They do it all the time. It makes absolutely no sense why you would instead send the  up the Concourse and extend the  to 207.

That's a much better plan for your bus route. Although I can't recall there ever being a time where the entire bridge was closed to both vehicle and subway traffic.

On 3/20/2020 at 4:37 PM, Jova42R said:

STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE AND TRACK WORK

May weekends

 train service at 225 St, 231 St, 238 St, and 242 St is suspended.

 train service at 168 St, 175 St, 181 St, 190 St, Dyckman St, and 207 St is suspended

 trains run from Euclid Av to 168 St, then via the  to/from 207 St.

 trains run from Far Rockaway or Lefferts Blvd to 145 St, then via the  to/from 205 St

 trains run from South Ferry to 215 St.

Shuttle buses run on 2 routes:

Route #1:

• Dyckman St
• Dyckman St
  • via HH Pkwy
• Spuyten Duyvil MNR
  • MNR trains run increased service, cross-honor MetroCards from Marble Hill to Spuyten Duyvil.
• 231 St
• 238 St
• 242 St

Route #2:

• 215 St
• 207 St

NOTE: THE BROADWAY BRIDGE IS CLOSED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.  AND  BUS SERVICE IS VIA THE HH BRIDGE. USE THE M100.

If the can run to 207, why can't the  ? This GO makes absolutely no sense.

Don't even get me started on how little sense it makes to send a shuttle bus to the SPUYTEN DUYVIL MNRR station, especially if it's only to get customers to Marble Hill. You have obviously never driven to Spuyten Duyvil, which is an extremely unfriendly station for bus traffic, and there is no direct route from the Henry Hudson bridge to that station. You are also going to piss off every rider who is trying to get to Broadway since making that Spuyten Duyvil stop is going to add at least 15 extra minutes to their bustitution. At least run shuttle buses that go directly to Broadway!

Oh and regarding that other GO you posted, why would you call a service between Queens Plaza and Jamaica Center the  instead of the  ????

On 3/20/2020 at 3:17 PM, Jova42R said:

This is on the weekend, so  service is a non-issue.

The  terminates at Roosevelt Island because the switch replacement part of this is at 21 St. You can turn trains at Roosevelt Island - see this map:

https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/docs/NYC_full_trackmap.pdf

Roosevelt Island has neither a dispatcher office or a crew facility. Where are these crews supposed to take their lunch or comfort when they get to Roosevelt Island?

On 3/16/2020 at 9:25 PM, Jova42R said:

@LaGuardia Link N Tra GREAT Idea!

Here's mine:

SIGNAL MODERNIZATION AND SWITCH REPLACEMENT

Starting April 20, 2020 until Winter 2020, weekends and late nights

 service at 57 St, Lexington Av-63 St, Roosevelt Island, and 21 St-Queensbridge is suspended

 service at 72 St, 86 St, and 96 St is suspended

 

 trains run from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to Jamaica-179 St, via the  between 47-50 Sts and 36 St.

 trains run from Metropolitan Av to 47-50 Sts, then via the  to 145th St, the last stop.

 trains run from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to Lexington Av-63 St, then via the  to Roosevelt Island.

Gonna have to suspend  service or extend to Bedford Park all day if you want the  to end at 145. Also, Roosevelt Island isn't a terminal, why wouldn't you send the  to 21-QB?

On 3/16/2020 at 8:33 PM, Lawrence St said:

 

trains run between Bay Ridge-95th St and Court St, and via the  to/from Chambers St, the last stop.

 

....and how are you going to turn service at Chambers? The only way that could reasonably be done is if JH1&3 got restored, and trains would have to relay into those tracks. If IF that were done, those relays would interfere with both north and southbound  service, which makes a rather slow move across the switches north of Chambers. Nevermind that if you sent the  to Chambers, it would have to use 8 car trains.

A better solution would be to send the to Essex and have it turn on the J3-4 track in the station.

Conductors: You are given a radio for a reason. Learn how to use it. Don't wait for your partner to answer if the train is moving. My #1 peeve as a Train Operator was when I had a conductor who was afraid to use their radio. My #1 peeve as a dispatcher is conductors who refuse to answer the radio because they think only T/O's are supposed to answer. Also learn how to read the air gauge. It will let you know what is going on up front. Do not close the doors at a terminal if the train isn't charged yet!

Train Operators: I must emphasize this again. Do not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES operate a train with customers on board while in YX. You are there to move out of service trains only.

Hey guys just a friendly reminder that when you are in the YX program, you are not to operate a train with customers on board UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

The list exists and there have already been a couple of classes (permanent, not provisional) off of it. Including one I'm in!

List was established at end of June and the first class from it started this Monday. Up to #26

I'll say it again, I don't see anyone campaigning to close Wall St on the  and that's the same distance from Fulton and Bowling Green that 18 is from 23 and 14 on the

18th on the  and  are two completely different situations. 18th on the  was closed because 14th St's downtown platform is completely above 14th St, and when the platforms were extended to 10 cars, it made the stations way too close to each other. 14th St on the  was planned as a 10 car platform when it was first built and was placed completely south of 14th St in order to evenly space out the distance between it and 18.

I go through 18th St 3 times a day in both directions, and it ALWAYS has ridership. It makes no sense to close this station. If you're in such a rush, walk down to 14th and take the  or  !

There are stations in our system which are closer than 14-18-23 on the . Yet I don't hear anyone calling for the closing of Wall St on the  and  and have people just walk to Fulton or Bowling Green. And 33-28-23 on the  is even less distance than 14-18-23 on the  is but nobody's demanding we close 28 St  and make people walk the extra 4 blocks. I'm convinced the only reason anyone on this forum really wants to close 18th on the  is that they don't like the idea that it's the only line that has an 18th St stop and want the map to be symmetrical.

27 minutes ago, the7train said:

Take for example 18th St, 23rd, and 28th St on the Broadway Line. With so many passengers complaining about the state of stations, closing 18th and 28th, while expanding 23rd to improve its state allows for a better looking station. Trains also have to run less stations, meaning we can run more TPH. 

Plenty of people use all 3 of these stations. I swear the biggest goal on this forum (aside from getting something, ANYTHING to run through the Nassau cut again) is to close 18th St on the  .....

Yes those last 15 cars were OOS for a good 6 months. One of them was even being scrapped for spare parts. Mosholu wouldn't accept them when they took the other units, not that they could even make the trip without being horsed. I haven't worked Westchester or the  in quite a while so I'm not sure what the current story is with them except they appear to have them running and are now making sure that they're in good shape before getting transferred.

I've been operating the  in ATPM for a couple weeks now and it's no problem for me.....those who spent their whole career working the 62As might need some adjustment. I know some just chose to flee the line rather than Can't Believe This Crap.

14 hours ago, CTK246 said:

ATPM? WSP?

Automatic Train Protection Mode. Wayside Signal Protection.

That 142A on the  is undergoing 30 day testing before Mosholu will accept it.

On 4/2/2018 at 11:10 PM, Calvin said:

Speaking of the  to Nereid Av, the 5:24PM, 5:39PM and 5:51PM out of Flatbush Av to Nereid Av will always change to depart at the late rush.

These intervals no longer exist. There's a 5:21 and a 5:38 out of Flatbush to Nereid and those are the final two. As I already stated in this thread, if the crews that make those intervals come down late, they will also go back up late.

 

14 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I honestly don't know why it takes this long to replace the signalling system on Dyre. Back before the Clark St shutdown went into effect, the would always terminate at East 180th and only rarely go to Dyre on the weekends.

The Dyre line is going to be bustified for the next 3 weekends. However, the GO states this is for track replacement. The signal work is pretty much done on that line now.

No joke. the  line is now operating in CBTC ATPM mode 24/7 between Main St and Woodside-61, and in WSP from Woodside to 34-Hudson Yards. No exceptions will be made except in a CBTC zone controller failure, which means that ONLY CBTC-equipped trains can operate there during normal service, and only CBTC-qualified train operators may work the line. The last sets of R62A's were transferred to Westchester Yard last night.

1 hour ago, bobtehpanda said:

 

Is the express track north of WPR even used for anything?

Yes. It's constantly being used. 239 Yard has one of the busiest car washes. They have   trains all coming up there to wash, and they need to get stacked on the middle track to wait their turn to enter the yard.

You'll see a late evening  to Nereid if that's a crew that finishes at 239 Yard and were delayed getting down to Brooklyn earlier in the day. You can't send Dyre crews to 239 if they have additional trips to make, because they won't have sufficient time to do the layup and then get from 239 to Dyre in time for their next trip. 239 yard needs to have a certain number of sets in order to make up proper service the next morning, so if 239 never got a set from their scheduled interval, then a later interval will run.

There shouldn't be any AM problems at E180 unless a Nereid and a Dyre arrive at the same time. The uses B lead during the AM rush so that it leaves tk 2 available to both services. A and a Dyre can both come into E180 at the same time with no interference. 

PMs is another story. At the least, if a and a Nereid arrive at the same time, make the connection and then the can stay in the middle to Gun Hill. 

Going, going and GONE! Corona is now 100% R188. 

Wallyhorse, always good for a laugh. If 145 on the  hasn't been extended yet, don't count on ANYTHING ELSE getting extended. They'd do the  line way before they'd even consider doing the  or  ..... and even if you had 600 ft platform at Essex St, that still doesn't take into consideration that 75 ft cars can't use the Chrystie St connector to get there, so you can forget about the  or  terminating at Essex (and why bother when 2 Av makes a perfectly fine terminal?), which leaves just the  which can already platform at Essex just fine.

The  and the  are the same line, just a different stopping pattern. If they have it running during rush hour, there's a good chance.

What I want to know is WHO is gonna be operating these trains? To my knowledge, there's been no qualification classes on them yet, at least for Train Operators & Conductors who work the  line.

You've had a decade of riding the R9 to Queens Plaza (anyone else remember the first year when it went all the way to Continental?). 96 St is MUCH MUCH more viable a destination for tourists and shoppers. The only reason it went to Queens at all is because there's no good place to turn it in midtown Manhattan without interfering with regular service.