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Those complaints came from Riders Alliance In Brooklyn not from 8th Avenue Riders.

But regardless, passengers have complained about them. Here's one quote from a commuter in a Daily News article back in August 2015.

 

"They stop a little harder."

One from a New York Times article (here's the link; http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/nyregion/for-often-late-cars-of-subways-c-train-retirement-must-wait.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/)

 

"It's loud, it's bad.

Sounds pretty bad. Atleast its better than the time they had to emergency trackwork on the during the PM Rush which happened.

Yeah it was bad, My was held between 110 and 96 for about 5 minutes.

It was really bad. I was with my mom when it happened.

That R44 in the Transit Museum has a crack in its windshield.

You mean the front door.

It's been a long time since I last posted here. Anyways...

 

Have the South Ferry loop open during rush hours. This is in-case any delays occur in the new station during some type of event. Also (if this is possible), send one train to South Ferry during the AM & PM rush.

GAH! 

XD

 

Today's morning rush was pretty bad.

 

On the at 110th Street, the conductor said that there was a disorderly passenger at 96th Street. When at 103rd, it was then announced that the train was going express from 96th Street to 72nd Street. I got off at 96th, and the train across the platform was almost empty, while the other train, running express, was crowded. It leaves soon after. Whithin a few minutes, a train arrives (which I board); it was really crowded. Adding to that, it was also a slow ride as well.

If R32s are banned from the Manhattan Bridge, what's the difference with them running on the Williamsburg bridge?

It doesn't happen to involve lines that run via the Montague tubes or be rerouted to those tunnels in the event of an incident.

R40A 4480-4481 had experienced graffiti I believe... (Someone may correct me if I'm wrong.)

 

Also, no sign of any fan trips yet.

The is running to 96th Street this weekend; I'm expecting R62A's to run on that line again.

XD60 4740 is operating on the M100 today. Just took a picture of it 2 minutes ago. It's heading northbound.

New Flyer DH60 "Galaxy" 5680 of Kingsbridge (on rare occasions) operates on the M100. I rode it on 8/8/2015. This also goes with a few of the XD60's at the depot (also on rare occasions). I actually rode on one of them. 

I'm sorry but this is a disgrace:

What is that?

Here is a strip map of my proposed (8) line. Enjoy!

Well done!

 

I wonder if this is part of a fantasy map of yours.

As of yesterday, it looks like 6081, 6267 and 6333 are the last ones left. They've had morning pullouts at West Farms.

6081 ran on the M100 on 12/28/2015 (I have a picture of it). Adding to this, I have seen an Orion V operate on that route recently. Any current status on 6081 and the others (6267 and 6333)?

Project Update:

 

The new R179 has reportedly passed the audit inspection, or is on the way to passing it. At this time all is going as plan, and Bombardier will continue to build cars for to accelerate delivery. As I previously posted and told everyone to mark my words, it will not take as long as the news told everyone it would.

 

Bombardier is building all of our new cars now, and any configuration changes that may be required will be worked into the cars parallel as they come off the assembly line.  Pilot due in 90 days. Total delivery still expected by summer 2018.

 

Full overview coming this evening! 

Just counted the number of days from today; the pilot should arrive on June 2nd.

 

Can't wait for more news!

I know him but not too well. I'm not surprised about it though. And I would not be surprised if those rude, loud, and obnoxious as hell railfans are also doing these things as well.

Well, there are railfans who behave maturely. Not all are rude, loud, and obnoxious. I don't like this hobby being associated with controversy.

 

Someone on SubChat posted it

 

It's being said that the person who shot this video is one of our own in this forum. If that's the case, that person will get banned. We do not need members of that type on here who supports this kind of activity. I don't care if it was at the end terminals.

Subway vandalism? Again?

 

Here we go again.

 

Oh, my God...

Since the ceiling was recently falling today at Chambers Street on the and , I propose that the station undergo a full renovation. Here's how it would it go down.

 

On late nights and weekends, the terminates at Essex Street (note that this will take place after the switch east of the station before the Williamsburg Bridge will be reinstalled and fully operational).

 

The renovation work will focus on most of the station overall (details, cielings, etc.) The abandoned western platforms would be left alone. I would imagine the eastern platforms getting renovations as well, along with restoration of the early 20th century details. The abandoned middle platform would also be part of the renovations.

 

What do you think?

They really should focus on that station it's not even funny anymore.

I've been to that stop numerous of times, and it was in serious danger of collapsing. Not only that, the whole station overall is in poor condition.

 

Time is ticking before the eventual collapse of the station.

Let's hope it won't end up like 181st Street on the ...

A GM New Look? Very well built. A Grumman Flxible? Not so much. The idea that the time period has anything to do with how well built a bus is is an illusion. There were just as many quality and shitty transit vehicles in the past as there are now.

Don't forget to mention the Orion VI's.

Since this hasn't been updated in a while...

 

The TTC is unveiling 5 new express bus routes that are coming out next month.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/ttc-express-bus-routes-1.3419858

 

Also, 55 of the Flexity Outlook's will be expected to be rolling on Toronto's streetcar routes by the end of this year.

http://m.torontosun.com/2016/01/21/55-new-ttc-streetcars-expected-by-end-of-year

Isin't there already an R211 Discussion Thread?

Yeah, but there's a purpose why this version was created. 

 

The reason this thread was not merged with previous R211 discussions, is because everything you thought you knew about this program, just isn't so anymore. 

 

Also, I wonder what car number the 211's are gonna have. 

1431-1434 with 1438 is sent back to Livonia, 

 

I saw the train around 3:30 PM at Barclays Center coupled with 1406-1410

The Union Square wreck set (1431-1434,1438) has the new line strip maps. 

It's been a while... I wonder if there's any kind of upcoming events. Also, any current status/update on R1 103?

 

Plus this question;

 

Why are the BMT Standards at a slow speed when they're in their own power?

I have an interesting idea. Bilingual annoucements. The Seoul metro has this feature on it's trains. This would be on the NTT's both A & B Division. (The translations were done via https://www.translate.com)

 

Example 1

At Canal Street, the announcements would be done in english and chinese. Imagine hearing this on board an R142A .

 

"This is Canal Street. Transfer is available to the , , , and trains.

 

In Chinese.

这是运河街。转让是可用 、 和 列车。

 

English

"This is a Brooklyn Bridge bound local train. The next and last stop is, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall."

 

Chinese

这是布鲁克林大桥 当地火车。下一页和最后一站是布鲁克林大桥市政厅。

 

Example 2

 

Now imagine hearing this on an R188 train.

 

English

"This is Flushing-Main Street."

 

Korean

이것은 플러싱 메인 스트리트이다.

(Of course, Flushing is also Chinese, but I'll end it there).

 

The purpose of the bilingual annoucements is to famarilize those with their native language. It will mainly be played around the neighrborhood they live in as the 2 examples showed (Canal Street-Chinese, Flushing-Main Street-Korean).

 

What do you think?

Really? I saw 7833-43 recently and they were together. 7485 was with 7446 last time I saw it.

Funny, 7833-43 was the first R188 set I rode on.