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26 minutes ago, Around the Horn said:

Does anyone know why the southbound platform at 34th Street-Herald Square on the Broadway Line is at a higher elevation than the northbound platform?

The original 33rd Street terminal on the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad was there before the subway line on Broadway was built. 

Just now, S78 via Hylan said:

There’s already a transfer between those lines at South Ferry, so it isn’t needed.

I know, but I meant before that connection at South Ferry existed. 

At Rector Street where Trinity Street intersects Morris Street and an off ramp from the tunnel, you can see the entrances to the  train stop and the / stop across the street from each other. And I've been wondering "why wasn't a transfer built here?" 

Ralph Avenue on the  has a closed entrance and partly closed mezzanine for Howard Avenue as well as Franklin Avenue (closed entrance for Classon Avenue) and a few other stops in Manhattan (Spring, 50th, 96th, 103rd, 116th, 155th, 163rd). I think these entrances were closed off as part of the TA's efforts to decrease crime on the subway system in the 80's and 90's. 

The NYPD tested out metal detectors at Penn Station yesterday. It's a pilot program for now, but I have concerns that this could be the future... 

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/12/11/nypd-debuts-new-subway-scanners

5 hours ago, AJ of JGD said:

Did anyone hear that there was a 4-car R68 schoolcar signed up as a in Manhattan?

It was on Facebook and on top of that it was spotted on the 2nd Avenue Subway. 

3 hours ago, danielhg121 said:

Is the R179 in service at this time?

3 hours ago, NoHacksJustKhaks said:

Should be, yes...

I haven't seen one while I was out today. Nothing but R46s and R160s along with an R32. 

9 hours ago, noktulo said:

I was out of town for 2 weeks and when I came back a new LED display had been installed in the Clinton-Washington AC station, about 30 feet from the existing LCD countdown clock. Anyone know what's going on here? 

The MTA is likely trying out new tech on these LEDs on a basic concept (ex. date and time). I've seen these things before at Astoria Boulevard. 

17 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

Well there's blue construction wall up at Chambers Street on the which can mean only one thing:  pigs can fly

My guess is that they're planning something big for that space and that 'something' will be announced later this week. 

I heard on NY1 this morning that 60 Minutes is gonna air an episode on the subway this weekend. It's gonna be an interesting watch.

5 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

It seems like this morning an R46 appeared on the .

AM rush put in or service change? I haven't see any pictures of it in action... 

For those who were at Atlantic Antic but didn't see any vintage buses today, the Transit Museum is holding the bus fest next month. 

https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/program/busfest2018/ 

14 hours ago, mine248 said:

I kinda knew that Carlos Santiago struck again with the rollsign BS...

Oh God not again. 😑

Actually, is this even true? I haven't seen any post on Facebook of him doing that rollsign.  

Also checked out the stop, incredibly lovely. Cortlandt-WTC isn't the first stop to have AC, 2nd Avenue subway stops have them (correct me if I'm wrong). Also, the uptown platform's tiles are temporary wallpaper, which means the TA wanted this stop open before the next 9/11 ceremony. 

2 hours ago, R68OnBroadway said:

Was there ever a plan to build a passageway from Lex-63rd to Lex-59th? I'm sure doing so would take plenty of riders off the  considering  riders would now have access to Lex express and local, unlike the  which has just local.

No plans came up to connect Lex-63rd to 59th while the 63rd Street line was being planned up. 

I cannot wait for this stop to re-open this weekend. It's one of those things that's been long awaited by many people, as well as transit fans, and now they finally did it. Once it re-opens, all of the Lower Manhattan subway infrastructure will be whole again. 

17 hours ago, VIP said:

They really f**ked up the R62A assignments. 

Let me guess: they're trying to adjust to the new stickers to the 62As on the ...

The  train is getting more crowded lately, especially weekends. Every time the  and  take a long time to show up, a ton of people get on the . Is the 7th Ave express becoming more slower? 

Most of us know of the abandoned Chambers Street platforms of the  and  as well as the plan to connect the Nassau Street subway to the el lines of the Brooklyn Bridge that was never completed. Turns out the BRT was serious about building the connection. Saw this while looking through the book The Routes Not Taken a few months ago. 

Long time since I've posted here, I'll give it another go. 

 train extension to Co-Op City. Line runs under Burke Avenue with stops at White Plains Road (transfer to  & ), Laconia (transfer to  train Gun Hill Road station), Co-Op City (the last stop). It would be 2 tracked, deep-level tunneling with all stops having an island platform. There will be cross tracks at the last stop. 

13 hours ago, GojiMet86 said:

There have been a lot of active emergency brakes lately...

I was on one just yesterday on my way home from summer school. Fortunately the train was able to move without further interruption. 

I know this thread hasn't been updated in years but I though to add in something new. 

1 hour ago, Far rockaway said:

How long would you have to wait for the  train to rockaway park beach 116th st 

5-8 minutes at best. 

Rode a  train that had a hot car on my way home today. It was so hot the door leading to the next car was left open so that the air could come in. Feels like the air conditioning crisis is slowly spreading to the R62s. 

Came across this tweet while browsing through Reddit on the NYC rail page. 

This is the first time I've read of this plan. I never knew the PA had bigger plans for the area than just the Trade Center.