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A week to go before opening... 

A 6-track subway track map for major streets. This would have the ability to handle 6 subway lines.

 

Any ideas/suggestions/improvements?  

We are getting a better understanding of the R179 car numbers will be.

This thing will open middle of next year. Let's not kid ourselves.

It depends if everything goes well. 

I think I’ll reschedule my SAS opening date to December 32. 

LMAO! 

Man, NJTransit is having a bad time this year. A lot of accidents and incidents. 

Usually it is a year, but given the fact that they REALLY need the cars in service for the L shutdown car requirement increases, we may see the testing expedited. Once clearance testing is complete within the next month or so, the 30 day revenue testing date will likely be set in stone, probably some time during the first quarter of 2017. That way, the cars can be officially accepted and production on the bulk of the order can begin mid 2017.

That is pretty good to know.

Work is now happening 24/7 to make it to the New Year's Eve deadline.

 

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161114/upper-east-side/second-avenue-subway-work-deadline-december-31

I can't wait for the first phase of the 2nd Avenue Subway to open. 

 

(Well that is, if it's on time  ) 

The ballpark estimate is March 2017 or so.

 

That is if everything goes to plan. I hope it does.

Yup...which brought upon numerous problems. That's part of the reason why these orders are delayed, so they can ensure that the quality is the way they want.

That is good to know. Making sure it's in good condition before it gets put out for the public to use on.

So much progress being made for these subway cars.

I wonder if Orion V 6333 is still around...

 

Question: what's gonna happen to the 5th Avenue bus routes (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5) when President-elect Trump is in town since they pass by Trump Tower?

Haven't posted here in a while.

 

Yesterday was a busy day for the BMT Broadway line. It was a mix of R68's and R160's. We had the return of the with some of it's trains going to Brooklyn. And an R68 train ran.

 

That is a lot of things.

Numerous ex-MTA Bus D60HFs are at Tuskegee Airmen. 

That is Franklin Avenue because there is only one track, and you can see it end at the right edge of the photo.

This was before the 90's renovations took place. Man that stop looks so run down. 

If Bombardier gets anywhere close to getting the R211 contract it should be considered a crime

lol.

More encouraging news from Bombardier!

 

What happened to the days ago was definitely a preview of things to come in 2019.

I wonder what the is doing to the cross over tracks on the tracks north of 96th Street. Right now there's a 10MPH slow speed order for the & in both directions (Brooklyn-bound approaching & uptown-bound departing).

 

 

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Disregard this, I've figured it out myself. They are doing track replacement. 

A line proposal.

 

1st Avenue Subway Line

Line Letter: P

Color: Thistle

Division: B

*Transfer for other subway lines

**Transfer for Metro North

<P> express stop

 

Stops

(--After this stop, the tracks lead to a small layup that ends under McLean Avenue--) 233rd Street-Woodlawn**

***Follows Webster Avenue***

Gun Hill Road**

Mosholu Parkway-Botanic Garden

Fordham Road** <P>

East Tremont Avenue**

East 167th Street

***Then follows Melrose Avenue***

3rd Avenue-149th Street* <P>

***Then follows Willis Avenue***

138th Street

***Follows the avenue to cross under the Willis Avenue Bridge to head under 1st Avenue.***

125th Street <P>

116th Street

106th Street

96th Street <P>

86th Street

72nd Street

57th Street <P>

***This part of the line becomes deep level as to pass under the 1st Avenue Tunnel***

42nd Street-United Nations * ** (deep level station) (there will be a passageway to connect to Grand Central with provisions to connect the 2nd Avenue Line)

***Deep level part ends at 34th Street***

33rd Street

23rd Street

14th Street* <P>

Houston Street

Catherine Street <P>

Fulton Street*

Gouverneur Lane

South Ferry-Whitehall Street*

--line ends here--

 

Track Layout

It's 2-tracked until Fordham Road where it becomes a 3-tracked service, hence it allowing express service. It continues like this into

Manhattan until Catherine Street where return back to a 2 track line. Both terminuses have a crossover track. At 23rd Street, there will be a 2 track line parting from the revenue tracks to head to a little yard by Avenue C & 16th Street right by FDR Drive. There will be parking lot space. It will run under 20th Street, head under Avenue C, and turn leftwards to form the little yard.

Equipment: NTTs.

 

Another note: The whole line will be equipped with CBTC signaling.

 

Ideas/suggestions/improvements?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have seen several illegal and annoying things on the subway lately.

On Wednesday, as I was about to get onto an at Kew Gardens at about 2:15 PM, someone was smoking an electronic cigarette. I asked them to stop, and the person quickly showed me a card, and he said that he was a police officer. I told him that he couldn't do that. As I was in the car, some idiot was standing between cars smoking. At 71st Avenue, me and my brother quickly went two cars down the train. As we were walking in, four people doing showtime came in. At the same time, a beggar came in. I also saw a beggar in the next car over. As we left the train at Roosevelt, I saw two people about to do showtime.

 

Last week WED someone smoking on LIRR platform. I asked them to stop and they called my a butt opening. This week two people on the LIRR platform were smoking and I said "Really?"

 

Yesterday, in a slightly crowded train–there were plenty of standees, some people were wondering whether they should do Showtime. As they were considering it, another person and myself moved into the center area of the car where they like to do their "routine", preventing them from using that area. As you guys probably know, these guys like to fist bump people. They wanted to do it to me and I refused, so they gave me the middle finger. They were not able to really do wanted, and they got no money.

 

Today I saw people doing showtime on the again. The music was on extremely loud!

 

I hate it! These people are being obnoxious, rude, and selfish. People are tired, and annoyed; they are coming from work or going to work and people are not in the mood for these things. They often nearly kick people in the face and hurt people. They also bother Train Operators. Once, when there was Showtime in the first car, the T/O came out of the cab at a red signal and told them to stop. Most of the time they are not able to. I really feel bad when the T/O is trying to safely operate the train, when there is full blasting, distracting "music" playing in the background. The police should really see the between 1:30 and 3:30 PM. That is when these people are out. I keep seeing the same people.

Same here bro. I do not like it when people do stuff like that. As for the smoking part, I can relate to that. Just recently I was on a South Ferry-bound train heading to school with my sister taking me. As we both entered the train in the 9th car, a person was smoking a cigarette and was lying on the Priority Seating section. It made that part of the car smell like a smoking room. Looking down at the floor, there was numerous of other cigarettes he had smoked.

 

Other than that, I wonder what the is doing to the cross over tracks on the tracks north of 96th Street. Right now there's a 10MPH slow speed order for the & in both directions (Brooklyn-bound approaching & uptown-bound departing).

 

 

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Lets just wait til we can build a Hyperloop, right?

Getting across the East River in just seconds... ._. 

Jesus Christ!

Okay, folks we get that currently the R32s can't appear on the at the moment, and we also get that RTO is giving it consideration and may fix the issue with Montague. Can we move on please?

Yes please.

Ok I'm gonna need everyone to calm down here

Thank you.

Well that had escalated quite quickly... 

15th anniversary of 9/11 today. Hard to believe the subway was so different back then (R142/142A were new, Redbirds were retiring, Manhattan Bridge rehab project).

 

Also hard to believe it changed railfanning forever.