Javier

3000-3009 (ironically) had to get rejected due to the cracks found in the car body. Now, 3015 and 3018 are experiencing the same issues for some unknown reason. My guess there's a design flaw in both the A and B cars, or they're not building it correctly.

Update on the R179's:

As you all know, 3015-3019 was expected to arrive by Mid to late Septemeber/October, however we've come into more roadblocks.

3015 had cracks in its chassis when it was being built, one of the reasons why the set has been delayed.

3016 passed the vibration testing and started having components installed, nearing 87% completion.

3017 passed the vibration testing and started having components installed.

3018 had a "design construction flaw" (I don't know what this means I'm just reading off the email) in the front of the car, delaying it by 2 weeks.

3019 had major software issues and onboard electronic power issues that delayed it by 2 weeks (similar to what 3010 is experiencing.)

3020-3024 was suppose to start construction a week ago, but the delayment of 3015-3019 delayed the who entire construction back by at least a month and a half.

If these issues are sorted out, 3015-3019 should be here by mid-December.

Not only that, during rush hour you got all the transfers in Brooklyn.

8:19 PM is when the leaves Astoria

When will it arrive at 86 St?

Anybody know when the next to 86 ST will depart Astoria and arrive at 86 St?

I still never understood why the R160's never got the LED advertisements from the R143's.

Is service running tommorow?

It's the same thing...

A major fire has damaged the 14 St tunes and a major car accident has taken place on the Willy, causing both to be unusable for a month.

What do you do?

Why are the and , and considered the same lines yet the and are considered separate?

^Not exactly the case since the 34 St announcment needs to be respliced(dear god) to take out the but include the .

So 9023-9027 now have LCD advertisement screens.

The still hasn't been updated, but the has. The still hasn't been updated to fix the canal St mistake.

And quick question, if the and both shared the same timetable, why do the and have separate ones?

You guys do know they just used the old 2009 map and changed the front cover and Times right?

Another note, the Franklin map was updated to show "Now express service in Brooklyn." What does that have to do with the ?

Other then that, every timetable has been updated except for the .

Why is the (M1) listed at Canal St...what do we have two services now

I undid their edit as the change has not yet taken place.

Yea but still, you can leave it and add (THIS CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE NOVEMBER 5.)

Union I was gonna ask you to update the wiki page for the but I guess someone already beat you to it.

BEHOLD, THE NEW W SERVICE TIMETABLE!!!!!!

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/twcur.pdf

As well as new service (nothing special...)

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tqcur.pdf

The has also been added to the strip map page:

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/wline.htm

MY OCD IS KICKING IN GAHHH:

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/index.html

Oh, whoops. I recycled an earlier diagram I had drawn regarding future services on a Queens Boulevard Line and bypass, with a turquoise running from SAS via the Bypass to the Port Washington Branch.

 

The yellow line actually comes from the Astoria Line after Queensboro, since I assumed (and I have no idea if this is correct) that you don't really need two services on Astoria north of Queensboro Plaza. But this is quite an old idea.

Do you mean something like this?

Anyone know when the next service change is gonna happen on the between 42 St and Queensboro?

I've noticed something. The way how the R179's exterior signs are coded is that the first letter of every word is bolded, like Not In Service.

In the early 90's they wanted to merge the Uptown portion of the with the 6th Avenue/Brighton portion of the   and make it a weekday only service.

 

The weekday  would have ran like it does now (168-Euclid local), between 207-Far Rockaway late nights, and 207-Euclid weekends. The would have been the 8th Avenue express between Penn Station and Lefferts/Far Rockaway (no late night service), with an peak direction <H> to/from Rockaway Park. The late night Lefferts shuttle and the Rockaway Park shuttle would have run the same way it does today.

To add on, that new service would've been called the orange or the orange via Brighton/6 Av Exp/CPW Local. The would've terminated and started at Penn Station, while the is discontinued.

We can still extend those platforms by using wooden Platforms. The only issue is Franklin Av because we don't have any space to extend them due to the bridge.

They updated the line map on the site, it no longer has the and coexisting at the same time. Schedule is till the one from 2009.

From an anonymous wikipedia edit (speaking of 3015-3019):

"There are only 5 built the other 5 still haven't even finished vibration testing in Plattsburgh, and don't even have components in them yet."

What exactly qualifies as "built", like finished R179's or FINSHED car shells?