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2 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

I just find it very pathetic that there are people in social media that are excited and practically celebrating because the r211's are removed from service.

I even saw someone on Facebook spreading the false rumor that the r32's are returning to service.

I just hope that these knuckleheads realize that the r211's will return to service (it's a matter of when) and that they will become the most reliable subway fleets just like the r179's.

If they want the R32s back, tell them that go to the SBKRY, and attempt to BEG these people for the R32s back, and if they know how to fix them, which will required years of tools, then all I gotta say is good luck with that. It’s gonna take their whole paycheck x20 to get it back. 

Change of new assignments: 3595-3602 is now assigned to Frontier. 3603-3609 is new to Frontier 

3 hours ago, xD4nn said:

8652 was tracking as 682 on the Q88. Is 682 actually at QV or is the tracker bugging out?

  

QV is a hefty distance from the J90. Wouldn't JA be a more reasonable depot or another depot in Brooklyn such as ENY or FP?

If they got space available for one night (Except Meredith Depot) 

18 minutes ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

Layover; for service on the J90 this weekend 

Buses from one depot get sent to the other for weekend shuttles and return on Sunday night or original driver will go meet bus 1/2 way and use that bus for a route for Monday’s AM service for one or two trips. 

1 hour ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Saw 3599 on the 124 at King of Prussia earlier. 

 

Anyways does anyone have an updated bus garage roster assignment? 

Philadelphia Transit Vehicles has the info. Their updated roster is as of 10/14/23

13 hours ago, Transit Fans said:

That’s going to be a total of 105 cars of R211A in the property. 

New cars arrive 5 per week or 20 cars per month. By December, the R211s arriving should be in the 4200s 

21 hours ago, Calvin said:

4160, 4161: delivered to the MTA NYC Subway system, aside from 3 other cars yesterday 4162-4164. Currently at the Brooklyn Terminal by Sunset Park, B35 bus area. 

That means 4165-4169 are next to arrive soon 

32 minutes ago, Kamen Rider said:

Considering the hammer only just came down a couple days ago…

those cars would have already left Lincoln by that point.

Can’t exactly tell the drivers to turn around or sit and do nothing till whatever is wrong is fixed. 
 

also to my knowledge everything that has been problematic with the 211s is software related. This isn’t like Bombardier screwing up the 179s so bad the first 10 had to be scrapped.

 

With R179s that was the builder’s fault. They had to rebuild the same 10 cars from scratch and gave the  20 free cars due to late deliveries and other issues that plagued them. 
 

with the R211s, they need good motherboards. The  and  must be prepared for sub freezing temps that will effect the already in service trains and trains entering service soon. Computers just like those on your phone can freeze up and batteries die real quick during cold weathers when you are outside. 
 

All older new tech trains went thru the same issues as R211s but their chips were fully ok from that day on. During snow days, many subways lay underground just in case. 

10 minutes ago, CenSin said:

Let it be known that I was an idiot this morning on the Brighton Line.

1. train has a door problem at Newkirk Plaza. train shows up. Okay. No biggie. I need to be at Chambers Street and would rather bet on the door problem cleaning up than take the 2 extra stops.
2. Then the next arrives. Well… the door problem has got to be fixed soon right? I stay on the . I also see another holding behind us.
3. Then I see a arriving on the express track! Alright, so I run across the platform to the express . Surely that problem is going to take a while longer. The local leaves the station and the express holds in the station.
4. The that was stuck behind arrives across the platform. I get on that train instead after having been burned by 3 bad bets. And then… what do you know? It moves and crawls into Parkside Avenue. The express also started moving, pulling a little ahead of us.

I don’t know if it’s some kind of iron rule at the MTA, but it seems they do not like trains arriving out of order. They held that express and let the local one into Prospect Park first.

Don’t call yourself an idiot, a moron, a dolt and a simpleton. That’s the MTA’s ideology for you to run late no matter what time it is. It happened to me on last month on the  during my ride from 207th to Euclid Ave, looking for a few R211s in service (only one was: 4090-4094+4125-4129). The rest was R179s and R46s. The train went slow from 59th St in Manhattan all the way to Euclid making congestions 

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9 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Why the hell would they have a say in this? This increases the SIR's roster by nearly 3000 employees and there would be no more missed trains. In fact, this allows for a service increase.

It’s also the GOP politicians out there in Staten Island that they will not have that. They rather deal with their express buses than have a subway there. These people don’t wanna fork a billion dollars to turn SIR into a regular subway run. But you also gotta look at 500,000 ppl in that borough. 

35 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Why would they? 

With this merger, every SIRTOA employee goes under NYCT, and to qualify for the D division, you need to have the respective FRA requirements in order to qualify there. Other then the usual equipment moves to/from CIY for heavy shop work, money isn't the issue. This would actually save them money.

Sorry, that would’ve worked moons ago. Staten Island are NIMBYs and they’re not gonna have it that way

11 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Why is SIRTOA treated as its own separate system when it should be incorporated into NYCT? Makes no sense having 200 hourly employees for one line when it should be incorporated under NYCT as the D division.

Money is the issue. the  is NOT gonna waste manpower shifting equipment from one train yard to another to satisfy those out in Staten Island. If the geniuses would’ve extended the subways to Staten Island, then it would’ve done that a long time ago. So what you see is what you get. 

56 minutes ago, Kamen Rider said:

Update, apparently at least one is working. The word in the crew rooms was there was a fault in the computers that needed correction.

 

the pilot set is currently platformed at 207.

Human fault. I always see this happening on both trains and buses: 

train faults:  saying the wrong stops at said station or platform 

 destination signs are wrong (ie NIS or opposite direction

 blank but operable. 
 

buses:  destination signs read NIS or see sign below (I used to see that lots of times or help give drivers the paper destination signs) 

 see  

I guess some of those have learned a lesson or  on fixing signs en route

Victory is next to get the new NFXDE40 buses with BAE on them: 

3595-3600 & 3602 is at Victory as Southern has completed their first 70 bus attollment (3525-3594) 

12 hours ago, Transit Fans said:

That’s correct since all the R68 and R68A will be on Coney Island by 2025. Since the option 1 for the R211a will start in January of  2025.

Or earlier. With 5 car sets coming every week, things are going smoothly. No crashes and no delays on the road. 

4 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Yes, and it is possible that the NQW may get some r160's back once option 2 is delivered.

BTW the NYPD caught the teen that broke the windows on CI r46's. I just hope that the parents are held accountable as well. Where were they when their teen offspring was smashing windows on the trains??

Good question, but the real question was why was he not in school, and tress passing on the spot where no one is allowed there? 

2 minutes ago, ABOGbrooklyn said:

Once the R211s are fully I'm service. Wi there be enough R68s to cover N/Q/W lines?..

Yes. But don’t tell that to the conquestors 

4 hours ago, RandomRider0101 said:

Moving this discussion over from the R211 thread.

When is the last time you lived in NYC?

Regardless of how long you lived here, the point is that you don't live here now. Things change over time.

Are you familiar with gentrification? That is what has happened/ is happening to many neighborhoods throughout this city, including the ones that the G train runs through.

That line may not have warranted longer trains before, but it likely does warrant longer trains now and certainly will warrant them in the future.

The last time was 1/1/2001. But I have been in & out before AND after 9/11 to know what’s been going on. Long Island City in Queens, Greenpoint in Brooklyn and elsewhere has seen building go up, and even in the Bronx, thanks to then mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg that they’re gentrifying hood to hood. The same can be said for the entire northeast corridor. The view isn’t gonna look the same after that. But since 6/27/2010, they cut service and some bus and subway routes have returned while others haven’t. Yes they DID extended the  from Smith-9th to Church Ave and it has picked up riders since that extension. But let’s wait until the CBTC is up and running on the  &  before any kind of increase of service can occur. 

47 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

Albeit many years ago, I did Greyhound to Philly twice.... Had a not so favorable experience both times.

Megabus I refuse to embark on.... Peter Pan I never tried/considered; might try them out....

Good lookin out, fam.

Yep, well aware of my NJT options & the fact that the Greyhound terminal's gone kaput.... I'm assuming what you have in parentheses are supposed to be bus depots/garages.... Nonetheless, thanks for the suggestions.

I've done the #139 to the #317 in the morning several times (that's that 7:30 #139 trip that gets you to Lakewood to where you're sitting there for about a 1/2 hour before that #317 arrives, that gets you to Philly a little after 12..... For the purpose of riding a bunch of SEPTA routes, I'd like to get to Philly earlier than that) , but for some reason, I like taking the later #317 trips towards Lakewood & Asbury, more than I do the morning trips towards Philly..... Of my South Jersey/Philly trips that aren't closed out with the #409 to the NEC, I do the #317 - #139 (full knowing I'm never out of the woods with the #139, given its service span).... I don't think I've ever closed out a South Jersey/Philly trip doing the #551 down to AC for the #319 back to NY (if I did, it was a lonnng ass time ago... lol)..... I refrain from that, for the simple reason of avoiding those late night crowds seeking #319's....

I think I'm going to try out Peter Pan (as @trainfan22 mentioned) before bothering with Amtrak & see how that goes....

Albeit not the full route for either, I've taken the #17 & the 21 before.... May just consider starting on one of those 2 routes, based on familiarity & sheer laziness (in terms of planning, I mean).... IDK, but I have some time to figure some things out with a potential SEPTA trip, as I have something else planned for tomorrow (being that the vast majority of NJT routes are going to be on weekday schedules )....

In any case, thanks for the suggestions.

Yes. Since  buses do not have logos, but the 1st number of the block numbers will tell you otherwise. But do take photos of the last D40s that are running (only 19 buses left. Then DE41s are next to retire, even though some of those have gone already as I write this 2 u. 

On 9/30/2023 at 3:59 PM, B35 via Church said:

Can either of you two suggest a good Saturday fantrip? I have been putting aside a good SEPTA trip for mad long, mainly because I either don't know where in Center City to start (I prefer fanning full routes), or I hate knowing that I have to take the dreaded NEC to get to Trenton (this is also a reason I tend to put off fanning NJT's 600 routes, but that's besides the point).... The #127 is cool, but quite frankly, I've grown tired of using that route as a gateway/catalyst to SEPTA land.

I have no restraints on start or end times, or trip duration; as my trips are usually long as shit anyway.... Curious to see what you come up with... Thanks, guys.

If you wanna start somewhere, your best spots would anywhere east of 23rd and Market. On Market, you have Rts 31 & 44 (Callowhill), 7 (Southern) (for 2 blocks) 49 (Allegheny) (until 20th St).  124 (Frontier) & 125 (victory). 
21st & Market: Eastbound 48 (Allegheny Artic) 
20th & Market: Eastbound 17 (Southern artic) & 38 (Callowhill)

19th & Market: Eastbound 32 (Midvale) & 33 (Allegheny Artic) 

17th & 16th 2 (Midvale & Southern) 

15th: 4 (Midvale & Southern), 16 (Midvale), 27 (Allegheny) 

Broad St:  bus routes: 400, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 551

but if you’re getting off Greyhound or Peter Pan, get ready for this: there is 👎 bus terminal. All drop offs and pickups are  now between 7th & 6th and Market. 

NFXDE40s 3252-3254 xferred from Midvale to Victory retroactive 9/29

15 minutes ago, RandomRider0101 said:

Since he lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the answer to that would more than likely be 'No'.

 

How is it a dumb question? He likely wasn't aware that you live in Philly.

Also- Since you reside in Philly & not NYC, how can you say with absolute certainty that the does not need longer trains?

 

Reside in Philly has nothing to do with it. I grew up in NYC for 28 years, that’s number 1. And 2 I travel in & out. So I’ve ridden every single line that there is out there. And I see how everything AND everyone is. I don’t travel often because there is nothing new going on anywhere other than DC. So my focus is to build up on models. Because all these vehicles out there are “disposable”. They don’t make them like they used to. 

15 minutes ago, R32 3838 said:

Do you even take the train daily? It gets packed and it would gain even more ridership since it connects to lines that go into Manhattan if congestion pricing goes thru. Metropolitan ave, Court sq and Hoyt are major transfer points plus schoolkids who also use the line.

 

 

 

 

Ask me another dumb question like that again. 

1 hour ago, R32 3838 said:

it kinda does, The is always packed and making it 8 cars instead of 10 would cost more money since again the yard has to deal with a entire fleet of 8 cars that is restricted to one line instead of sharing the fleet. That's the reason it's better off being 10 cars so this way it can share it's fleet like it does now with it being 5 cars with the and .

 

If Congestion pricing happens, That would warrant the going 10 cars.

Congestion pricing does 👎 effect the  since the  does not go thru Manhattan. And the  isn’t always packed like sardines like it’s Manhattan counterparts are, unless you sent the  to 71 or 179, which none of that is gonna happen. The only thing that the  is concentrating is trying to expand the  all the way to 125th St & Broadway. 
so just continue to do with 5 cars and be it. It’s not that deep. 

1 hour ago, R32 3838 said:

The shouldn't be 8 cars if it's still out of Jamaica Yard. It should be 10 cars for fleet flexibility. Making it 8 cars in Jamaica yard would create issues since the yard is already overcrowded with it's fleet. having a separate 8 car fleet would make it even more complicated.

 

The extra 8 car units should be used for a extension or a new eastern division line that would operate in south Brooklyn to cover for the loss of service.

The  does not have enough passenger warranty for a 10 car service.