Jemorie

IMO, I am starting to wonder what is the point of the weekend  and  scheduled to come every 6 minutes on paper when constant GOs forces them to run every 8 minutes in reality.

Ngl, I honestly didn’t thought nothing of this being related to that C/R getting assaulted earlier this morning until @RTOMan and @Lawrence St thankfully brought it up.

Damn, I feel foolish…

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/mta-subway-conductor-slashed-brooklyn-subway-nyc

Just now, ArchytectAnthony said:

Damn i heard of this from discord but I didnt know it was actually true.

Interesting this happened right after the pilot to install "barriers" between the T/O's and the passengers started at 125 st. . 

Yeah it happened at Rockaway Avenue on the  (this was during its overnight schedule).

12 minutes ago, RTOMan said:

A CR was slashed in the face after doing the platform Observation..

Union is doing a stand own

Enough is enough already...

Thank you so much, RTOMan. And yes, I heard about that incident earlier this morning.

It seems so far as of now, every  heading southbound is going to Lefferts instead of Far Rockaway.

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 trains are severely disrupted in both directions. Avoid these lines and take   or local buses instead. 

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We're running as much service as we can with the train crews we have available.

Posted: 02/29/2024 09:25 AM

I’m so happy that almost all of the R68s and R68As have gotten the LED lights. Now, I hope the leftover R62As on the  and  would get them. I also hope all of the R62s on the  get them as well. I know it’ll all take a while.

I still kinda wish LED in general was a thing from jump though. LED is just so much better.

I’m only agreeing about the  and it has nothing to do with ridership. It’s only to prevent a three way swap if the R160s from Jamaica were to leave (this is also the real reason why the R62As from the  went to the  instead of the ).

Everything else I’m not going to agree with but that’s for another thread.

On 2/18/2024 at 8:28 PM, R32 3838 said:

Nah Screw them people. they got new shit for years, The R211s are designed for lines like the and lines. Broadway doesn't carry as much as those 4 lines. Coney Island really don't need R211s at all. When the gets techs, The R160's would be a better fit. It'll be a waste to put the R211s on lines like the and while lines like the , even the to an extent need the R211s more than those lines. The wider doors are better for lines with the highest ridership. This is why they Kept the all R142/R142A's instead og giving them the R62A's, It was because of the Larger doors and the reduction of Dwell times. The Dwell time increased on the when the R142A's left the line. I do thin Jamaica would get a large chunk of these to balance out the fleet. Those Siemens would be the first to go.

 

They had no choice but to swap the cars, They are not going to delay running CBTC in Queens to make upper east side people happy. My only gripe was them putting the majority of the R46 fleet on the   instead of the .

Neither the  nor the  need R211s either… 🙄

On 2/10/2024 at 11:42 PM, Lex said:

Exactly how much do you know about the ?

Forget him. He’s always saying stuff without thinking critically and logically.

Anyways, I agree that the weekend  should run to Forest Hills, not 145th. But then you also got other individuals proposing to have the  run to Forest Hills on weekends, and it’s a whole bunch of back and fourth if one side does not see eye to eye with the other. But hey.

15 hours ago, slantfan4281 said:

Why does the  run local on Broadway overnight when the  runs express on CPW? Is ridership that high overnight? With the  via Montague overnight couldn't you leave the tower unstaffed if the express tracks are left at the bridge and SAS positions? 

14 hours ago, Lil 57 said:

Think it has to do with the length of the route. The  is much longer than the  so to better reliability overnight, it runs express so it doesn't have to merge with the  and the  in Manhattan like it has to do with the  in Brooklyn. 

10 hours ago, zacster said:

Part of the idea of the Q local overnight is that you weren't stuck waiting at the local station while a Q express zipped by, and then have to wait 20 minutes for the next Q.  It is only 5 extra stops.  Also the transfer at Canal if you get on at Prince or 8th is a PITA.  And it goes the same for northbound as southbound.  It is like the old QB service before Chrystie.

Central Park is closed overnights and almost everyone on the  are heading to/from the Bronx anyways. The  overnights has to run local on Broadway above Canal St just in case anyone who is coming home from work or vice-versa need Brighton or 2 Av service. The  overnights will likely revert back to running express on Queens Blvd when all the CBTC project on said line is over and done with at long last.

Thank you guys for the clearing up why the roles of southbound s and s in Manhattan are completely reversed.

The service alerts are also saying that southbound s are express from TSQ to Chambers, while southbound s are local in that same stretch. I’m guessing it’s to give the downtown local customers a direct one-seat ride to Brooklyn?

R46s are still running on the . Just now saw one leaving Broad Channel southbound and another at the relay while on the  heading northbound. I also saw an R179 on the  earlier while on the  to Far Rockaway.

Sorry if this was already brought up btw.

On 10/28/2023 at 12:23 AM, Lawrence St said:

I love how they said the  and  like the  has been running one since they came out lol.

So? The  is basically a short-turn  making local stops while the full regular one runs express. If you rode the  at night, then basically you rode the .

Like the above poster said, both routes run alongside together or on the same tracks together in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. There isn’t anything wrong with treating them like a combined entity.

5 hours ago, Chris89292 said:

Corona yard also has a car wash

Brain fart on my part. I mistakenly ignored the . I should have said mainline IRT A Division instead but hey.

1 hour ago, Chris89292 said:

Does this explain why the R142A’s on the  are dirty? They don’t have a car wash in their yard, they could just head to westchester yard once in a while 

Yes. 239th Street Yard and Westchester Yard are the only two facilities in the entire IRT A Division that has a car wash. Grand Concourse Yard despite not being part of the IRT stores some  trains but are not washed or housed there.

3 hours ago, darkstar8983 said:

so they can change to  trains in case an  train has to be removed from service last minute. Also this doesn't delay the  trains trying to go through while the  train empties out at 86 St 

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks. And yeah, more often than not, there were delays as those limited s that originally dropped out at 86 St affected through Coney Island-bound s, which already deal with delays just right outside the Coney Island terminal, waiting for one of the two s to leave first anyways.

Looks like those limited  trains in the AM Rush go to Coney Island instead of 86 St now.

4 hours ago, Jemorie said:

The  runs on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Manhattan-bound in the morning until 1 p.m. and Pelham Bay Park-bound the rest of the day till 9 p.m.

From 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., select northbound trains run express from Hunts Point Av to Parkchester and all southbound trains run local along that stretch. This is to allow some northbound trains to be taken out of service at Parkchester and running empty to the yard afterwards. The  requires less trains after rush hour is over. That’s why.

Sometimes during middays, they will do GOs which requires suspension of express service till rush hour returns.

**11 a.m.

Sorry for the brain fart, lol.

2 hours ago, RandomRider0101 said:

They probably wanna balance them (the R68/As) between both lines. That way, neither will be 100% R46s as I'm assuming that's what they're trying to avoid.

Disregard anything I said previously about ridership & whatever else.

Understood.

22 minutes ago, Chris89292 said:

Why is there express  service at 12 PM to Manhattan???? And can this be applied to the  

The  runs on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Manhattan-bound in the morning until 1 p.m. and Pelham Bay Park-bound the rest of the day till 9 p.m.

From 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., select northbound trains run express from Hunts Point Av to Parkchester and all southbound trains run local along that stretch. This is to allow some northbound trains to be taken out of service at Parkchester and running empty to the yard afterwards. The  requires less trains after rush hour is over. That’s why.

Sometimes during middays, they will do GOs which requires suspension of express service till rush hour returns.

They always run R68/As on the  instead of being on the . 🙄

45 minutes ago, U-BahnNYC said:

Yes I spent many years commuting on the R46s but those cars are in terrible condition now. Add to that the anxiety of being locked on a 75-footer with no emergency intercom and no way to move between cars, I cannot wait to see the R46s leave the for good. 

Understood.

8 hours ago, U-BahnNYC said:

Best case scenario we have 12-15 R211s in service by end of year? Would that mean the R46s start dropping off the by year's end?

You grew up on the  and  lines, right? I read a lot of your posts before and now. I can tell you seem to be the most passionate since both lines finally got new cars in recent years.

I think the R46s will be gone from Pitkin sometime next year by either Spring or Summer.

6 hours ago, NoHacksJustKhaks said:

I've been noticing the  is starting on the express track at Euclid, while the  has to stop on the local track before switching back to the express. Why is that?

It is because they are doing work at the relay (where the  uses to switch from southbound to northbound). The relay is also the only way to access Pitkin Avenue Yard from both sets of local and express tracks via Euclid Avenue station.