danielhg121

26 minutes ago, Fan Railer said:

Can confirm that they undid this update. Probably still working on the software.

I was on the train yesterday and I was wondering when the doors open was going to appear. 
 

Probably for stations where the train can open up on either side, there is a prompt on the TOD where the C/R can press which sides will open. 

1 hour ago, QM1to6Ave said:

Also, thank you to you and@danielhg121, I used City Ticket through the app for Penn-->Forest Hills today. The conductor definitely gave me a second look when I showed the ticket, but then moved on. I knew what to say to him if he gave me a hassle

Haha. No problem. Dude probably is still set in peak mode when searching for tickets. Might’ve just worked a train into Penn. That and it’s Monday lol. Definitely takes awhile to get the 🧠 working.

It appears NICE has changed their schedule layout on their pdf schedules again. 

Is the 211A currently out in service?

3 hours ago, QM1to6Ave said:

Question--Can I use a City Ticket on an LIRR train from Penn Station to Forest Hills during the morning rush hour (around 9 am)? The MTA site seems to say that peak fares are only charged in the morning going towards NYC, not from NYC to Queens, but it isn't totally clear to me. Can someone confirm that?

Yes. Peak fares will always supersede off-peak fares anyway. Since you’re going opposite peak direction, this is an off-peak trip. CityTicket is fine.

8 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

Just from the thumbnail alone, I feel like the door indicators lighting up and the "<--> DOORS OPEN" should've been clear warning there's something wrong, almost like it was foreshadowing door malfunctions which that did happen. Even in the video, the indicators lit up on the wrong side of the train. There was also a video of the R211 making next stop announcements when in leaving the station.

There are definitely some glitches from what I've seen. For terminal stations, it wouldn't know which side the doors would open up on as that is entirely a made on the fly decision and changes from day to day. Perhaps for the intermediate stops, they will be correct. 

9 minutes ago, ABOGbrooklyn said:

What does expected time mean?

I believe in this context, it means due to the door malfunction, it won’t be able to make its next scheduled interval. 

Would anybody happen to know its schedule tomorrow or is it continuing the same one from before?

14 minutes ago, tsanchez2828 said:

Hope some one can answer this...do conductors stand all day while on a train or is there an optional seat for you to sit on while on duty?

The T/O's can sit while operating the train and since they share the same cabs nowadays, conductors are more than free to sit while the train moves to the next station but they have to stand when checking the platform to open the doors.

Next set of auctions are up. 

https://www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/nassau-county-mta-long-island-ny-32928-32928/page/1

Some NG's, 3G's, Ford Paratransit, Dodge Caravans, Ford Explorers and International Box Truck 4300's. All are parts only except the Ford Explorers but those have their own slew of problems.

On 5/11/2023 at 11:23 PM, +Young+ said:

In the event anyone is interested...

Good luck!!

This is for New York Atlantic Railway. The A/C pay is higher for LIRR.

1 hour ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

Iirc pending finalization of construction, all trips on the Q44 are supposed to be sent to Jamaica depot to reduce unnecessary short turns and layovers for reliefs. Still doesn't excuse the extension to make trips longer. 

I feel like CS is going to raise hell if this goes through. Also, this doesn't seem exactly feasible to implement. You're gonna run every bus up there in service to Fordham? that's just clogging the streets. 

Jamaica Depot has plenty of routes down there that need artics but it will need some route restructuring. They're also redoing 165th Street Bus Term to accommodate artics.

17 minutes ago, 40 to 241st said:

I get what your saying but there's a reason why it's a select bus service and it would give riders in Fordham a direct ride to an international airport but it's not that bad to just keep it as the a Fordham to Jamica route I don't know Queens well enough but is there a route that goes from Jamica to Jfk ?

Multiple actually. Q3 is the only one that serves it proper which means it stops a Terminal 5 where you can transfer to the AirTrain to take you to all the other airport terminals. The Q6 serves the JFK Cargo Area.

14 minutes ago, 40 to 241st said:

Isn't that expensive like $8 so why don't we have a bus that goes from Jamica to Fordham

That's what the Q44 is being proposed to do. Adding Fordham into the mix is going to be another hub so that makes it 3 hubs (Jamaica, Flushing and Fordham). Luckily, the route they proposed into Fordham doesn't seem like it will be prone to a lot of traffic. It runs on Third Avenue for a brief period of time before terminating and that part doesn't see too much traffic congestion. 

If you meant JFK to Fordham, I've already explained why that's a no-go above. If you meant Jamaica to JFK, the Q3 already exists and the MTA really is in no interest of competing with the AirTrain, I'm sure they collect some revenue from Port Authority after it gets divvied up. The Q3's main purpose is more or less to provide service along Farmers Blvd and JFK is more of a convenient terminal for it to end. Notice how the MTA doesn't go out of its way to advertise the Q3 to JFK but during heavy travel periods such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, it'll make the Q70 to LaGuardia Airport fare-free and advertise this. 

13 hours ago, 40 to 241st said:

Why don't we extend the Q44 to Jfk Airport

The route is long enough as it is and the current proposal is to extend it to Fordham Plaza. The current route (Bronx Zoo - Jamaica) already suffers from bus bunching due to certain bottlenecks such as the Bruckner interchange, Cross Bronx Expwy traffic, Downtown Flushing congestion. Having it serve JFK Airport is throwing another wrench into the works. That's another role it has to fulfill, serving an airport while being a hub connector. The reliability is going to slip.

21 minutes ago, Calvin said:

With identification and proof of the rider, the person has been banned for riding the commuter rail, 3 years. Passed on to all MTA employees in the rail system. 

https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/man-cant-ride-lirr-metro-north-for-3-years-as-part-of-plea

Three years seems like a joke. That's not nearly enough and just the commuter railroads? Truth is this could've happened on any form of public transit, this guy should be ousted out of the entire MTA network and perma-banned. Imagine if this happened on a regular subway train with fewer employees around.

7 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

For lines that run local overnight, let’s say a  Lexington local leaves Woodlawn at 04:40 AM, and a  Lexington express leaves Woodlawn at 04:45 AM, does the 2nd  technically become the leader since it reaches City Hall before the local ?

Okay, the one that ran express is the leader now. Is that the end of your question?

For the most part, they follow the timetable and so if it's scheduled to pass it, 8 times out of 10, it'll end up passing it. 

8 hours ago, Ale188 said:

I'm absolutely mad that the 211as have to redo the 30-day test again. Now we have to wait LONGER for the production cars to get delivered!

The MTA is prob the most eager one to roll as many into service as possible but they have to make sure that quality and standards are met and that the cars are safe and a wise investment. Once it passes the 30-day, I’m sure more will be pressed into service asap.

1 hour ago, Vulturious said:

Rotation between what specifically?

Rotation in this sense means it could be assigned any set of trips which means the train can be on any interval. The train cannot teleport from one terminal to another so when it's assigned an interval, it should be on that rotation (207->FR or Lefferts and back and all subsequent trips). Right now it's in circulation on any interval, therefore in rotation between any trip and can run whenever and wherever provided that there's a qualified crew. Hopefully, I explained this clearly and concisely.

1 hour ago, RSMG106 said:

3252 (FR) had some fire damage on it's right side tandem when it was heading to ENY-CMF. It may or may not get retired.

There's no way they're spending the time and money to fix it. While it wasn't a big fire, there's still visible fire damage that is not worth the expenditure of fixing.

8 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

True they are but what sense does it make to put a bike rack on a bus that will probably have its wrap removed in a matter of weeks/months. I say you can kill two birds with one stone in this case. Remove the wrap and install the bike rack. 

 

At the end of the day it really is no big deal. I figured since they already have that bus in the shop getting the bike rack installed just remove the SBS wrap as well since they are beginning to remove them anyways. However I am a layman and don’t have much knowledge on the operations behind the scenes so I’m sure there are other factors that contribute as to why the MTA does things the way they do. 

I'm assuming it's a different team of people who are installing bike racks and putting on wraps.

4 hours ago, abbartski said:

How often does LIRR post for assistant conductor trainee applications?   Kiddo missed the boat with this most recent one.....Any info greatly appreciated.

once every 2 months tbh. It's frequently posted, just gotta check every week.

Add 6011 to the list of CS local wrapped units.

46 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Isn’t the chicken farm near the terminal for the QM2? I don’t recall a chicken farm being anywhere near a Yonkers line.

So that was your basis for determining how the chicken ended up on the bus? lol

Anyway, VG8 did say in his group that it was the BxM2 where the chicken got onboard. According to the driver, it just hopped on at the Yonkers Depot.

24 minutes ago, Andres1226 said:

Hello so I have applied for a few positions so far. Conductor, assistant conductor, signal maintainer trainee, coach cleaner. All my applications have been blank under pre-screening results. Has anyone else experienced this? What am I doing wrong?

Be patient. If they want you, they'll reach out. Perhaps they haven't run the pre-screening yet.

15 minutes ago, Kamen Rider said:

From what I can put togther, this would have been a special under a GO. I was right. This would have been a GO job for the TO Nova said they know.

GOs are not just construction, but effectively anything that can result in a change of service. Hence what GO is short for is “General Order”.

 

because the train is not part of our normal road fleet (yet) it would have to operate under a GO. All museum train rides, be they the actual Nostalgia Trains the Museum runs itself or the holiday in service specials… those occur under the authority of GOs. 
 

For another example… there is a GO on Monday on the J… that you would not know hide nor hair about unless one of us with access to the GO database told you about it … because it’s for NYPD training on the closed Bowery and Canal platforms.

 

if this was the start of the 30 day test, it would have had a bulletin. If they were running as a special train, there would have been a GO.

and nether were there.

Follow-up question, so does it follow the A train schedule or does it operate under a different timetable/schedule and merely inserted in between scheduled trains? If scheduled to go in at 2PM and be out by 9PM, would that be the same routine that normally scheduled A train would do?

Sorry if my question isn't clear, I can try to elaborate.