R68OnBroadway

51 minutes ago, Calvin said:

It's mainly at C.I sitting with the rest of the NYC R44s

Didn’t they scrap all the NYCT ones?

7 hours ago, Jemorie said:

@RR503 or @R68OnBroadway, on the subject of the Broadway Line north of 57 St-7 Av, how come the didn't acknowledge back then that they could have planned two tracks on West 60th Street and another two on West 59th Street? This would have connected the outermost tracks to/from Queens Blvd and the innermost tracks to/from Astoria, with crossovers south of 59-Lex for today's service to use for Broadway Local service.

The 11th street cut to QBL wasn’t built until 1955, so when the initial line was built, the idea was for expresses->57th(plan for a later extension north) and locals -> Astoria. Given that, two tracks was fine. After the connection was built, it wasn’t necessary to build two more tracks since the tracks would be shared come from Broadway local anyways. If you want to fix the capacity crunch, you just need to send the  up 2nd and swap the  and  northern terminals.

Fastest from southern end of Central Park to Downtown Brooklyn (Borough Hall):

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Did anyone get photos of the train from Hamilton Beach?

37 minutes ago, Jova42R said:

Would it be feasible to make a Roosevelt Island to Manhattan BRT (via RFK Bridge), making no stops? Or is that just another one of my pie-in-the-sky ideas (there are many!)?

I don't really see a demand for this- the  serves Manhattan from 3rd and west, and for 2nd to the river you have the tram.

2 hours ago, 4P3607 said:

Wondering if I should get a picture of it from the rocks at Hamilton Beach or just ride it like everyone else... 🤔

 

A lot of individuals aren't going to be happy about them not retiring on the . 

Couldn't you get a picture of it heading SB and then just walk back to Howard to wait for it to come back? 

43 minutes ago, RestrictOnTheHanger said:

For anyone interested, the 4 car R46 set with 5627 has the side signs stuck to a  World Trade Ctr/8 Ave Local reading. Appears to be a malfunction.

The set is currently on the . Not sure if it is the sea beach put-in or an R46 truly assigned to the

 

Yeah, there have been about 10 posts about it on the subreddit in the past week- I recall that the first time it was posted it was on the , so it might be assigned.

2 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

That's basically what London has

I'd probably go for a larger design in terms of height- I'd probably leave 6 inches of room at the bottom and maybe have the top of the turnstile be around 4 ft 6 inches or so.

To combat farebeating, couldn’t they replace the current bar with a chest-high door that you push open like a regular door? Seems like an easy fix to prevent hopping over/ducking under while still being a rather cheap option.

Are there specific reasons as to why the  runs to JC while the  goes to 179? 

Random idea: Would it make sense to build a “bypass” down Conduit Blvd from the layup tracks past Euclid to the Rockaway ROW? Doing so would allow for the  to Lefferts without a merge and speed up commute times for Rockaway riders as well as bring more transit to an area dependent on buses, but it would make Euclid a huge transfer point and leave Lefferts riders stuck with local service.

In related news, water is wet...

On 1/8/2020 at 9:34 PM, Union Tpke said:

I do not know. One more thing. It was supposed to happen in December.

With Byford gone, will this thing still happen or is it dead? (If it’s dead, can you tell us what it was)

If they are planning to make Nostrand  accessible, will they possibly reopen the closed mezzanine and build the street elevator there?

24 minutes ago, CenSin said:

This would be most useful to connect 6 Avenue express service with Jamaica service without involving the iddleman. The also doesn’t even always run past Delancey Street–Essex Street.

Never understood why Transit didn't pay a little extra and run the  to either Chambers or Broad on the weekend...

(sorry for double-posting, couldn't quote this in my other post)

This isn't technically a transfer, but an underpass at 50th  between the two platforms would make getting to the UWS from Queens a lot easier (specifically on weekends without the running). Right now if you are coming from the  you have to transfer at Times Square, from the  you need to transfer at Rockefeller and then again at 59th, and from the  you have to walk at least two blocks through the 42nd-8th mezzanine. By simply building an underpass (and having an elevator as well) you can save people a lot of walking and up to 10 mins (given that by the time you get to the uptown platform you could have just missed a train).

R211s will probably go to the  to replace older cars while the  could get them to help with QBL crowds. It would be better to just give those R160s back to CI after the R211s start coming in.

4 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said:

Uh no. This line had R160s since 2006-2007, so it’s like a fixture.

Why does it matter how long the cars have been there? Things change and it’s childish to refuse to ride a line because the cars are older. If  riders can put up with R32s for 20+ years, you can ride the R46s for at least five until the R211s come.

10 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said:

Guess its time for me to start biking to/from work and we will be seeing reliability on the N line dropping like a lead balloon.

I don't like the R46s that much either, but it's rather immature for you to not ride at all just because there is subway car you do not like on your line. Get over it. 

Why didn’t the IND design QBL like CPW with a long express stretch to separate the riders closer to Manhattan from the ones further away? (which made the local trains more attractive). I’d imagine if they did, Jackson Heights would be a local stop at Woodhaven would be express. Would this have worked out better in terms of crowding or no?

On 1/12/2020 at 11:25 AM, Jova42R said:

I had an idea to reconstruct the  Culver Shuttle. Here it is:

Newkirk Plaza

runs on a new el

Coney Island/Ditmas Av

Ditmas-McDonald Avs

13 Av/37 St

Fort Hamilton Pkwy/37 St

uses existing tracks from Fort Hamilton, with a new station at Fort Hamilton

9 Av (Lower Level) 

36 St/4 Av

 

Thoughts?

The only reason for the Culver shuttle being useful today would be its presence as a track connection in the event or service changes or yard moves. Even with that, it’s not worth rebuilding in its original state and a new extension to it is pointless.  

2 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

Automatic announcements are based off of wheel rotations IINM

So it measures wheel rotations to mark the distance between stations? I thought it was controlled by a transponder or something like that on the tracks.

How do you guys view this plan: 

Skip stop eliminated

, 10 tph, same as today

 , 7.5 tph, local between Marcy and Broadway Junction

 , 7.5 tph, express between Marcy and Broadway Junction in the peak direction 

1 hour ago, Daniel The Cool said:

Oh what happened was this guy threatened everyone on the  Train Express southbound that he had a gun and someone pulled the emergency brakes out of fear. Police had to request power to be removed and alot of people including the swat team and Transit Chief showed up at the scene. The entire thing was a disaster. The only fortunate part was this didn't happen on a weekday because imagine with more Trains on the road along with the Train? 

Why would anyone pull the brake in that situation? You’d just leave yourself stuck in the situation since the one way out (getting off at the next stop) would now be delayed...

How stupidly some people act when panicked...  

3 hours ago, R10 2952 said:

 

Just jogged my memory of those things; yeah, they were definitely "non-standard".  One of three fleets that the agency was desperate to get rid of first.  The other two being CI-rebuild R42s (structural rot) and Phase II R32s (mechanical shitshows).

Did the GE R32s operate as one full train or were they just random pairs?

Also, what made the MK R42s be kept when they were just as bad as the rest of the outgoing fleet in 2007-2009?