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subwaycommuter1983

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  1. I guess the MTA wants the Jamaica crew to familiarise themselves with the r211's. We can't rule out the possibility that Jamaica gets a good chunk of the option order of r211's. We just have to wait for the MTA to confirm whether the option orders will go to Concourse/B train or Jamaica.
  2. OOI would allow the C to go 100% full length, but we will need OOII to make the G 100% full length with ten car trains.
  3. Thanks for the clarification. It's good to know that the A and C trains were originally meant to get the r179's as well as the base order of r211's, which will provide enough trains to displace all Pitkins r46's. The A and C trains need to be fully NTTs before work on 8th Avenue CBTC is complete.
  4. The original plan was for the r179's to replace the r32's. If the C wasn't originally getting r179's, then the C would have kept the r160's that it had. A lot of C train riders demanded NTTs on the C. There are even newspapers articles in the past that even talk about the C always getting the oldest equipment (r10's, r30's, r32's, etc). And yet there are haters (mostly E, F and N train riders) that are criticizing and complaining about the A and C trains getting the r179's and r211's.
  5. The C will most likely have to wait until option 1 to become 100% full length. It seems that there is more urgency to displace the r46's off the A and C than to make the C full length due to 8th Avenue CBTC. Therefore, the C will most likely keep it's 8 car r179's (except for the extra ENY r160's/r179's M train loans) until option 1. Let's not forget that work needs to be done on 207th yard to accommodate longer trains.
  6. I wouldn't be surprised if by the summer time the r46's run on the "A" and "C" trains only during rush hours and a good chunk of Pitkin's r46's are either displaced to CI or removed from service.
  7. 13 (ten car) r211's plus 13 (ten car) r179's. That's 26 NTTs for the "A" train. Correct? I wonder how many r46's are still running on the "A" train (without counting the r46's that are still running on the C). Also, is "A" train still borrowing r68's from the "B" during PM rush hour?
  8. I understand. That's why I wasn't specific in regards to what NTTs the B/D will get. All we know for a fact is that Concourse will lose the r68's due to CBTC on 8th and 6th Avenue. Ridership is growing and having 8 car trains or mixed length trains on the C and 5 car trains on the G doesn't cut it. Right now, there is NOT enough equipment to make both the C and G full length, but that will change once all option orders are in service.
  9. Option 1 will make the C 100% full length with 10 car trains and may allow the G to get 8 car trains. If that happens, then the G may have to go back to CI. Option 1 will provide NTTs to the B/D. Option 2 may allow the G to become full length with 10 car trains.
  10. I'm referring to the A train, which currently has 13 r179's (10 car) plus 9 r211's, or 22 NTTs. The A train will most likely be dominated by NTTs by the end of the month if all continues to go well with the r211's, while the r46's becomes the minority of the A train.
  11. If all continues to go well with the r211's, the r46's will become a minority of the A fleet by the end of this month. Hopefully, the C can keep the r179's until option 1. I'm not crazy about the r46's running on the C. Pitkin should send the r46's to CI or removed them from service (not retire them yet) once more r211's enter service.
  12. What is even more infuriating is that if God forbid something bad happens to these stupid teens, their parents will have the audacity to sue the MTA when in reality it's the parents fault for being irresponsible. What are these parents doing, while their teens are subway surfing? I just wish all r211's have the same components that prevent subway surfing.
  13. Awesome. How many r211As are currently in service?
  14. And for irresponsible parents to sue the MTA if something bad happens to their teen subway surfers. These irresponsible parents should be held accountable for failing to supervise their teens.
  15. How? The C runs completely below ground. The NYPD needs to harshly penalize these teens (and their parents) who are involved in vandalism and/or subway surfing.
  16. The MTA needs to install platform barriers (not like the ones on 191st, which is pure garbage) to prevent people and trash from getting on the tracks. This would allow open gangway trains to operate safely.
  17. Bad idea. AFAIK the Rockaway Park doesn't have higher ridership than the A. IMO the r179's and the r211's should only go to Rockaway Park during rush hours until a huge majority of the r46's are gone from the A.
  18. It's too soon to put r211's on the Rockaway Shuttle. What's the point of putting NTTs on the Rockaway Shuttle, when the A is still dominated by the r46's? I think that it's even too soon to put the r179's on the Rockaway Shuttle Once the vast majority of the r46's leave the A, then the MTA can think of putting the r211's or r179's on the shuttle.
  19. Let's not get excited. The fact that the open gangway trains are only going to run on a subway line that doesn't have high ridership is a huge setback and defeats the purpose of having open gangway trains. It is also an indication that moving forward the MTA will only stick to purchasing standard trains.
  20. It will be a huge waste of money if both open gangway trains are placed on the C. The C doesn't have the ridership that the A, E, and F trains have.
  21. To add insult to injury, the r46's are getting vandalized and parts for the r46's are becoming scarce. If the MTA doesn't get their act together, we may have a massive subway car shortage that will either lead to Service reduction or some lines running shorter trains, like it happened in the 80's and early 90's. It may take a while before issues on the r211's are fixed.
  22. Exactly, there are some people that just can't accept the fact that the r32's are mostly gone. There are even false rumors spreading on social media that the r32's are returning to service. 🤦 The important thing right now is to fix the issues on the r211's so that deliveries can continue.
  23. If that was the case they would have retired all the r46's too. They are the oldest cars right now.
  24. That was before the pandemic. Once COVID-19 hit, the r32's became a safety and health hazard for train crews, due to the fact that they have to be switching cars. Do I need to remind you that it was the r160's that were used with the r46's when the r179's were massively pulled from service in the summer of 2020?? The r32's are retired and are not coming back. Deal with it. As for the r211's they will be fixed and they will be back.
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