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1 hour 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? 

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. 

According to the Bulletin it says that r211t cars are prohibited from running on the express tracks and if  trains must be rerouted onto the express tracks in case of a service change they must discharge passengers and run NIS. Why is that?

Service to Coney Island has been restored with trains using the SB track in both directions.

Won’t be surprised if the  goes into another state of emergency.

 service is suspended between Huguenot and Tottenville in both directions because of flooding.

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Limited free shuttle bus service is running between those stations.

Also, consider taking these nearby bus routes:

For service to/from ‌Tottenville‌, take S59 (which also stop at ‌Eltingville‌) or S78 buses (which also stop at ‌St George‌).

For service to/from ‌Pleasant Plains‌ and ‌Prince's Bay, take S55 buses (which also stop at ‌Huguenot).

Posted: Tue, Jan 09 2024 23:44

Funny this is that the S55 doesn’t run at all at this hour and the S59 stopped running to Tottenville several hours ago.

2 hours ago, NBTA said:

I’m hearing that train service will be resumed at 4, but with the pictures I saw, a pillar and a wall is gonna have to be fixed too.

The service alerts are saying that service is still suspended for the rest of the day at least.

As of 9:20 AM all buses running on the S56 are express buses.

8183 was just involved in an accident on the S78. Drove past it and it seemed like a car hit the side of the bus.

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35 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

What happens after the investigation?

Most likely scrapped due to its age. If the car was younger and not part of a fleet that is in the process of retirement it would most likely be renumbered and returned to service after any repairs if necessary.

Looks like they finally moved the 9:01pm S61 trip to 9:30pm on Sunday, extending the span towards the mall by 30 minutes.

You may wait longer for an train in both directions.

We're running fewer trains because non-MTA agency is conducting work near Jamaica-179 St that is delaying our crews when they turn trains around at that station.

Is it just me or does it sound like that non-MTA agency shouldn’t be in the station (unless it’s some sort of field work)? Also it seems like  trains are running every 15 minutes at the moment due to this.

10 hours ago, Calvin said:

- Uber Ones: 7396-7400 with 7917 / 7551-7555 and 7431-7440 with 7921 

 

I always find it ironic when a transit company has ads for another mode of transport like Uber or even car ads. My college town has buses fully wrapped advertising a dealership for example. I know that the  gets paid for these ads but it’s funny to think that the ad is indirectly saying, “Don’t take this train, take an Uber instead”.

In Chicago right now and noticed that the CTA turnstiles are exactly the same as the  ones (save fare payment system). Were they made at the same time or as a dual order.

6 hours ago, Comrade96 said:

they need to stop stalling and qualify more crews for them

The crews don’t want to get qualified on them. Gonna be a lot of union negotiations before qualifications speed up.

But at some point it’s gonna be either get qualified or leave. The r46s need to be replaced ASAP.

15 hours ago, ABCDEFGJLMNQRSSSWZ said:

Honestly I've never had problems with the  and  on weekends; they don't seem to get very crowded and even if trains ran only ran every 6 minutes they were pretty consistent. I'm glad they're increasing service, but I wonder why they choose the  and .

I feel like it’s to have more A division locals. Right now 7th and Lex exp has 12.5tph while the locals only have 7.5tph. Bumping it up to 10tph would be beneficial. Also the  and  don’t really interline with other routes (save service changers) so it’s easier to increase service.

11 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

So does this mean that trains basically go back into Manhattan out of service?

Think  trains in Queens just sit there until the Signal problems are resolved.

8 hours ago, ABCDEFGJLMNQRSSSWZ said:

The worst weekend offenders always seem to be heavily interlined B-Division trains where individual services become really spotty. I've had so many weekend experiences where I've had to wait like 20+ minutes for an  train which is cruel to QBLVD local riders. I wish more focus would be placed on those lines.

The dreaded 12 minute headways which can easily become 15 or 20+ if something goes wrong. Hopefully when CBTC work is finished the  can make all of those lines run every 8-10 minutes at least on the weekends.

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1 hour ago, Chris89292 said:

Today around 6 PM, I got to experience a rare event, it happened on the  train, 90th street station, the train overshot the station, the conductor had to open the doors manually on each car to let passengers out, I wonder if it’s related with CBTC or just the TO accidentally over shooting the station

Surprised they opened the door. Usually they are told to skip the station.

Regarding the videos where NYPD arrested a bunch of people and put them on a MTA bus, are MTA b/os ordered to drive them to jail/the precinct or does someone else take over, like a NYPD officer with a CDL?

Right now all trains are skipping 14th street union square due to the Kai Cenat event at Union Square.

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4 minutes ago, NBTA said:

I wonder if that’ll be the order for the Nova depots. Makes sense with the uniformity.

Nova is closing in the US in early 2025 so while some nova buses might be delivered, much of nova depots would have to convert to NF or GILLIG.

TBH it doesn’t make sense to order anymore Nova buses since they are leaving the US soon.

Just saw this video about speeding up the Brighton Line

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvXiBoOAUAM/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Question is why are they changing the speed limits to non-uniform numbers (like 34mph instead of 35mph etc…)?