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Given it is the oldest R179, it's been through alot.

Thank you for the clarification, said set has not been in service for 2 weeks now, seems like they're 240thifying it up

@Calvin Do you know if 1986-1990 has been transferred back to Westchester?

There's nothing wrong with that, I'm just saying. No problem.

What is your point with this? CPW has three services that sound alike and there is no communication issues? That's why operators and dispatch have code names for the subway lines. ancy uincy elta etc.

Why is the Brighton Local, and the not running peak direction express, let alone to 205th?

During the weekends, some a number of sets are swapped between Concourse and Coney Island for and . Plus, if you want the to use Concourse trains, then they should be ran via Concourse, if not to 145th Street lower level, so the trains running light won't interfere with and .

It can be a thing where the wknd scheduling can be correlated with and scheduling, and besides, the way I have it is to have the run every 20 minutes. Said route doesn't need to be frequent, and it's purpose is to help and services. Running from Bedford Park Blvd to 2 Avenue.

It shouldn't take alot for someone to comprehend that a service is running elsewhere on the weekends. And what does 63rd have anything to do with this? 63rd is covered by a completely different route now, things have changed.

The should run more trains period.

The is not needed in Brooklyn on weekends, I'd rather reroute it to 2nd Avenue

I strongly agree with your comment here. I've said it on the forums before that you cannot simply deinterline everything in the subway, and what the MTA wants for the benefit of the passengers, is for each trunk with 2 or more subway routes have access to both sides of Manhattan, whether the line is 24/7, Rush Hour, or whatever the case is. Examples being: QBL Express 53rd St Eastern Pkwy Nostrand Av/WPR CPW Brighton 4th Av Express This is the problem with these deinterlining folks is they don't understand that eliminating a route that is heavily used, or rerouting it is not only going to cause problems for those commuting, but it will cause confusion, and confusion definitely leads to increased dwell times so on and so forth. The main topic is always eliminating the . Eliminating the is going to overcrowd the and , and there will be not enough trains to even alleviate the crowds. This is why the runs every day to Manhattan from the Bronx, even if WPR is closed off on weekends, MTA still makes an effort to have the run from the Bronx, whether it's from Dyre Avenue, 149th Street, hell, even Burnside Avenue. The only de interlining I would like to see is the DeKalb Junction, having the , and switch places. My takes, carry on.

I'm pretty sure it does.

They'll probably use the lame ass excuse of the not being a 24/7 route. It is such a shame that West End sees more service than Concourse on the regular, especially during the rush hour, and weekends. This also comes with the becoming Concourse full time, with Coney Island storing trains, just like how they currently do with the , and vice versa. This problem could be solved, with said above, running more service to the Bronx. It is not fair that Concourse alone takes 20 Minutes to do the whole trunk, yet it is being provided with such frequencies, which at times the Bx1/2 do better doing, than the subway itself. If MTA has to make the a 24/7 route, or extend the service hours so be it. When Concourse Express resumes service, the is going to be running the same frequencies, if not worse than it already is. In the long run, I do not support the being CIY after the CBTC implementation, mainly on how service is crap on Concourse.

I'm surprised Calvin didn't report this, but 1986-1990 Westchester to 240th

Is the MJQ work not starting in the beginning of 2023? It is likely for it to happen during the pick.

They could've just had Trains end/start at Kings Highway.

Yeah my friend confirmed it today, set is not retired.

Apparently 240th retired 1896-1900 @Calvin, but I won't believe it until I hear it from my friend who works at 240th, who previously stated that said set is having issues and won't see service until year's end, or 2023.

7171 still has it, I saw it yesterday. As for 7021, I don't know, I can only keep track of 7171. Do 7506-7510 still have them?

Around 2021 (when the HEVs were being delivered), some of the glass covering the signs themselves used to be cracked, but Kingsbridge has seen resolved that issue.

We can both agree the Bronx has the worst maintenance, but if I would choose the best depot with an unbiased opinion I'd say Yonkers express wise, and Kingsbridge local wise. Kingsbridge and Gun Hill are arguably better than one another to an extent, but I personally find Gun Hill at fault for not properly maintaining their fleet after having them on the roads all day, and not taking proper care of the fleet used on routes with many hills, bumpy roads, etc (Bx12.) Not by a long shot, I think Kingsbridge is the depot with the best from Bronx. They maintain decently, as they have the best LFSAs in the Bronx, but they seriously need to check out those streaks on some of the buses, and they need to repaint all Blue and White LFSAs. (Excluding 1287-1289).

The has it's own space shared with the , but that's different. Yes some 's get stored at CIY, but that's still not enough in the 8-car case. If this is to persist, then either those R160s are Coney Island assigned, or the moves to Coney Island.

The problem is, unless there isn't an expansion in Jamaica Yard, there is no way that ENY is gonna send their own fleet of R160s just for one line, that requires a distant deadhead on top of that. I don't see this actually happening without Jamaica themselves moving some cars to other yards and making room.

Great minds think alike. I've told many many many people that the subway is deinterlined because of a rider's benefit. People fail to realize some of these branches work the way they do so commuters have access to one side of Manhattan and the other. For example: in the Bronx, Brooklyn in Brooklyn in Brooklyn In Brooklyn / North of 59th St in Queens Rogers and DeKalb Junction are indeed hotspts of the subway, but they work because there are atleast two lines that bring passengers to one side of Manhattan. They say that the causes the most delays on IRT because it interlines with the and . Yet they don't understand that riders depend on the to reach Lexington Avenue from areas like Eastchester, Edenwald, and Co-Op City. I heavily agree with you on the Brighton part. I've been telling people for a long ass time, Brighton riders have always wanted access to both Broadway and Sixth Avenue for a long time. and did not work because Brighton Riders did not have access to Broadway as soon as possible, rather they had to transfer at Atlantic Avenue. Same with both and , it *especially* didn't work because there was no 6th Avenue service on 4th Avenue. Rather having only the , and taking a longer 6th Avenue way to Manhattan. This is why after 2004, Brighton, and 4th Avenue finally became both 6th Avenue and Broadway with the . It is so refreshing to see someone have common sense toward the subject of the subway line routing.