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1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

I just hope that the MTA exercises option order 2 not only to make the "C" and "G" full length, but also to eliminate the subway car shortage that has been affecting the B division since the retirement of the r44's and to properly accommodate the growth in ridership.

Remember their first priority is CBTC and end of life r46’s not fixing car shortages or full length train sets for both lines. That’s an afterthought 

48 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

Today and tomorrow is/will be the 1st year of the R211Ss on property!

Has the power and signal issues been fixed? 

Did anyone notice one of the newer sets does not have digital ads under the ceiling lighting? Like a second pilot set. I wonder is this the same set with the heated floor test? 
 

3 minutes ago, Kamen Rider said:

East New York can’t even store the cars it already has. There’s at least 5-6 J’s parked in various corners every night.

again, the relocation of those cars is predicated on the expansion of 207’s inspection barn to hold full length trains, not the arrival of new equipment.

Everyone seems to forget that this is the reason why the C does not use 10 cars. Also the MTA cares more about how many trains can they put into service vs a spare factor. 

3 minutes ago, Kamen Rider said:

East New York can’t even store the cars it already has. There’s at least 5-6 J’s parked in various corners every night.

again, the relocation of those cars is predicated on the expansion of 207’s inspection barn to hold full length trains, not the arrival of new equipment.

Everyone seems to forget that this is the reason why the C does not use 10 cars. Also the MTA cares more about how many trains can they put into service vs a spare factor. 

1 hour ago, Metro CSW said:

With that coming in, we also have a new consist in service: 4210-19!

4235-4236 delivered 

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2 hours ago, MJHmarc said:

should be ….not sure why 35 was reported today….that should be with next batch. 

Saw the pics…. 4230-4234! 

1 hour ago, Ale188 said:

4230-34*

should be ….not sure why 35 was reported today….that should be with next batch. 

 R211A:  4230 - 4235 Delivered to The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal today. 

R211A 4225 - 4229 Delivered at The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal today.

1 hour ago, Ale188 said:

I've noticed 4049 with no NYS on the left side of the train. It got tagged, though.

The wrap got destroyed in the graffiti removal process

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R211A 4220 - 4224 Delivered to The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal tonight 

9 hours ago, Vulturious said:

They were transferred earlier this evening to Pitkin Yard.

That was fast. 

R211A 4215 -4219 delivered.. if this was not already posted 

Another person hit by train in bk effecting F an G right now at 530pm 

8 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Can’t we just upgrade Canarsie CBTC to be compatible with the rest of the system? It seems overly complicated to have cars restricted to one line.

Won’t likely happen as there’s more of a need to roll out new cbtc vs replacing existing ones just for compatibility. Likely the L doesn’t need too many more sets which the cost would likely be less than changing out a system. If eny had enough sets they wouldn’t need to borrow from the L line. This is really all r211 option 2 order talk. 

On 3/15/2024 at 10:59 AM, Comrade96 said:

Got some potential news from the grapevine, would be nothing too new but as always take it with a grain of salt.

Car equipment's current plan is to keep the r68s around for around another 8-10 years due to them being purchased with federal funding way back when, so dont expect the 268s for a while. Of course, the car equipment of today will most likely not be the same car equipment a few years from now, as always, grain of salt.....

I don’t think it’s to anyone surprised the R68’s/A’s will be around for a while and will likely replace the r46’s running on the N Q W. 

R211 4185 - 4189 delivered. 

 R211 4180 4181 4182 were delivered too. 

59 minutes ago, RandomRider0101 said:

Welp, so much for the gangway idea.

I started growing doubtful the more I learned about these cars, but I was still kinda holding onto hope that some kind of alterations could be made to the sets to make them actually work here at NYCT.

I hope they can just convert the gangway sets into standard sets. That way, they won't have the trouble of having to keep these cars isolated to a shuttle route.

Without locking off each car it would not be easy to convert them. 

12 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

These cars were ill advised from the start. I wouldn’t be surprised if they convert them into A units, put them on the Rock  or just retire them.

They would look nice on the G line broken into 4 sets 

18 minutes ago, Metro CSW said:

Been here since Wednesday.

 

 

I kind of thought so but was not 100% sure! Thanks!!!!

R211A : 4175 - 4179 at SBK