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3 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

So you did it out of impulse.

What I'm ultimately getting at is, I never had (or bothered) to hold up a metrocard... I just explained the situation & the c/r moved on, just the same.

Yeah, I've only used LIRR maybe like 3-4 times since moving here so I never know the procedure (for me the LIRR isn't worth the price and isn't all that convenient because I had always lived in the Jackson Heights area until recently). I just did it to be safe because I didn't know what to expect. Are LIRR conductors normally strict about free transfers whenever there is construction or service disruption?

2 hours ago, FamousNYLover said:

 

People can take Far Rockaway  train to Howard Beach or  to Sutphin Blvd for Airtrain.

Majority of people choose to take Q10LTD since it's cheaper.

You just show MetroCard to conductors.

Most of LIRR conductors are inform.

Same for NICE Bus where NICE Bus drivers are inform to cross honor LIRR Ticket.

I live near Elmhurst so I took the LIRR to Woodside and then jumped on the 7 to backtrack. I try to avoid using buses whenever I can and I feel like this was significantly faster as the 7 showed up right when I went up the stairs to the Woodside stop.

22 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

To all of you that are saying that all you have to do is flash your metrocard to the LIRR c/r, how exactly did you know to flash your metrocard to the c/r?

When the conductor came down to check regular tickets for everyone, I just held up my metrocard and said I was planning to transfer to the subway. He just nodded and moved on.

As someone who used to live on Northern Blvd that subway would be a godsend as I hated having to walk south to reach my station. Has the MTA ever had discussions/plans on paper in the past to put a subway on Northern just out of curiosity? 

Wouldn't it be better to terminate it at LGA, making it a true "air train", and just expand the 7 to serve bayside on the other hand?

21 hours ago, Trainmaster5 said:

In my days we would open the doors that were on the platform . The conductor would open the rear section from their operating position while the M/M would key open the single door panels in the front section with the conductor’s help. Depending on the time of day and the location of the station this could be time consuming. When the job was completed the procedure would be reversed with the rear section closed by the conductor and the M/M- T/O keying closed the open door panels while returning to the operating car. Under no circumstances would a train be backed up or reversed into the station. Once everything is done the train can proceed . I have intentionally left out one step that my fellow RTO folks are aware of. I’ll let them add it if they think that it’s relevant. I know that you’ve been around and I think you can figure it out 😃. I will add that 14th St-Union Square southbound during the rush hour might make the RCC override the above process. Carry on.

What's the reason behind not allowing a train to be reversed into the station? I'm no signal expert but wouldn't the trains behind it be shown a yellow/red at the point that the overrun train is already in the station and therefore making the reversal safe with supervision?

On a related note the only time I've had a train overrun the station was on the F line somewhere around Bay Parkway. They did the exact procedure you mentioned if I remember correctly. I thought it was odd that they overran it there as I don't remember the line at that point being on a downward slope but I hardly ride the subway to Brooklyn so my memory could be off.

On 9/20/2020 at 4:08 PM, Amtrak41 said:

Has anyone tried the LIRR yet between Penn Station and Jamaica with only a Metrocard ? Were the LIRR conductors informed ? 

I can verify that on Sunday night I took the LIRR to Woodside and just had to flash my Metrocard at the conductor to get the free transfer when I was returning from JFK.