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51 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Why is SIRTOA treated as its own separate system when it should be incorporated into NYCT? Makes no sense having 200 hourly employees for one line when it should be incorporated under NYCT as the D division.

What’s the C Division?

9 minutes ago, Amiri the subway guy said:

Meh, still not really the best idea. I feel like deinterlining is a pipe dream. Anyways do you got any ideals for a 2nd avenue proposal 

I feel like they should make it four tracked, including the existing portion

Express stations:

125th

96th

72nd

42nd

14th

Houston St

Hanover Sq

they also should extend the line into the Bronx and Brooklyn, maybe even a branch into Queens

It could also be an opportunity to revive the , but obviously not in that color.

Before the  was revived there were fanmade plans to revive it via 2nd avenue

1 minute ago, Amiri the subway guy said:

it’s a awful idea that makes no sense

I know, the reasoning was that one line (not service) was serving 3 branches

I saw another one that left the  and  alone (in Brooklyn at least), introduced the  as a QBL local and knocked the  to Astoria.

The  wouldn’t change much.

last night i saw a video where 8th avenue was deinterlined. for some reason, the  and  are completely removed from Brooklyn and Queens, terminating at WTC, while the  and  take their place. But then the  serves JFK twice.

On 7/19/2023 at 4:37 PM, R32 3838 said:

Corona is the best barn in the whole entire system. They will turn a turd into something great. Before retirement, their R33/36WF fleet had the best MDBF in the entire system. The CBTC issues and everything aside. They always make sure their equipment is in good running shape.

 

 

All the other yards need to take notes from Corona, Jerome’s R142s look like they just stepped out of war zone, or so i heard

the original plan was wild tho, you should never get rid of a select bus service

what’s the point of eliminating the current Q48 and making a new one from scratch, obviously I have no room to talk as I haven’t lived in NYC for over 7 years.

it seems like the 125th stations get worse the more east you go

125th on the  has a nice view but on the opposite end 125th on the  is basically the trenches

5 minutes ago, biGC323232 said:

Not really...How was the  really helping the  at that time even when it ran on 4 av......U still had to make a transfer for mid town and uptown service...Thats why they had the split  at that time  for one simple transfer at 34st....

the  and  were in service in the 80s

The  may have stayed if the  stayed on 53rd and the  went through the newer 63rd. Then again, 63rd was served by literally every 6th avenue line in the 90s except the . think about it, there was the ,  and  serving it at different times, and the  could’ve went on 63rd as well.

How is the  a B- ?? i heard QBL service is TRASH on weekends and brooklyn service is AWFUL

also how is the  also a B, I heard CPW Local riders SUFFER on weekends because there’s no  to come to the rescue.

I also heard that the  is terrible during late nights because it makes 61 stops and it’s infrequent.

This ranking is biased as hell. 

Also is the belief that if it’s in the area take the IRT/number lines true, or is that just a myth?

we could’ve seen R160 siemens  trains by now

honestly i wonder what would happen if the 2010 budget cuts went differently than it did (i.e. some routes staying and others going)

i would like to see a map of what this would look like

since not a lot of people know about conquesting, there should be at least a large amount of people who know about subway surfing, there is a news article every other month now about a teen dying from subway surfing

6 hours ago, darkstar8983 said:

I wonder what’s happening on the Manhattan Bridge Broadway Side. Every weekend for months now, trains are being rerouted via lower manhattan, yet nothing being done on the north side of the bridge. Maybe tracks are being replaced, or could this be a sign that trains may need to be rerouted again on a larger scale

We might get  via Montague and  back. Plus there are switches to still keep the  running to 96.

ok yea horrible idea

what there really should be is an announcement encouraging people not to conquest (i.e. stealing rollsigns, pulling emergency brakes etc.)

Just realized the R179 display is different from the R160s, notice the E

the most iconic rolling stock on each line

 - R62A (mostly all we’ve seen for over 30 years)

 - Redbirds, but the 142s have been on long enough

 - R62

 - R62, though i’ll give credit the 142A

 - i guess the 142s though i think there were also redbirds

 - 142As, 62As are okay but some older rail fans might not agree

 - REDBIRDS

 - i guess i’ll say 44/46

 - R40 Slants

 - R32s, no arguments

 - i guess the 68s

 - 32s, though the 160s may have already reached that status, as it’s all it’s seen for nearly 15 years

 - 46s

 46/68s

 - 32s/40s/42s

 - 143s, running on that line for over 20 years, i’ll give it credit. though the 42s are also iconic

 (kinda wish there was a circle brown M bullet) - 42s

 - 32s/68s/160s depending on the decade, now that they’re off the N, some people might appreciate it more

 - 68s/160s - same with the N

 - 46s

 - depends on what’s shuttle it is

 - 40Ms/42s/46s

 - 40 slants/68s

i’m sure the 160s won’t be too far behind in retirement, the newest 143s were delivered in 03, the oldest R160s were delivered in 06

even then i still cannot imagine the R143s retiring

is there any word on when Jamaica  and Broadway-7th Avenue  will happen.

Also my speculation for why Lexington  CBTC is postponed is because the MTA still hasn’t awarded the bid for the R262 to any company yet, and spreading out the R142/A’s would leave severe service gaps.

4 hours ago, ttcsubwayfan said:

Again, it comes down to the fact that they don't have enough rolling stock, nor will they, to replace everything old on the IRT and BMT in one fell swoop.

Unless you want to personally offer them your own cash so that they can replace everything with NTTs.

You’re right.

38 minutes ago, R32 3838 said:

 

 

Astoria CBTC as well as Lexington CBTC has been pushed back in favor of 6th ave and Crosstown CBTC due to those 2 lines having the oldest signals in the system. This is why the R211s will be on 90% of the IND lines, Basically all IND lines have to have tech trains within the next 5-6 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so they’re favoring the IND and setting aside the BMT and IRT. 

Here’s my predictions for which lines will get it after QBL

Culver  

8th Avenue  

6th Avenue  

Crosstown  

Lexington Avenue

7th Avenue  
Astoria  

No word on when they plan for Broadway  and Jamaica  CBTC and for other lines in Brooklyn & The Bronx like  (Eastern Pkwy, White Plains, Jerome, Dyre, Pelham, Brighton, Fulton, Concourse, West End, Sea Beach, 4th Avenue)

I’ve been having this thought for days, if the double letter services remained into the 80s to become single lettered services, what letters would they become

routes like  and  would be obvious but what about routes that wouldn’t have been easy, like the  which was eliminated back in 1976, it obviously couldn’t have became  for obvious reasons.