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My thoughts exactly, the BMT can also be pretty good too. It might be just me but I swear like half the transit community always roasts the BMT more than it really deserves, especially when some of the issues it has is the same on the IRT and IND. I remember riding an from QB plaza to Brooklyn and my T/O hauled the entire way, didn't feel slow at all. Despite how sharp many BMT curves are, trains can still go surprisingly fast on them lol. (Atlantic Ave. curve and 38 st. portal for example).

IMO, If we're talking about giving Fulton street a new local service, I think building a short connection from Montague to Hoyt-Schermerhorn and letting the handle Fulton local would be better, sorta like a Brooklyn version of the 21st. connection. 's end at Whitehall already so it would just be a simple extension to Euclid Ave. (Ik this idea was proposed before).

1. I feel like doing all of this would be pretty messy and confusing on many levels: riders perspectives, additional interlining etc. Altho I agree should continue to 6th Ave on weekends, whether to Forest Hills or 96 st. ( trains really needs that help on weekends in my experience lol) 2. Pretty sure this was discussed a lot in the 63rd st closure thread. As much as I think letting run to Forest hills on weekends can reduce the late night switcheroo confusion a little but idk. 3. I have some doubts about that, both and on 53rd, probably, but the is well known for many common issues, so itll need the help, even if riders doesn't take the on QBL local as much as other routes.

Personally, I kind of wish the sets coming from Nebraska were delivered this way but its trucked halfway across the country one by one rn. I assume the reason they're not delivered by rail is because either costs, Class I freights being sucky as usual or some other logistical issue. But idk lol.

That noise is due to the el structures being made of steel and the way the tracks are directly bolted to the steel. Not to mention the F train's curve. Maybe dampeners in the track or sound barriers (covering the entire structure to be effective) could be installed to reduce this. But unless if the entire el structure is rebuilt with concrete or magically buried underground (which neither will ever happen because of costs and topography), then the noise will continue to persist in some way.

At this point the Jerome El is cursed or something lol. First a killing at 170 or 176 st. a few months back, then teens shooting each other at Mt. Eden Ave., then a freaking severed leg being discovered near 167 st. and now this.

Damn i heard of this from discord but I didnt know it was actually true. Interesting this happened right after the pilot to install "barriers" between the T/O's and the passengers started at 125 st. .

Damn im surprised dailymail didnt even censor that photo either lol. Those guys are definitely doing that on purpose.

Just curious, Is there proof of this? Because most of what i've been hearing is that its a glitch. Also if conquesters really did change it, then shouldn't the entire train be signed as last stop? Iirc it was only 4055-9 signed as (L), while 4045-9 was signed correctly.

Ah I see, thanks for letting me know. Yeah thats unsurprising but I don't blame them lol.

If im not mistaken, the queens district are trains right? If so, then i think this implies that the R211T might run on the and/or . Maybe.

There will always be those kinds of people everytime a new train is introduced. Im sure this kind of attitude existed with the previous NTTs and continue to exist with future trains. Maybe a time machine should be invented just to send those kinds of people to the 1970s and leave them there lol. /j

Yeah I also have the same feeling for things like station renovations, installing cbtc, trackwork etc. Imo, I feel like the mta relies so much on contractors for everything that it feels like the mta doesn't even do anything in house. Especially when relying on them too much can and has caused many issues and delays in various projects from what I can tell. (Not to mention corruption lol).

Can confirm i saw it at high st around 5:30 today

If i'm not mistaken, i think it kinda varies everyday. Some days 5 sets will be running, other days 6 sets etc.

Yeah i was disappointed when the score for the rockaway beach branch was low :/ . Also I'm curious to know how they evaluated the utica ave subway options. Is it assumed to be completely underground or partly elevated? etc. Because if its fully underground then i can see where these bloated prices came from. But then again im not surprised that many of these estimates are kinda bs imo lol.

Yeah this was what I was thinking. Just adapting the R211S to better fit the nature of the SIR (Ex: changing the seating layout to latitutional like the RR's) is way more realistic and less complicated than converting R143s or R160s IMO lol.

Don't mind me dropping some quick Queenslink advocacy here but, those extra 8 car trains can certainly be used for that project lol. Even if its not enough R211 option order 2 with those 4 car sets can also help too.

It really feels crazy that I graduated from that school in 2021. Jeez ig I graduated just in time before the even more braindead teens filled in lol.

This morning when taking the northbound, the auto announcements said "This is a manhattan bound train" instead of the usual "(F) local train" announcement. This only happened between Bergen st to York st though. Later when going home a different northbound train said the normal announcements. I can't remember the car numbers but it was like 96xx. Just thought that was interesting.

Damn your hatred for the R46 is that huge huh. As someone that lives on west end (D) for basically my entire life, im used to riding old trains lol. Sure it sucks going from riding new trains daily to riding the oldest trains in the system within a year but lifes never fair. Even I miss riding R160s on the and . But we have no choice but to have some patience until option 1 and/or 2 of r211's to maybe see NTT's on those lines again.

Even in the morning trains were delayed because of vandalism at both ends of the line. It really feels like some dumb conquestor gang coordinated an all out vandalism attack today or something lmao.

Oh dear, the Jamaica R160's also has lots graffiti issues. I remember looking at Jamaica yard on google maps and like 3 or 4 full sets were completely graffitied on one side. Even after cleaning, i still see some amount of pink, purple or neon green on the f train especially in the sun lol.

Omg thank you so much lmao. Ever since this kid stated that elevators at curbs will cause car crashes and other garbage posted in other threads, I already knew he was full of shit and was most likely a troll or living in his own fantasies lol. Anyways, nice to see the r211T still testing and such, excited to see it running soon.

Oh yeah, you're right i forgot to mention i based this off what I saw in vanshnookenraggen's site lol. Since my version of this is just a short connection, kinda like a brooklyn version of the 21 st connection in queens, it shouldnt cost too much, even with inflated prices. I do think this could be worth it since with just a short tunnel, the fulton st line and the rockaways can gain a lot better service than what they have right now.