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The R29 is in better shape than both, The R26/28 needs body work but it's probably too late. They were kinda preserved but they were also used on the RAT until 2012, after that they just sat in concourse while they repaired and restored 9586/7 which was in worse shape than all 3 of those pairs. It sucks they favor the R33s/36s over these cars as the r26/28 are the last ACF cars we got.

I would say december

There is a picture of 4175-4179 outside the Kawasaki plan next to an M8, That should be getting delivered within 2 weeks to a month from now.

making the express would be worse because it's 8 cars. Do you guys even think. Why make the one of the busiest lines in Queens Local during the weekday knowing the ridership is very high on the . The express from forest hills would delay the damn since it has to cross in front of it and when it terminates, they have to clear out the train thus backing up service. This deinterling shit really makes you guys lack common sense. The best railways in the world merge and still be on time. Some parts of the system should be de-interlined but not everything the way y'all want it. The going via 53rd and the going via 63rd make sense but there are also drawbacks to that. This is why the should invest in high speed switches and modify some crossovers in order to have trains merge to other tracks at higher speeds.

All of these issues were to be expected, covid screwed up a lot of things so there were going to be QC issues from the jump. thankfully it's not that bad but to expect these trains to be 100% perfect, you must be delusional.

Even with the running it would still have the ridership. Y'all always try to downplay shit only for it to blow up in your faces. That Portion between 96th st and 34th st herald sq had decent ridership and this is when ridership wasn't even at pre pandemic levels. I know because i took it every weekend while working on the UES and people were taking the train. Having the run to midtown on weekends and nights would help not only riders but 6th ave riders as well. riders didn't take the all the way up to 96th and 2nd ave. So your point is moot.

If they were to swap the and permanently , The can run to 21st queens bridge on nights and weekends giving riders 24/7 access to midtown which is needed. The to Essex is a waste and when the was running on 6th ave on weekends to 96th st, The ridership was high so the demand is there. You don't need thru service from queens blvd and 63rd st during the late nights and weekends and they can at least give a free out of system transfer between queens plaza and Queensbridge or take the Q66 and Q69 buses to queen bridge. Then once the GOs and everything is done on queens blvd then they can bring the to forest hills. All they have to do is fix the issues with dwell times and other issues and the and can run via 53rd without issue. They use the same equipment so it's not like in the 90s where the had nothing but R46s and the was all R32s which created dwell time due to the R46s having 32 doors vs 40 on an R32. CBTC on paper is supposed to fix these issues but we all know that isn't the case at this moment.

No wonder why i didn't see any R211s in service. I was wondering why i didn't see any, Oh well. I hope they get the issues resolved.

The uses about 9-10 sets now. The Rockaway shuttle uses 3 sets of R179s now so there's 3 5 car units as spares now (a trainset and a half).

Yeah, i got carried away. I just get tired of people who don't live here anymore telling me and others how things should get done when they don't see what's going on currently. It's a big insult to the people who want to see better service, esp if is trying to extort more money out of people who drive know that they aren't ready. It's frustrating when you commute and deal with the BS. It's a lot different from when people fan the system.

They don't understand that these lines increased in ridership overtime. Covid hit and created a big mess that we still in (crew availability) but ridership has grown back to what it is pre pandemic. People who don't even live here no more kept swearing up and down that ridership would never get back to pre covid levels and that everyone will be still doing remote work. Then you have the pushing for congestion pricing when they aren't even ready due to lack of equipment and crew availability. 2024-2025 is going to be brutal.

Again, Giving Jamaica 8 car R160's would create a bigger headache and would cost more money in the long term due to the fact it's a restricted fleet for one line. The yard barely have space as it is, Now you adding 8 car units to the mix. having it 10 cars would allow them to share cars with the and like it does now with it being 5 cars. This would reduce spare factor and require less cars, If Jamaica gets R211s, this would make it even better when it comes to spare factor. If the returned to Coney Island, That's a different story. They can handle an extra fleet since the yard is bigger and could store more trains. Wouldn't have to be a service reduction, it could run the same as now. Back on topic, I think the R211T's should enter passenger service within the next 2 weeks.

he'll change his tune once the trains are packed and people start going apeshit. and that is complete bullshit because ridership is at peak pre pandemic levels now and since NYC like to spread it's asscheeks, you have over 100,000 migrants and counting here whom will also use the subway system thus adding to the already increased ridership. He's just damage controling because is about to see a drop in employees since a large chunk will retire in 2024-2025. Option order II is supposed to fix all the issues and also expand the fleet so eventually you'll see extra service unless they kill off some R68s which i doubt they'll do.

Do you even take the train daily? It gets packed and it would gain even more ridership since it connects to lines that go into Manhattan if congestion pricing goes thru. Metropolitan ave, Court sq and Hoyt are major transfer points plus schoolkids who also use the line.

option order II would fix this, You guys gotta relax with the "The r46s won't last as long" bullshit. Y'all said the same about the R32s from 2008-2022. The R46s will get replaced. Both options are enough to replace them and leave a surplus of cars. Option II is going to happen regardless.

it kinda does, The is always packed and making it 8 cars instead of 10 would cost more money since again the yard has to deal with a entire fleet of 8 cars that is restricted to one line instead of sharing the fleet. That's the reason it's better off being 10 cars so this way it can share it's fleet like it does now with it being 5 cars with the and . If Congestion pricing happens, That would warrant the going 10 cars.

The shouldn't be 8 cars if it's still out of Jamaica Yard. It should be 10 cars for fleet flexibility. Making it 8 cars in Jamaica yard would create issues since the yard is already overcrowded with it's fleet. having a separate 8 car fleet would make it even more complicated. The extra 8 car units should be used for a extension or a new eastern division line that would operate in south Brooklyn to cover for the loss of service.

here's the video of it at 63rd drive

a few 3700s from LGA did go to MHV for a day but the city threw a big fit (rightfully so) and they sent them right back.

It has nothing to do with the R46s. The R179s are apart of pitkin yard and the Rockaway just happend to use R179s since they were probably the only trains available. Plus since more R211s are in service on the , It makes sense to use a whole set (2 5 car trains) for the shuttle. The R211s will also be used on the shuttle when the time comes. And the R179s have been on the rockaway shuttle before in the summer of 2021 and 2022 they popped up 1 time in those 2 years

The / works. The / didn't work because it skipped the most important stops and didn't help. The / skip stop makes more sense because it gets people to the city faster and it actually helps since I rode both lines daily for 29 years.

the only thing they'll do which they always do is order option II (they are going to have to anyway for the 2nd ave extension to 125th st) Again this agency is dumb, the one thing to encourage people to take mass transit and they are shooting themselves in the foot by telling the riding public they aren't boosting any service. This is the main reason why more people went to cars between 1995-2000. Also things could change if congestion pricing is in affect.

Those lines are all local lines and mostly underground ( line mainly) so their HVAC units are going to fail overtime due to doors opening and closing each stop. If these were on an express line like the or this wouldn't be as much as an issue). But the amount of hot cars on the and dramatically dropped compared to 2019.

6206-07 before that time was OOS for about 3-4 years. around that time they just returned to service and was the only R46 to have the hostler (if that's how is pronounced) controls (where you can control the train from the B end). most of the fleet had it post GOH but when they linked the cars together in 1994-5 they removed them. 6206-07 still had it until it was linked with the 2 surviving cars from the 125th st derailment and had the hostler removed. Had that set not derailed at 125th, 6206-07 would have been the first 2 R46s to retire.

I get the parts issue but should have been more prepared. I'm going to get on their ass on everything since they are trying to brute force congestion pricing knowing they aren't ready due to the crew shortages and equipment shortages. They can't afford to have another car shortage because if they do again in the future even with available crews by then, it would be a big problem. It's better to be safe than sorry. If congestion pricing wasn't being pushed so much, They could have been started retiring the R46s since option order I is already paid for which would not only retire the entire R46 fleet, but would also give NYCT a surplus of cars. People including the workers gotta understand that is the biggest problem right now and their flaws are starting to show way more than in the past due to social media and etc. People are going to go ham esp when they are trying to force people to take mass transit because they always somehow run out of money while wasting it on useless shit at 2 broadway.