Abba

2 hours ago, P3F said:

The announcement was made multiple times over the regular P/A system. No scanners or eavesdropping involved.

Scanners are legal.

5 hours ago, Abba said:

I did a little railfanning now .  So far I’ve I see 3   and 1  all of which was R179

Afterwards I saw a R46  then I took a R32  back One stop to my station. Then I saw I think 2 more R179  and 1 or 2 more  179 plus a NIS R46  

I did a little railfanning now .  So far I’ve I see 3   and 1  all of which was R179

I went today from Nostrand to 168 on  today. I saw Around 5 or 6 R179  trains and 1  . 

40 minutes ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

If you look at the chart carefully, there are minus signs next to the r32's, r42's and r46's and a plus sign next to the r211's. That graph was explained in yesterday's board meeting.

This is the MTA's explanation of the graph:

By August 2023, there won't be any r32's and r42's and the MTA confirmed in yesterday's board meeting that they'll be retired way before August 2023, 240 r46 cars will be gone and 535 r211's will be delivered and/or in service.

By December 2024, 512 r46's cars will be gone and 650 r211's will be delivered and/or in service.

Also, notice that now 58% of NYC Subway rolling stock is composed of NTT'S.

Also, Byford said that inspection, and testing on the r179's is complete and they pretty much got the green light from Bombardier and a third party for the r179's to go back in service some time this week.

On all trains? So can we see all 179,s back this week ? 

35 minutes ago, Maxwell179 said:

Could the  terminate at 51st St ?

Probably not maybe 59th

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A lot of brakes activated today. Three trains were activated northbound at Fulton st today . After the second they just copied and pasted the first email . Then they corrected it to say that some southbound  and  would terminate at Brooklyn Bridge to provide service north. Why did they have to investigate every train that went BIE there. Can’t they assume the same reason activated all three brakes?

I went today to Jay St Metrotech to see if any R179,,s would show up. I didn’t see any... Are they going to announce when they start running again ?

Even though MTA says  via  it looks like “some”   trains are running regular from Brooklyn  and terminating at Times Square. It seems like  train service south of 96 is extremely limited.

EDIT: looks like the south  section is every 10 min.  trains on the south side every 15 min.  is actually normal headways it seems 

According to subway time 2  trains will go to Stillwell via Culver soon.

Does anyone know why can’t dispatch hold trains in stations when no other trains are behind it in a situation where one is right ahead. Like for example  The other day I was on  and we were held between Wall and Fulton St for 10 min due to an earlier incident on a  train. (We also we’re delayed between Clark and Wall Street for a little) . The next train didn’t arrive for another 5 min after my train . I mean what’s the point of trapping people in a tunnel for 10 min for no reason .

On 12/12/2019 at 6:31 PM, TrainRider Railfan said:

I wish they could just demolish and redesign the whole junction so that trains wouldn't interfere with each other so much. Just looking at it makes my brain hurt.

One of the problems is they hold trains there for a minute or 2 when according to subwaytime it’s not necessary at all!  If they must they should ask the train operator who they are BEFORE they get to the homeball so as not to delay the train. This also  happened a lot on the  and  by 36th st when they were doing the work on the express tracks especally southbound There was one time where a  was stopped for maybe 3 min before . Is that really necessary when it didn’t even have to merge with the  ??  This seems like it’s not as much of an issue on the number lines however on Saturday night  on the  and  we sat for about 2 minutes south of 145 with a  . Neither train moved and then it was decided that  should go thank g-d. But these things can be easily avoided with better dispatch.

Does anyone know if any phone carriers works in the tunnels . I just signed up for a Verizon company and was wondering. 

Exactly . Really the  shouldn’t run in Brooklyn  (and the  should take its place till new lots). but if they insist do what you said.

5 hours ago, Lex said:

There's one track that connects two levels, and trains doing what you're proposing would need to change directions three times just to double back.

I didn’t know it was that bad. The  turning at Atlantic is acceptable only if it relays on express track and everything else is via local.

Are you sure?  Can the  come in on lower level (LOCAL track) then leave again without impacting  and  ? It would be a hard operation but it’s better then terminating at Atlantic. If it affects  and  then your right but otherwise it’s not so bad if they make announcements in the station to let people know what’s going on .Another  option is to terminate at Brooklyn Museum but that Dosent really make sense. The best thing was to just run   to/from new lots local In Brooklyn and suspend the  . The crossing  move at Atlantic during rush is a problem cause it requires the express to be clear of trains which is tough during rush.amd also the spur track has to be clear.could be it takes time to reverse cause then it needs both express and local to be clear. If the spur track is not clear then the (N/B) 3 cannot move.  Sounds to me like Utica is better if it Dosent impact the  and  . I still don’t know why  and  trains were really heavily delayed but it really shouldn’t happen. 

Right I know . But I think they can do better . 

Sometimes I really feel dispach can do a better job handling different situations.like yesterday with the Fulton st. There is NO point in terminating the  at Atlantic. Especially during rush. This causes  and  trains to be held up waiting for the  to relay. If they really want a  in Brooklyn just have a shuttle to Utica and back and let the  and  (and ) run around the relaying . I know it’s very not normal for RCC to do an operation like this but it’s the only choice.  and  riders should have near normal service.( just some extra crowds maybe).i know it’s very sad what happened with the 2 year old. But you still have to maintain the railroad.

I’m so sorry to hear about this. Very sad. 
 

I want to know however why the MTA choose to run the  in Brooklyn and terminate it at Atlantic. Why don’t they just run the  local from New Lots and run the a little less  service. There were major delays tonight it seems. Why should Lexington ave riders suffer?  I saw on some sites that  trains got to Manhattan from Brooklyn more then 30 min late. It shouldn’t happen. There has to be a better way to handle this.some 4 trains took 20 min just to get from Utica to Franklin. There has to be Ah better way.  Not fair to trap passengers between those stations for so long.

Why did they have to suspend all service north of 86th st?

22 hours ago, RR503 said:

They changed the speed signs leaving the station. 10 became 15 or 20 (can't remember which).

For the  and  Manhattan bound is 10 for the  and  is 15 .was there today.

I’m just wondering why they can’t Run a shuttle and wrong rail it . They do that sometimes when there is a G.O no reason why they can’t do it now and have more passengers 

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Posted: 11/27/19 6:51 AM

why can’t they run a shuttle on the other track ? Or even to Franklin if the track is clear?  I asked this before anyone know?

I thought they were removing timers? Maybe Nevins was one of those places?