S78 via Hylan

It’s been put out there that the R179s are still experiencing problems. Can anyone shed light on what these issues may be?

Bro, it’s not that serious. YU only has a handful of the new LFS. Not to mention, you have some SI folk who either don’t know how or care to use Bustime.

There’s only one set of R62s on the . None are on the .

That link doesn’t work. I copied and pasted it a few times.

Something to keep in mind: The R62As are subjected to heavy abuse on high ridership lines such as the and are on the road 24/7 with little time in the shops. As for the R62s, they run on the , a part-time line, so they don’t rack up as much mileage and receive more maintenance.

Looking at the last few pages, this is what we currently have at Yukon: 8573-8575, 8578-8579, 8583, 8585, 8587, 8590, 8603-8604

Which bus lines are or have been your home routes? For me: Staten Island: S40, S42, S44, S52, S74, S76, S78 Brooklyn: B13, B26, B43, B44, B52, Q24, Q56 And now that I just moved to NJ: 13 and 27 On the subject of getting rare catches without using Bustime, I can recall the following: -Catching an MCI or Prevost on the S89 before it became common -Riding an RTS on the S62 (the summer of 2013 when SI was really short) and on the S78 back when YU had RTSes There’s probably more that I can’t remember at the moment.

Pause on this one. 8259 was on the S74 earlier and now it’s working the S78.

Hopefully, the TA doesn’t hold that against him.

The roster already reflects that.

Not quite. If any incident or planned work occurs on or near the bridge, then the gets rerouted through the tunnel, which happens every now and then. TA doesn’t want to risk that.

Those issues were fixed as more 179s have been delivered and placed into service on the .

None of the NGs are staying as the incoming LFS’ will be a bus-for-bus replacement. TA wants all the hybrids off the island. YU should be fine with five less buses since the summer pick is only just over two months away.

I noticed that a few days ago too. Maybe there is scheduled 7:00pm trip and it just wasn’t added to the schedule.

Maybe the HVAC wasn’t working.

As for part of the revised tunnel closure, yes. Trains will run every 8 minutes instead of every 10. The isn’t getting R46s. If anything, they’ll throw an extra R68 set or two.

I certainly don’t miss them. Their A/C was crap, doors opened and closed too slowly, and their structural issues don’t help them either. I’m glad they’re gone.

There’s no set schedule as it can run at anytime.

The LFS being delivered to QV are direct bus-for-bus replacements for the Orion 7s.

I mean, they were always slated to get LFS...

No service between Broadway Junction and Canarsie.

Now it does, but it didn’t used to.

I think he meant the longest route out of QV.

I’m at Sutphin now, just saw a train come in and it still slowed before it entered.

No, trains entering that station always slow to a crawl even if there’s nothing ahead.