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?

On 5/1/2019 at 8:57 AM, Lil 57 said:

Is any of the LFS's at Yukon trackable yet? If they don't get tracking soon, you'll have alot of buses not showing up leading to complaints and lost ridership.

On 5/1/2019 at 9:43 AM, Lil 57 said:

I know, I was mainly talking about the non-bus faners and the regular riders who take the bus. If they don't see a bus on BusTime coming for a while, they might be more inclined to take an Uber or something. 

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.

2 hours ago, Bay Ridge Express said:

It's very questionable why there are still R62s on the   and  ... but I guess they have no choice

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

49 minutes ago, Mysterious2train said:

I don't think I've seen 3252 mentioned in this thread, but it looks like somebody on reddit spotted it on its way down to the city yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/nycrail/comments/bju07h/new_subway_car_coming_down_i87/

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.

1 hour ago, The TransitMan said:

8578, 8583 and 8585 are now at Yukon.

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.

16 hours ago, Lil 57 said:

8259-8260 back to YUK (from CH)

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

7 minutes ago, Lil 57 said:

Not sure if this was mentioned but 8261-8262 from YUK to CAS

The roster already reflects that.

2 hours ago, happy283 said:

That would be irrelevant because the  uses the Manhattan Bridge not the montague tunnel.

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.

8 hours ago, Cabanamaner said:

The R32s have definitely begun to show their age with a myriad of mechanical problems recently, while some R179s have been having similar issues too. The R179s were pulled from service a few months ago for mechanical issues as well.

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

35 minutes ago, Lil 57 said:

Question: When SI receives there new LFS buses (not anytime soon at this rate), will some NG's stay on SI after all of the LFS's have been delivered? There are 82 NG's at Yukon, while the LFS delivery calls for 77 new buses, meaning that Yukon would have 5 fewer buses if all of the NG's were to go.

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.

3 hours ago, Lil 57 said:

According to BusTime, an S94 LTD trip left the ferry at 7 PM tonight, the 6:45 PM wasn't late and came on time, so I'm assuming that this is an extra trip since no S94 buses are scheduled between 6:45 PM and 9 PM.

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

51 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

I love days like today when the bus driver has the side windows open and the vents popped up.. no annoying havc noise and a nice breeze blows though the bus.

Maybe the HVAC wasn’t working.

25 minutes ago, Maxwell179 said:

Correct me if I’m wrong , but I think they decided to add more service to make up for not lengthening the G 

As for part of the revised  tunnel closure, yes. Trains will run every 8 minutes instead of every 10.

6 minutes ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Most likely some r46's displaced by the 10 car r179's could be used to add service to the G as 4 car trains.

I may be wrong, but I have a feeling that the A will keep a good chunk of the r46's plus the 10 car r179's, while the C will keep the 8 car r32's plus the 8 car r179's. The G won't need a lot of r46's, since it will stay as 300 ft, and the r68's will most likely stay in the G.

The  isn’t getting R46s. If anything, they’ll throw an extra R68 set or two. 

Just now, trainfan22 said:

I miss the R44's, they had so much more pop (acceleration wise) than the 46s do. The 44s A/C was better as well. 44s were such an underrated subway car. I like the 46s cars but they would be so much better if the field shunting got put back in em.

 

 

That last summer the  line had 44s I remember riding them from Midtown to Nostrand Ave and man it was such an pleasant ride, good A/C, fast, etc.

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.

27 minutes ago, happy283 said:

is there a schedule for 10 car set so people don't keep asking where it is

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

13 minutes ago, Coney Island Av said:

Are the LFS going to QV still gonna replace the 2002-2004 Orion VII Hybrids there? Or will they just displace LFS to Jamaica to retire the RTS...

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

8 hours ago, WestFarms36 said:

Looks like Christmas came early for Staten Island Politicians.

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

2 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

What’s the G.O for the ? Canarsie to Broadway-East New York or Williamsburg to Broadway-East New York?  

No service between Broadway Junction and Canarsie.

8 minutes ago, Jdog14 said:

 

The longest bus route is the S78 at about 19 miles, for express it might be the SIM8 (it was the X17 to tottenville but obviously not anymore) 

I think he meant the longest route out of QV.

5 hours ago, VIP said:

On Friday evening the  I was on pulled in at the station at or around 18-22 mph. From the tunnel, no slow down or stop. 

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

1 minute ago, Jdog14 said:

 

Maybe there was a train in front of yours leaving the station.

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

46 minutes ago, VIP said:

The  and  trains to Jamaica Center now Run into Sutphin Boulevard station without that slow crawl before entrance into the station. 

Do they? I rode the  on Tuesday, and it still came close to a complete stop before Sutphin.

2 minutes ago, junjun441 said:

Where you able to catch the numbered set?

It has to be 3010-3019 as no other five-car sets were delivered.