S78 via Hylan

41 minutes ago, Lil 57 said:

Really? What are those areas? I thought seamless and GrubHub delivered all over.

Some were mentioned already: New Brighton, Stapleton, Park Hill, West New Brighton (commonly referred to as “West Brighton”), and Mariners Harbor.

2 minutes ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

I remember on the S46 some ghetto kids got on at Lockman and their friend was running down the block for the bus. The B/O FLOORED it out of the stop so the third kid wouldn't get on.

The two kids ended up getting off at the next stop (Grandview) anyway. Smh

Something similar happened on the S44 that I rode years ago on Walker St. Some kid tried to block the bus, my B/O friend pulled into the stop, then drove away. I died of laughter for at least ten minutes.

7 hours ago, brakethrow said:

I was telling myself just the other day how boring it must be for T/Os to run the same equipment everyday. Back in the early 2000s it must've been a guessing game for them as they were waiting for their next run at a terminal. The Brighton especially had a nice mix of 68s, 32s, the slants, and the 160s.

Most employees don’t care how exciting or “boring” the equipment is to operate as they’re paid to provide a service every day.

On the R179, there’s a program for the  to Harlem. It reads:

 145 ST

 via CENTRAL PK W

Just now, Lawrence St said:

When the was running to Astoria, did it stop at 49th St or no?

It did.

4 minutes ago, Calvin said:

Tomorrow, more trips are added on the SIM1c and SIM10

Already posted in the express bus advocacy group.

For the LFS, I did the math, and if the buses are they are being delivered in the order specified on the first page, then the assignments should look something like this:

8504-8567-QV (64)

8568-8644-YU (77)

8645-8694-GH (50)

8695-8754-KB (60)

Note: This is NOT the official assignments. Simply a prediction I made.

4 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

There are still r160's running on the C. I rode on one of them earlier today.

5 minutes ago, T J Trainman said:

I saw 1 R160 set on the C earlier this evening, 8645-8648, 9967-9970

That was probably the remaining set you guys saw since there’s only one on the .

16 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

If the R32s can run for 55 years, so can the 188s. So the factory sets and conversion sets being 15 years apart is no biggie IMO.

Here’s the thing: The R32s were built to last very long and take the abuse they’ve been subjected to. The 188s on the other hand, don’t have the same build quality.

2 minutes ago, R32 3838 said:

The is still gonna go 10 cars, some of  the 10 car R179s and R46's will run on the alongside some full length R32's. In order to make the 8 cars, the has to go full length

Just one question: Where was it confirmed that the  would use 10-car R179s and R32s? I thought it would just be 100% R46.

2 hours ago, R32 3838 said:

Back to the topic sorta

 

I did some math and if the does go 8 cars, the would still need R32's. There wouldn't be enough 8 car R160's for the (G). The uses 168 cars (21 trainsets) plus spares (my guess would be 48 or less cars.) Plus you got the 64 cars that are used for the (L).

 

The has to be 100% R160 for QBL cbtc and are in the process of getting those cbtc dongles on their trucks.

The currently uses 52 R68's, That's 13 4 car trainsets. As a whole train that's 6.5 trainsets.

The will still need R32's to supplement those R160's. The uses 13 trainsets, if Coney island gets 64-72 R160's that's 8-9 sets, you'll need about 64 R32's to cover the other half. That's about 8 sets, 6-7 out of those 8 sets would be used.

So in theory the R42's would replace 8 sets of R32's on the to Coney island . Then as the R179's come in those R42's would get bumped into retirement or to the as planned. 

 

The is still going 8 cars, it was confirmed unless things change.

So in turn

 

50 R42's bump out 64 R32's to CIY

Those R32's in turn bump out the 52 cars of R68's to the N/W

65 cars of R160's (former Jamaica cars) goes back to Jamaica 

Jamaica bumps out 52 R46's to pitkin for and service

 

I know this is just pure speculation but I think this would make the most sense and is likely to happen. Based of confirmed reports.

Again Andy byford confirmed that the G will still be lengthed. 8 cars would make sense due to the large surplus of 8 car trains we will have.

So in tern 207th will probably have 158 R32's while CIY would have 64. 

 

I had to quote this since I’m on mobile and there was an ad blocking some of your post.

Looking at next month:

 Reduced service: Feb 2-3

 Reduced service north of 125 St: Feb 2-3, 9-10, *16-18

 Service is local between Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central: Feb 1-4, 8-11

 Reduced service: Feb 2-3, 9-10

 Reduced service; Uptown service is express along CPW: *Feb 16-18

 No service north of 145 St; Express service in Manhattan: Feb 2-3, 9-10, *16-18

 No service between 59 St and Stilwell Av; trains run to 2 Av or World Trade Center; Local service in Manhattan: Feb 2-4, 9-11

 Reduced service: *Feb 16-18

 All Manhattan bound service is express in Queens: Feb 1-4; Queens bound: Feb 9-11

 Service is local in Queens, both directions: *Feb 16-19

 No service between Crescent St and Jamaica Center: Feb 2-3, 9-10, *16-18

 No service between 8 Av and Broadway Junction: Feb 1-4, 8-11, *15-19

 Operates to 96 St to supplement the : Feb 1-4, 8-11, *15-19

 Operates via West End, both directions: Feb 1-4

 Reduced service: *Feb 16-18

 No service between Ditmars Blvd and Queensboro Plaza: Feb 16-17, 23-24

 Reduced service: Feb 9-10, *16-18

 Uptown service is local in Manhattan: *Feb 16-19

*-Runs through Monday (President’s Day)

2 hours ago, XcelsiorBoii4888 said:

It's sad how we can't even do a little greeting getting on the bus, one thing I hate is getting ignored especially when I try to be nice. Whenever the bus is crowded and I have to exit through the front, I'll say thank you because its just common courtesy, I say it loud enough so they can hear me, and 75% of the time, I'm ignored...so I just walk off now. Wouldn't be any different from me exiting from the rear anyways. 

Though it is polite to greet someone while working in any profession, a good life lesson I learned is that you aren’t owed anything from anyone. Man or Woman. Not a “hi”, “hello”, “what’s up?”, nothing. B/Os don’t have to conversate with anyone unless passengers ask questions or something major happens.

You’re right that “Thank you” is common courtesy, but you can’t make someone acknowledge you and you’d look silly trying to do so.

Case in point: If someone doesn’t reciprocate any form of gratitude, the best thing you can do is go about your business.

Wait, so YU isn’t getting LFS anymore?

2 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Why is the on 6th?

The  won’t be running into Manhattan that weekend.

They now have special schedules for the NYCT express routes:

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/bus/spcl_martinLutherday.htm

28 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said:

 Several R-179's on and .

I’m not so sure about this. The  seems to be mostly R160s.

30 minutes ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

Yes they increased off-peak frequency so now buses run every 12 minutes or better for the entire day. It's a pilot program to see if they can boost off-peak ridership by increasing the service but the problem is they didn't advertise it (and if anything by not updating the schedule they did the opposite. People can't use the extra service if they don't know it exists)

The schedule is now updated. I checked earlier.

48 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

I think you mean midday . The still runs middays.

He’s saying that the  would be cut to rush hours only if more doomsday cuts arrive.

52 minutes ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

So what's left to be delivered??

6 1/2 8 car trains and 11 10 car trains.

Also, I have been riding the C a few times this week, but I haven't seen any r46's running on the C

There are R46s still running on the . Saw one on Wednesday.

Just now, Around the Horn said:

3198-3205 would put us at 19 trains since 3070-3073 is AWOL

Fixed.

21 minutes ago, ABOGbrooklyn said:

Guys, now that 104 street on the is done, does anyone know what stations are next to be fixed on the in Queens and East Brooklyn?

111 St will be closed starting next month.

27 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

For what it's worth their was two sets of 42s in service on the today..

 

 

I happened to catch one of them earlier. There’s always a set or two that runs randomly, not just during the rush as most railfans would think.

4 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I’ve noticed lately that the and has swapped a few of its cars with one another. Sometimes I see more R46s showing up in a row on the  . I’ve been seeing and catching R160’s more easily on the  too. I remember two weeks ago I was on a  from Forest Hill’s to Queens Plaza and I saw 4 R160  trains going towards Forest Hills within the span of the ride. The train that I had missed before the  I got on was a R160  . Even yesterday I counted 4 R160  ‘s which is quite unusual to see on a weekday unless it was a weekend and the  was rerouted in some way. I guess perhaps people have complained about the R46’s because those things do suffer a lot from broken doors, broken LCD signs and poor announcements. 

Does anyone know what’s going on?

It could be a number of factors, but not passenger complaints in this case.  You have R46s being SMSed, while whichever sets are laid up between past Union Tpke are used first. The R160s on the  and R46s on the  fluctuate; sometimes you see a lot, other times, almost none at all. 

As I always say: From an operational perspective, it’s best to keep the  mostly R160 as a ten-car set of those has more doors than an eight-car set of R46s. That should be how it is considering that the  has higher ridership than the .

Some updates: 

 Reduced service: Jan 19-20

 Local service in both directions between 72 St and 14 St: Jan 18-21

 No late night service: Jan 18-21

 Manhattan bound trains runs via Rutgers tunnel: Jan 18-21

 No daytime service south of Howard Beach;  Runs between Mott Av and Beach 116 St: Jan 26-27

 Brooklyn bound service runs via 53 St: Jan 25-28

 No service between Myrtle Av and Broad St;  service is suspended: Jan 25-28