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They ordered them "1 train for 1 train".  Complete replacement, no need for option orders. 

1 hour ago, darkstar8983 said:

I'm not sure how it works during weekend GOs, but couldn't the "extra"  train crews that aren't used on the shortened weekend  be transferred to the ?

that decision has multiple questions that need to be answered, such as:

1: How much of the line are you shutting down?

2: what kind of headway do you want to run on the section that is running?

3: what kind of turnback procedure are you using?

two weeks ago I did the J shortline to Hewes street on a Sunday. They had the full crew roster on hand, even though the line was short 7 stations and the Williamsburg Bridge. 

If they try to keep the L to a close to normal headway (and remember, on the weekends, the L still runs a near 4-5 minute headway until well into the evening.), the line would probably still require as many of it's crews as possible. 

I think they did it once, and only once, because circumstances warranted it... BUT... That was a specific situation that isn't present here. Longer we make the line, the more personel we need. We're already going to need a conductor for every train operator who already works the M on the weekends during the day on weekends, but we're also going to need complete extra crews. We're going to need a dispatcher at 57/6...

 a LOT of people seem to think "a longer line just means longer trips" without considering all the extra factors. 

31 minutes ago, Wallyhorse said:

At least they can do that.  I'd been myself possibly been looking to extend the to 145 that weekend but then I suspect pols would demand the do that on weekends full-time. 

You “suspect” a lot of things… 

the purpose is to substitute for the L. What good would 145 do? 
 

to quote Scotty in Star Trek 3:

”the more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.”

any extension means full length trains which means OPTO has to be cancelled, which means having to find enough conductors to make service.

Last weekend in March, no L service 8th Avenue to Lorimer.

M to 57/6th on the weekends. If the tunnel was on time this could have been an M to 96/2nd weekend instead.

15 hours ago, RTOMan said:

This should NOT be posted here this is internal information i suggest you take it down...

You have  RTO managers on this site...

You might want to edit your own post to remove the the URL…

53rd street getting a total shutdown would be, like, a week at best. They are not ripping out the entire tunnel floor like they are for 63rd street, or the work done on the Archer Avenue Line’s two levels a few years ago. 
 

this theoretical project would not be anywhere near the headache some people seem to think it would be

Like I said, we’ve done that in the past, straight up closing the plaza at night, but that was weekend work. 
 

then again, we don’t need to do the same level of work in 53rd street we’re doing in 63rd. This is completely replacing the direct fixation track with “type 2” track.

So... there is a new speed control system installed at Essex Street and that has led to increased run times on the J of at least 2 to 3 minutes. 

Add to that the F GO that has it on the Cranberry Tube... 

here I am pulling into Fulton Street southbound, already late, and facing a wall of passengers who got lost because they just saw the  sign on the stairs and didn't read the words "Broad Street" next to it.

Me: (yelling out the window as I open up) "Broad Street train! Broad Street Next and last"

Computer: as the doors open.

"This a Broad Street bound J train, the next and last stop is... Broad Street"

Passenger at my window "Does this go to Delancy?"

Me (explains what they need to do to get to the northbound platform)

person walks away... another person, standing right next to them the whole time

"So... this doesn't go to Delancy?"

How did people survive with the marker light system? really? how? 

That would be thrown out automatically… 

5 hours ago, goliver28 said:

Yea go down there in person immediately 

7 hours ago, Blu24 said:

Hi. Yes so my name was initially taken off when I was placed on medical hold and it went back on in September. Do I have to email them to have it restored again? 

Just remember the office moved last week to a different address, 149 Pierrepont Street.

Has it ever occurred to anyone that if it was reasonable to connect them, they would have built it?

thing is, something like that… gonna be really labor intensive and expensive.

they would have to be regularly using it to make it worth while.

a connection like that, on the off chance it’s needed one day?

that doesn’t make good fiscal sense. Unless you plant to try to squeeze an 8th-SAS line in, it’s not going to be worth it. Send the E via 6th and be done with it.

9 hours ago, Ale188 said:

4105-09 is connected with 4135-39 as of now. 4075-79's mate would be 4090-94

I am literally sitting on her right now going home from work… after riding it to work this afternoon. 

had 4075-79 as part of one train I worked today. she has the up-to-date software, the set she was coupled to, IIRC 4105-09, did not. was working southbound with 4079 as my operating position. 

Just pasted a set on my way to work, on the flats test track.

I mean, we have done it loads of times in the past, E both directions via 63rd, with Queens Plaza closed at night, but those have always been weekends

After all, we are talking about a site that still required you to type out HTML commands to insert things...

I mean... this place has a moderator who tries to keep an eye on us... Subchat is/was full on anarchy. speaking as someone who was the occasional recipient of homophobic and transphobic statements after I made the decision to come out, often for simply stating my opinion...

in a overly technical sense...

No.

Because it's really not a one for one thing...

And if I've said it once, I've said it a million times, the C has the 8 car units because 207th can't do 10 car trains in the inspection barn.

The new address is 149 Pierrepont Street. All services formerly at 180 have relocated there as of this week. 

The barriers have been added to Morgan Avenue, on the Manhattan bound platform.

the markings for them to be placed on the southbound platform are already there.

Source: my own two eyes, as I was working the L today.
 

(I was actually able to pick specific jobs for the major holidays this pick, all L jobs to make my life somewhat easy)

Here’s the thing, the non-CBTC trains could enter the QBL and turn at the plaza or even be sent the Forest Hills or 179… the issue is E and F service is too frequent now, at the rush hours a train every two minutes or less. We already have a rough go when the R drops out at the plaza at night.

14 hours ago, RTOMan said:

This weekend they will start working on T1 track now...

Add a few more months to this say May or June until completion...

(Insert Arseno Hall "Coming to America" Spit Take)

They switched tracks almost six weeks ago and are only actually getting to start NOW...? 

At this rate might as well just leave everything till the next pick starts... 

1 hour ago, slantfan4281 said:

When the car acceptance facility is completed, will that speed up deliveries?

Also, is the facility a temporary building until the 211 order is complete, or will they keep it for future orders (262s, 268s, etc.)

they did turn that temporary inspection barn in Fresh Pond Yard built for the Myrtle Viaduct replacement shuttle into a permanent diesel repair shop, so who knows. 

This plan of yours, Wally, requires a dispatcher at west 4th and “switch” train operators. Not everyone is comfortable being in a relay with people who refuse to get off the trains. And the train operator has to walk through the train, possibly endangering themselves, unless every train is cleaned out every time. 
 

and the plan also includes more points of failure. Having to make all these unnecessary moves.

And… Like… given this is the service change thread:
last weekend, the A and C were running via Rutgers. There would be no room for the M.

yeah, chambers would make more sense than west 4th... which is not equipped to be a terminal.