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Question about buying attire from Transit Museum. I need a new hat / cap and was thinking about getting one with a subway route logo on it. On the museum website the caps are shown with the logo directly in the middle when looking at the cap. I liked it. https://www.nytransitmuseumstore.com/hatbb-cap-logo-1.html But when I visited the small transit museum at Grand Central terminal, the caps there had the logo moved a little to the side and the letters TM in the corner. it looked a little weird in my opinion. Anyone know if the caps on the website have the logo in the middle as pictured or a little to the side like the ones I saw at GCT? Thanks

I've been studying for this exam using a few websites I found. They have practice questions. When I spoke to bus operators in person, pretty much all of them said it's easy and very few questions are technical. Most of it is "Common Sense" stuff. But judging by the practice questions I found, most of them are pretty technical. I have never heard of some terminology there. I don't want to be a bus operator but everyone kept telling me to take any exam I think I could pass just to get my foot in the door. And the MTA might offer a different position. Hope that's true. I would prefer yo work in the subway.

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I just had a short chat with an operator at Inwood - 207th and she said the R211's are expected to run the (A) and (C) when they start service. Probably because 8th Avenue is next in line to receive CBTC upgrade.

I can see what the MTA is doing. Shortening routes. I'm a Co-op City resident and based on these changes, the MTA wants commuters to make more transfers which would require some to pay a second fare. For example: Instead of Bus-to-Subway transfer some commuters will have to do Bus-to-Bus and then a second fare onto the subway. Sneaky way to make more money.

You may experience longer-than-expected wait times for 205 St-bound trains because a train with graffiti was removed from service at Coney Island-Stillwell Av. Please allow for additional travel time. Posted: 3/10/19 9:59 AM

I am very excited about this because I hate the current Metrocards. I ALWAYS have trouble swiping. It keeps telling me to swipe again. I swipe slower, faster, smoother, etc. Ugh. And this happens with different Metrocards and at different stations. There have also been five instances when I was supposed to get a free transfer but it took a second fare off my card. And back when I used unlimited Metrocards I sometimes faced the "Just Used" message even though the turnstile never let me through. I really hope this new card will solve the problem.

What's going on in our subway? There has been a rail condition at 57th Street / 6th Avenue and 34th Street / Herald Square all day. All the signal problems, mechanical problems, and rail conditions have gone out of hand the last few weeks.

I have not posted or read anything in the "Random Thoughts Topic" thread so sorry if this has been discussed. Question: I have a basic Metrocard because I only use 6 trips per week. The card has an expiration date (December 31st, 2015). If my card still has money on it but I am not planning on using it until 2016 can I walk up to one of the station agent windows in a station and ask him/her to transfer the remaining money onto a new Metrocard? Thanks.

I bought a 7-Day Unlimited local bus and subway MetroCard on 5/12/2015. Everything was great, but on 5/15/2015 I got a message that my card is invalid when I tried getting a ticket for the Bx12 SBS. I walked to a subway station, went to the vending machines to "Get Card Info". It said that my card expired 01/01/90. WTF! I'm supposed to have 4 days left on it. Turned out to be damaged. How do cards get damaged? It was either in my pocket or in my wallet since I got it. After talking to an employee at a station I got an envelope with a form and told me to send it to customer service or whatever and they are supposed to ship me a new card. Any of you ever done that? If so, did everything work out? How long did it take? Note: I don't have a receipt if that matters.