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1 hour ago, m2fwannabe said:

Well, it IS almost three years behind the original schedule!

One person's opinion:  In hindsight the long delay actually served MTA well.  It gave time and ability to adjust the order configuration to best meet its operational needs in current (2017) time, not as of 2010.  Funny how that's what finally happened with the R-160's at the tail end of that order, too (i.e. Option II).  Let's see how the Transit world looks by the time an R-211 is rolled in.

So what it means is 3234-37 and 3070-73 will eventually become one 8-car Test Train.  The very last one.  Exact timing of these events is always in question.

Now we wait to see what shows up next and when.  Logically it would be "5-pack" 3020-24.

 

I thought 3230-3237 will be an 8 car test train since 3230-3233 arrived first

3214-3221 now in service on the  

R142As return to the on some of the upcoming weekends but they are not going to Pelham Bay Park. 

Saw 3 sets of R46s on the  today. I wonder how many sets of R46s run on the  on a daily basis now

3206-3213 now in service on the  

I won’t be surpised if they do a summer swap between the  and  again this summer. With the  being R32s R46s with the one 10 car R179 train. The  could be half R46s and half R179s. It’s possible but who knows

1 hour ago, Derrick Tan said:

Are the R42's headed to their final destination or being transferred to another line?

There is no decesion yet on the R42 future assignments 

4 hours ago, m2fwannabe said:

The last 12 R-160A-1's were moved 207 to East New York at end of service Wednesday evening, February 6.  Two moves:  8645-48 with 9967-70, then 8625-28 by itself.  No more R-160A-1 on .

R-46's on are missing on weekdays for now, likely pending a better reliability from the R-179's, but are still present on weekends, albeit one or two.

One MK R-42 train from  Pitkin was returned to East New York for service on February 6.  Another might get swapped back to Pitkin in exchange, where they would have their various minor ills addressed.

There has been no decesion made on the R42s I think as of now? 

3150-3197 (48 cars) for service. 

3190-3197 is now in service on the  

R42 Pairs: 4794-4795, 4796-4797, 4788-4789, 4820-4821 to Piktin Yard for Storage.

 Saw three sets of R179s on the today. 

8585-8592 on the  just left Essex to Metropolitan 

7 minutes ago, MHV9218 said:

Huh, must have happened quickly. Rode a brand new R179  two days ago, and the set was moving perfectly. Nice to see too new to even have ad cards, no less. 

3182-3189 is the consist?

There are still 12 cars of R32s left at ENY but I don’t think they will be around for long at ENY 

3938-3939, 3856-3857, 3774-3775, 3628/3669, 3670-3671,  3778-3779 remains at ENY which means 12 cars left of R32 on the  . Get your last remaining  photos and video if you can 

21 minutes ago, Lance said:

So they've completely abandoned the whole practice of pre-opening self-congratulatory press releases, huh?

I noticed that too. They didn't even announced that 72 St re opened ahead of time. Its a bit surprising.

Just now, RR503 said:

Honestly, they should've extended either the  or  to Bay Ridge this coming weekend. Beyond the total throughput issue, the  via  always leads to massive crowding at 59th St -- something aggravated by the 's infrequency and unreliability. Extending those lines would mitigate that, while also making it easier for BMT/IRT passengers to get to the (relatively sane) IND at Jay St. 

I agree. Running a line every 12 minutes may not seem to be bad from a first glance but given the delays and flagging  it can be very inconsistent waiting times in my opinion.

You could extend the  to 9 Av on West End to help out since it’s running that weekend. 

3142-3149 now in service on the  

2 hours ago, Far rockaway said:

They could've just ran the  in two sections

1. Between Stillwell ave and prospect park as a shuttle

2.Between Stillwell ave and 96th st 2nd ave via the  line and  line to Lextington ave 63rd st then resume normal service via 2nd ave

Or would it be too much trains on 6th ave

They could of done this instead of suspending it in manhattan.

There is no need for a northern  section since you have the  on SAS and the  along with the  and  is enough to cover Broadway on those weekends

No   service to/from Manhattan on October weekends most of them I mean at the same time. But the  and  will be running to/from Manhattan. 

3 hours ago, themanchoman said:

when are the 179s coming to the a line, the a needs faster cars already

Any delivered subway car takes time to hit revenue service. You can’t just put the train in service right away off the flatbed truck. They have to do through testing and inspection before hitting revenue service. Give it time. 

2 hours ago, S78 via Hylan said:

I don’t think those are transfers just yet.

I saw both sets on the  yesterday. I’m surprised there are still R46s on the  tbh

6074-6077 to Coney for service. There are still 2 R46s on the as of recently. 5954-5957 is the other set.