S78 via Hylan Posted July 21, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 21, 2009 Have any trains turned into (W)s or (W)s into (N)s at Ditmars Blvd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYtransit Posted July 21, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 21, 2009 Have any trains turned into (W)s or (W)s into (N)s at Ditmars Blvd? ya in summer 2008 i remember seeing a R160 go into ditmars,then it switched into a .but this only happened one time.I never seen it happen again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted July 21, 2009 Share #3 Posted July 21, 2009 They switch when there's a delay on one line, and there's an available train from the other line there that's not scheduled to leave yet. (especially if you have two trains of the same line in both pockets, and the other line is supposed to leave next). There was also an in the AM scheduled to turn into a upon arrival at Astoria. I'm sure they still do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted July 22, 2009 Share #4 Posted July 22, 2009 They switch when there's a delay on one line, and there's an available train from the other line there that's not scheduled to leave yet. (especially if you have two trains of the same line in both pockets, and the other line is supposed to leave next). There was also an in the AM scheduled to turn into a upon arrival at Astoria. I'm sure they still do that. The and the do switch at Astoria, just like how the and the switch at Flatbush Avenue. This is why R160s are used on the and the and R142s on the and the so workers at the terminal won't get carpal tunnel trying to change the rollsigns with no time to spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis1985 Posted July 23, 2009 Share #5 Posted July 23, 2009 lol i remember seeing some R68/R68A trains with weird signs like this: Astoria Ditmars Blvd Lower Manhattan Whitehall St Astoria Ditmars Blvd Coney Island and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted July 23, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 23, 2009 Yea they swap cars over there. Similar to the at Flatbush and at Jamaica. I wonder if the can swap at CI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted July 23, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 23, 2009 Yea they swap cars over there. Similar to the at Flatbush and at Jamaica. I wonder if the can swap at CI? They could but they use different tracks. I don't see why not, though. I guess if a train is due out in a minute but an train comes in the station and it's not due to leave for like another five minutes, it can use the track and that would become a . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R160 Posted July 23, 2009 Share #8 Posted July 23, 2009 lol i remember seeing some R68/R68A trains with weird signs like this: Astoria Ditmars Blvd Lower Manhattan Whitehall St I saw that on a R160 recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted July 23, 2009 Share #9 Posted July 23, 2009 They could but they use different tracks. I don't see why not, though. I guess if a train is due out in a minute but an train comes in the station and it's not due to leave for like another five minutes, it can use the track and that would become a . That's probably too much trouble. For one, they would have to know in advance in order to line one train up into the other track. Operationally, Stillwell is four separate terminals that happen to be next to each other and use the same infrastructure. There are four separate dispatchers, and they would not want to give "their" trains to another line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 23, 2009 Share #10 Posted July 23, 2009 There was also an in the AM scheduled to turn into a upon arrival at Astoria. I'm sure they still do that. They do still do it. AFAIK, it is the only scheduled swap from one to another in the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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