R160 sighting at Lefferts

[R44 5278]

The B is a part time line. The W is too, but the W shares the northern terminal with the N and it was just better off making the W R160s as well than to manually change the signs. The Q is not all R160s, I still see a good number of R68/As.

 

Again as I said above, the 3 is a part time line - that's why it made no sense to give the 3 R142s. R62s were 20years old and were a better fit for the 3 as it wasn't as demanding as the 4 line.

 

 

Aside from the V and C train, that idea is basically dead. The R68As are less than 20 years old and they are already serving as part-time trains. I seriously don't know how the R46s are still rumbling the Brighton homes, but they should run on the B train in place of the R40s as the R gets the R68As.

 

And no to the latter. Bloomberg covered his thing up by rebutting that the Lexington needs more room. Since this serves up relatively well, the straphangers simply go along with it.

[R32 3348]

They're serving as part-time trains because they are the only other fleet out of Coney Island other than the R160s. They have already been through half their life, and there are newer trains with less mileage so it makes sense to run them on the routes that have more mileage. No politics involved.

 

Phil's statement about the is the reason why the got R142s. As I said before, Bloomberg rides the , not the . The is more crowded and demanding than the which is why the got R142s. Lexington Ave. also needed the wider doors on the R142s than the did. It's NOT because of politics.

[Grand Concourse]

I understand people hating Bloomberg, but this 'idea' that Lexington got the new trains conspiracy is just that a conspiracy. One created to justify more hate against him. There's no basis for it and reasonable logic is just tossed out the door to suit their bias.