Abba Posted January 29, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2010 How is it controlled which train pulls into what track? Is it done from a tower or does someone punch in something at Newkirk? How is it done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zman Posted January 29, 2010 Share #2 Posted January 29, 2010 The T/O punches his/her line at Newkirk Ave, then the Control Center establishes the line-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted January 29, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 29, 2010 So you mean all (2)s go to one track and all the (5)s to another??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted January 29, 2010 Share #4 Posted January 29, 2010 So you mean all (2)s go to one track and all the (5)s to another??? On a good day, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted January 29, 2010 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2010 Brooklyn College-Flatbush is the only station in the system setup like this. If the station was reconfigured like a normal 2-track terminal w/ the platform in the middle, would the and still have to swap trains? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted January 29, 2010 Share #6 Posted January 29, 2010 Brooklyn College-Flatbush is the only station in the system setup like this. If the station was reconfigured like a normal 2-track terminal w/ the platform in the middle, would the and still have to swap trains? The platform position has nothing to do with the swap. If there is a waiting at the terminal, a arriving, and a supposed to depart, no matter what the config of the plats, the swap will still happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted January 29, 2010 Share #7 Posted January 29, 2010 Wow....just curious, it annoying riding a but see a display map, but it's all good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdi919 Posted January 29, 2010 Share #8 Posted January 29, 2010 Wow....just curious, it annoying riding a but see a display map, but it's all good though. most of the time that happens in the yard when the put ins are done. not at flatbush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted January 30, 2010 Share #9 Posted January 30, 2010 Wow....just curious, it annoying riding a but see a display map, but it's all good though. Agreed...i get tired of tellin my roommate its not a train making stops every time the display map displays a instead of the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted January 30, 2010 Share #10 Posted January 30, 2010 Agreed...i get tired of tellin my roommate its not a train making stops every time the display map displays a instead of the . On (2)/(5) train swaps at Flatbush, Dyre, 241 st, and other locations where this happens a member of the train crew is supposed to disable the strip maps. There should be a " this map is not in service " notice displayed on the lower left part of the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted January 30, 2010 Share #11 Posted January 30, 2010 I've only been to Brooklyn College Flatbush once or twice in my lifetime in honesty I don't hardcore rail fan like some do. But the last time I've been there I didn't notice any swap. I got on any train and it happened to be a . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 30, 2010 Share #12 Posted January 30, 2010 The platform position has nothing to do with the swap. If there is a waiting at the terminal, a arriving, and a supposed to depart, no matter what the config of the plats, the swap will still happen. As a semi-frequent user of this stop this is how it normally goes: it doesn't matter which track the train pulls into. Whatever train is on the n/b track leaves as a and whatever train is on the s/b track leaves as a . Sometimes a train I'm on will wait for both trains to pull out of the station to arrive on the n/b track to stay as a 2 train. But as I said, whatever train is on the n/b or s/b track will leave as a and respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 30, 2010 Share #13 Posted January 30, 2010 Wow....just curious, it annoying riding a but see a display map, but it's all good though. It is annoying, but there's still the regular subway maps on the ends of the cars. And the 2/5 shares the same stops in both the Bronx and Brooklyn [Franklin to Flatbush]. So, it's not that useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted January 30, 2010 Share #14 Posted January 30, 2010 On a good day, yes. When is there ever a "good day" at Flatbush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 31, 2010 Share #15 Posted January 31, 2010 On (2)/(5) train swaps at Flatbush, Dyre, 241 st, and other locations where this happens a member of the train crew is supposed to disable the strip maps. There should be a " this map is not in service " notice displayed on the lower left part of the map. Yeah, but that involves reading which many won't do. I had to tell a guy once who stared at the strip map for literally five whole minutes that "that map isn't correct, this isn't a train" when he was on the (mind you every side sign on the train was correct and said to 241st). Then he asked me if he was on a train and I just told him, you're on the and that map isn't working and finally he seemed to get that looking at the strip map was a bad idea. But then again, just today I had to explain to a woman that "next stop Brooklyn Bridge does NOT mean the next stop is Brooklyn" LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayBuffer Posted January 31, 2010 Share #16 Posted January 31, 2010 Yeah, but that involves reading which many won't do. I had to tell a guy once who stared at the strip map for literally five whole minutes that "that map isn't correct, this isn't a train" when he was on the (mind you every side sign on the train was correct and said to 241st). Then he asked me if he was on a train and I just told him, you're on the and that map isn't working and finally he seemed to get that looking at the strip map was a bad idea. But then again, just today I had to explain to a woman that "next stop Brooklyn Bridge does NOT mean the next stop is Brooklyn" LOL lol Probably was the same guy who looked at a stipmap on a which had the transfers aligned incorrectly and after he asked me were to get the , told me "The L train don't go to fourteenth street." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Line1291 Posted January 31, 2010 Share #17 Posted January 31, 2010 So how did the swap work out @ Brooklyn College Flatbush when Redbirds dominated the and ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted January 31, 2010 Share #18 Posted January 31, 2010 So how did the swap work out @ Brooklyn College Flatbush when Redbirds dominated the and ??? The train crews would (in theory) change the roll signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted February 1, 2010 Share #19 Posted February 1, 2010 The train crews would (in theory) change the roll signs. You got that right... We did the best we could with the headways as long as the C/R's operating cars and my operating car had the proper sign that was ok.. :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted February 1, 2010 Share #20 Posted February 1, 2010 These two lines do this at Flatbush alot. They terminate at the same places at times, and some trains are stored at 239yd upper level......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 1, 2010 Share #21 Posted February 1, 2010 You got that right... We did the best we could with the headways as long as the C/R's operating cars and my operating car had the proper sign that was ok.. :tup: When I was traveling to hs, I saw a redbird 2 train at my former home stop at 86th-Lex and thought how cool that was to see the 2 train there. Back then I was pretty surprised seeing 'something out of the ordinary'. I just misssed getting that redbird train by seconds. But now I know about GOs, train diversions and sometimes 2s and 5s swapping Manhattan routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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