Trainspotter Posted March 5, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 5, 2008 MTA plans include increased 4 train service MTA chief Elliot Sander celebrated the agency's 40th anniversary Monday by unveiling dramatic service expansion proposals for decades down the line that would include extending the Second Avenue subway into Brooklyn and Queens and connecting LaGuardia Airport to the Woodside LIRR station by train. In the first ever "State of the MTA" speech, Sander also spoke of the not-too-far off future improvements, such as upgrading or replacing MetroCards with "a smart, contactless device with enough functionality that some day it will work for all public transit from Maine to North Carolina." Full story: - March 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted March 5, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 5, 2008 Doesn't the 4 train run every 90 seconds during the rush, or it seems like it. I wonder how they plan to squeeze in more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted March 5, 2008 Share #3 Posted March 5, 2008 This is really going to where out those R142/As.And dont think cars can handle logging up so much mileage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted March 7, 2008 Share #4 Posted March 7, 2008 Doesn't the 4 train run every 90 seconds during the rush, or it seems like it. I wonder how they plan to squeeze in more. They just need to make it so that the trains run a little closer to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted March 7, 2008 Share #5 Posted March 7, 2008 They just need to make it so that the trains run a little closer to each other. Every 60 seconds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted March 7, 2008 Share #6 Posted March 7, 2008 Every 60 seconds? With the 5 running on those tracks down Lex too? That'd be a train (4 or 5) every 30 seconds! Would make for some interesting station dwell times... "Stand clear of the closing doors if you like having limbs..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted March 7, 2008 Share #7 Posted March 7, 2008 Doesn't the 4 train run every 90 seconds during the rush, or it seems like it. I wonder how they plan to squeeze in more. The extra service isnt for the rush hour but during the middays and late evening after the rush hours.. Instead of laying up a few trains they just keep em in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted March 8, 2008 Share #8 Posted March 8, 2008 The extra service isnt for the rush hour but during the middays and late evening after the rush hours.. Instead of laying up a few trains they just keep em in service. The 4 train seems to run every 90 seconds off peak. I don't think the 4 train has an off peak, except after 0030hrs. I see the 1 train running in service pass the depot every 90 seconds (or every 2 minutes) super late. I be like WTF, this many 1 trains at 2330hrs and later? But then again you worked those once upon a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuiPRican22 Posted March 8, 2008 Share #9 Posted March 8, 2008 i wanted to ask u, how do make the subway platform signs like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted March 8, 2008 Share #10 Posted March 8, 2008 i wanted to ask u, how do make the subway platform signs like that? Click on the link below. http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=668 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTAMan Posted March 8, 2008 Share #11 Posted March 8, 2008 thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted March 9, 2008 Share #12 Posted March 9, 2008 The 4 train seems to run every 90 seconds off peak. I don't think the 4 train has an off peak, except after 0030hrs. I see the 1 train running in service pass the depot every 90 seconds (or every 2 minutes) super late. I be like WTF, this many 1 trains at 2330hrs and later? But then again you worked those once upon a time. I took a downtown from 167th Street to 42nd Street last Thursday evening, around 7:40 p.m. I had to wait 12 minutes for it to come. Increased service on the will definitely be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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