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25 minutes ago, Jemorie said:

To clear up the questions regarding the whereabouts of the R32s and R179s being used on the lines they're currently more-or-less assigned to (as I've seen on the previous pages), only 130 cars (13 ten-car trains) of R179s make up the remaining portion of the (A)'s fleet. The vast majority of the (A)'s fleet is still R46s. With the current gradual R32 phase-out, all you'll see is R46s and R179s on the (A). The (C) is still half NTTs (before R160s and now R179s).

So all 13 trainsets are in service ?

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9 hours ago, Jemorie said:

To clear up the questions regarding the whereabouts of the R32s and R179s being used on the lines they're currently more-or-less assigned to (as I've seen on the previous pages), only 130 cars (13 ten-car trains) of R179s make up the remaining portion of the (A)'s fleet. The vast majority of the (A)'s fleet is still R46s. With the current gradual R32 phase-out, all you'll see is R46s and R179s on the (A). The (C) is still half NTTs (before R160s and now R179s).

imo they should just make the (C) 100% R179's and send 50 R32's to ENY and Keep 60 R32's for the (A)

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3 hours ago, R32 3838 said:

imo they should just make the (C) 100% R179's and send 50 R32's to ENY and Keep 60 R32's for the (A)

I think the A/C should stay with the fleet they currently have until the r211's.

Keep in mind that less r32's run during the weekends.

And, yes the r179's represent a third of the whole A fleet.

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2 hours ago, Calvin said:

There are constant repeats of door problems today on the (A) : 2 sets. 

-One of them at 125 St

God, these lemons are so horrible. Even actual lemons are more tolerable than these R179 cars.

At this point, would it be just easier and cheaper to replace the door motors with the ones used on the R160 and R188s?

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On 2/7/2020 at 3:03 PM, JeremiahC99 said:

God, these lemons are so horrible. Even actual lemons are more tolerable than these R179 cars.

At this point, would it be just easier and cheaper to replace the door motors with the ones used on the R160 and R188s?

Previous fleets, such as the r46's, r68's and r142's, encountered the same issues plus worse issues than the r179's.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, the r68's encountered issues crossing the Manhattan Bridge during the testing phase. At least, the r179's have been crossing the Willy B with no issues.

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1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Previous fleets, such as the r46's, r68's and r142's, encountered the same issues plus worse issues than the r179's.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, the r68's encountered issues crossing the Manhattan Bridge during the testing phase. At least, the r179's have been crossing the Willy B with no issues.

Yeah but that was obviously a different time for technology. Manufacturers and builders should know better NOW especially with new technology and resources. There’s no excuse in The years of 2017-2020 that a train has Defects and endless malfunctions AFTER testing. It’s like making the SAME mistakes more than twice. This is unacceptable and The R179’s have been nothing but a headache. 

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2 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Previous fleets, such as the r46's, r68's and r142's, encountered the same issues plus worse issues than the r179's.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, the r68's encountered issues crossing the Manhattan Bridge during the testing phase. At least, the r179's have been crossing the Willy B with no issues.

The grade at which the R179s have to climb for the WBB is low, unlike the Manhattan Bridge hump or going up from the 60 St tunnel to Queensboro Plaza

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4 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Previous fleets, such as the r46's, r68's and r142's, encountered the same issues plus worse issues than the r179's.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, the r68's encountered issues crossing the Manhattan Bridge during the testing phase. At least, the r179's have been crossing the Willy B with no issues.

MTA and bombardier dont even want to commit to making sure the 179s are running reliably. its pretty obvious that they (the 179s) still have door problems because A) they rushed them all back into service in only a few weeks and B) they hardly did any repairs. if they really wanted to commit to repairing the 179s properly, MTA would have sidelined them for another few more weeks or possibly months before putting them back in service. 

and lets not forget they all had a bunch of problems BEFORE testing....and they still have the same problems AFTER entering service. the 142s did have problems, but ALL of them got resolved DURING testing and they ran completely fine after entering service. and for the R68 situation, yes they experienced similar problems but all of them went through extensive work to make them run normally, unlike the 179s which still run like garbage after being rushed into service with minimal repairs. the situation for the 46s can be worse than the one for the 179s but that just goes back to @VIPs point about how technology wasnt as advanced as it is now. 

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4 hours ago, Coney Island Av said:

MTA and bombardier dont even want to commit to making sure the 179s are running reliably. its pretty obvious that they (the 179s) still have door problems because A) they rushed them all back into service in only a few weeks and B) they hardly did any repairs. if they really wanted to commit to repairing the 179s properly, MTA would have sidelined them for another few more weeks or possibly months before putting them back in service. 

and lets not forget they all had a bunch of problems BEFORE testing....and they still have the same problems AFTER entering service. the 142s did have problems, but ALL of them got resolved DURING testing and they ran completely fine after entering service. and for the R68 situation, yes they experienced similar problems but all of them went through extensive work to make them run normally, unlike the 179s which still run like garbage after being rushed into service with minimal repairs. the situation for the 46s can be worse than the one for the 179s but that just goes back to @VIPs point about how technology wasnt as advanced as it is now. 

 

When do you think this issue will be resolved?

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