AwesomeNinja Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3626 Posted August 5, 2013 You're kidding right? Yes , Yes I am. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q90 Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3627 Posted August 5, 2013 Well now everything is 160s.All ten trains I saw this weekend were 160s,not a single 46 Well I just found out R160s are now officially assingned to the train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeNinja Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3628 Posted August 5, 2013 I know this is a stupid question but what are the names of the Tunnels that the use to get into/from Manhattan into/from Brooklyn? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j express Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3629 Posted August 5, 2013 I know this is a stupid question but what are the names of the Tunnels that the use to get into/from Manhattan into/from Brooklyn? use Clark St tunnels. use Joralemon St tunnels. use Cranberry St tunnels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3630 Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) I didn't know the R46's had a (P) train on their program: But I'm even more confused by this sign. A train sign at Rockaway Parkway? Edited August 5, 2013 by Vistausss 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3631 Posted August 5, 2013 I didn't know the R46's had a (P) train on their program: But I'm even more confused by this sign. A train sign at Rockaway Parkway? Probably that is an indication for if the train has 4 cars they should stop there. I haven't seen that indication before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3632 Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) Well now everything is 160s.All ten trains I saw this weekend were 160s,not a single 46 There was at least 1 R46 on the R. I saw one leave at the 'pacific st' platform before an R160 R came in. For whatever reason the last dozen or so times I've taken the F, I've gotten an R46 more than half the time. Lot of luck. Many more R46s just went to the F, so it should be common now. Yesterday, I was on the F from Smith 9th to CI, I saw 1 R46, but most were still R160s. I did see another r46 from the ground, so that'd be 2. Edited August 5, 2013 by Grand Concourse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJC Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3633 Posted August 5, 2013 Is it Just me , or is the MTA Starting to Lose Its Ridership? Example: Montage Tubes Closed , MTA Loses Ridership On and get more Ridership on Buses which causes long wait times , crowded buses and well I think you all get the idea... Subway ridership has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, partly offset by a steady (but smaller) decline in bus ridership. Well now everything is 160s.All ten trains I saw this weekend were 160s,not a single 46 I rode two R46 R's yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3634 Posted August 5, 2013 R160s were on the on both ends today, including (apparently) a Siemens set on the south end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted August 5, 2013 Share #3635 Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) This means that the and are a mixed fleet of R160s and R46s. I mean R160s did ran on both sections of the route today like Orion VII 4 Life stated. Edited August 5, 2013 by RollOverMyHead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3636 Posted August 6, 2013 An updated NYC Subway map is up as of August 2013. Saw it on a couple of R160's from Coney Island and Jamaica yards. Here's the link: http://www.mta.info/maps/submap.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3637 Posted August 6, 2013 Why are there conductor boards at 179th? Did it once go there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3638 Posted August 6, 2013 Why are there conductor boards at 179th? Did it once go there? Yeah, I think in 1997 during Late Nights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT Bronx Express Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3639 Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Why are there conductor boards at 179th? Did it once go there? The went there from 1990 to 1997 b/c the terminated at Queensbridge late nights. The went back to Jamaica due to construction on the 63 St connector, and the terminated at Court Sq. Edited August 6, 2013 by IRT Bronx Express 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lance Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3640 Posted August 6, 2013 @Vistausss: Your pics aren't showing. I wanted to post this yesterday to coincide with the first day of the split service. That obviously didn't happen, now did it? Subway Line Maps (8/2013 edition) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3641 Posted August 6, 2013 @Vistausss: Your pics aren't showing. I wanted to post this yesterday to coincide with the first day of the split service. That obviously didn't happen, now did it? Subway Line Maps (8/2013 edition) If you quote his pictures you can see them. Lance, you forgot to change the note at Aqueduct Racetrack to saying that the A goes there at all times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3642 Posted August 6, 2013 The R160 is trolling me. I always see it, but I can never take it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3643 Posted August 6, 2013 Does the R-32 have 14 Street-Union Square as a North Terminal rollsign? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3644 Posted August 6, 2013 Proof that all things come to you when you don't wait for them. The two F trains I took today were R46s and the R train an R160, while over the past days all but two of my C trains have been R160s and all my J trains R32s/R42s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3645 Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) @Vistausss: Your pics aren't showing. I wanted to post this yesterday to coincide with the first day of the split service. That obviously didn't happen, now did it? Subway Line Maps (8/2013 edition) If you quote his pictures you can see them. Lance, you forgot to change the note at Aqueduct Racetrack to saying that the A goes there at all times. While you're at it you have to update your map to include the new shrimp routes - The B84 (at New Lots Av ) and Bx46 (at Prospect Av and Longwood Av ) Edited August 6, 2013 by Mysterious2train 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 6, 2013 Share #3646 Posted August 6, 2013 I'm going to complain again about the bullshit "Broadway-Laahveehyet" announcement on the M. It grates on my ears as much as hearing "Huuston St" does... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lance Posted August 7, 2013 Share #3647 Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) @MHV: You can complain until the cows come home, but the likelihood they'll change it is somewhere between fat chance and not happening. If they haven't fixed that error on the E at Grand Av-Newtown (pronounced as Newton) in the five or so years the 160s have been on the line, they surely aren't going to do anything about Broadway-Lafayette St. @Union Tpke, Mysterious2train: Thanks for the feedback. I'll fix those errors sometime soon, hopefully before September when the Q70 replaces the Q33 bus to LGA. @Union Tpke: Thanks for the tip for the pictures. I forgot how annoying that old site could get sometimes. @Vistausss: After actually seeing the picture (the 46 one that is), it's not an option for any P route; it's the normal R route with a somewhat broken LCD matrix. Edited August 7, 2013 by Lance 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 7, 2013 Share #3648 Posted August 7, 2013 Proof that all things come to you when you don't wait for them. The two F trains I took today were R46s and the R train an R160, while over the past days all but two of my C trains have been R160s and all my J trains R32s/R42s.same with me and the buses. 317 years ago on the b11, 915 on the b9, 9644 on the b41... Never needed to wait more than a regular wait for the bus. Just keep a pocket cam ready at all times in case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 7, 2013 Share #3649 Posted August 7, 2013 Posted this in the Art and Design forum, thought it was relevant to here as well. A lot of you may know this, but if not: The MTA used one font for decades: Akzidenz-Grotesk BQ Medium. It's relatively distinctive looking, and a bunch of signs still have it today. They switched to Helvetica in 1988, and they haven't gone back since. What's interesting is that many of the trains overhauled around that time were never given Helvetica rollsigns, and that results in some relatively funky lettering that still exists today. Try, for instance, the "Half-J" which appears on a few R42s that still have rollsigns in Akzidenz-Grotesk. Looks a little weird when you're used to Helvetica signage: here's what I'm talking about... Akzidenz: Helvetica: Probably about a third of the remaining R42s have rollsigns with the Half-J, always cool to catch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted August 7, 2013 Share #3650 Posted August 7, 2013 Posted this in the Art and Design forum, thought it was relevant to here as well. A lot of you may know this, but if not: The MTA used one font for decades: Akzidenz-Grotesk BQ Medium. It's relatively distinctive looking, and a bunch of signs still have it today. They switched to Helvetica in 1988, and they haven't gone back since. What's interesting is that many of the trains overhauled around that time were never given Helvetica rollsigns, and that results in some relatively funky lettering that still exists today. Try, for instance, the "Half-J" which appears on a few R42s that still have rollsigns in Akzidenz-Grotesk. Looks a little weird when you're used to Helvetica signage: here's what I'm talking about... Akzidenz: Helvetica: Probably about a third of the remaining R42s have rollsigns with the Half-J, always cool to catch. You know, I never really noticed that until now. I'm sure many other riders feel the same, as usually it's just a get up and go type of thing. Thanks for pointing that out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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