IAlam Posted December 22, 2015 Share #11476 Posted December 22, 2015 Cutting the back to Smith 9th St was a way the MTA could save money however due to construction it was extended to Church Ave. Since many people liked it the was kept and the MTA was so close to cutting back to Smith 9th. I never understood smith 9th st because the next stop was a transfer stop which meant that passengers would have to get off and wait for an train to show up just to go one stop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11477 Posted December 23, 2015 I never understood smith 9th st because the next stop was a transfer stop which meant that passengers would have to get off and wait for an train to show up just to go one stop.The runs way more often than the does. Two trains for every train. They recently made the more frequent even though it still doesn't run like the schedule shows at times. I remember fanning the and it was running on 15 minute head ways and three (F)'s came and right after the last the came. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11478 Posted December 23, 2015 So the gets to 53 Street and 7 Avenue faster than the gets to 57 Street–7 Avenue. I took the from Queens Plaza and it left a few seconds after the began pulling out. Missing the at 7 Avenue by a few seconds, I decided to try running upstairs for the or instead. It was only 2 blocks north along the pavement, and when I descended the stairs, the headlights of the were already reflecting off the tiles of the station. They really should consider building a free transfer between 7 Avenue/53 Street and 57 Street–7 Avenue. There are few transfer opportunities between the and the Broadway lines. Times Square–42 Street is a horrendously tedious transfer. And Queens Plaza only serves the , , and . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11479 Posted December 23, 2015 So the gets to 53 Street and 7 Avenue faster than the gets to 57 Street–7 Avenue. I took the from Queens Plaza and it left a few seconds after the began pulling out. Missing the at 7 Avenue by a few seconds, I decided to try running upstairs for the or instead. It was only 2 blocks north along the pavement, and when I descended the stairs, the headlights of the were already reflecting off the tiles of the station. They really should consider building a free transfer between 7 Avenue/53 Street and 57 Street–7 Avenue. There are few transfer opportunities between the and the Broadway lines. Times Square–42 Street is a horrendously tedious transfer. And Queens Plaza only serves the , , and . Making a transfer is not possible at those two stations 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11480 Posted December 23, 2015 Making a transfer is not possible at those two stations Yeah, it would take a two-block long underground section between the mezzanines of 53rd/7th and 55th/7th to pull off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Hammers Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11481 Posted December 23, 2015 Making a transfer is not possible at those two stations Possible is not the correct word. Impractical is. Engineering-wise, it is doable. Given the long walking distance of such a transfer, it isn't worth the money to construct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11482 Posted December 23, 2015 Possible is not the correct word. Impractical is. Engineering-wise, it is doable. Given the long walking distance of such a transfer, it isn't worth the money to construct. It’s still much shorter than the walk between 42 Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal and Times Square–42 Street—by about a third. I reckon, the walk from the street-level entrance of Lexington Avenue–63 Street to one of the platforms is just as long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Hammers Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11483 Posted December 23, 2015 It’s still much shorter than the walk between 42 Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal and Times Square–42 Street—by about a third. I reckon, the walk from the street-level entrance of Lexington Avenue–63 Street to one of the platforms is just as long. The south mezzanine at 57/7 is at 55th St, so it would be a two-street walk. Quite long for a transfer passageway but not unheard of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11484 Posted December 23, 2015 Apparently there is an incident at East 180 St Yard that's throwing and trains all over the place. Anybody know why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted December 23, 2015 Share #11485 Posted December 23, 2015 UPDATE: Apparently a train crashed into a car at East 180 St. Don't have any more details yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCOman Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11486 Posted December 24, 2015 So the gets to 53 Street and 7 Avenue faster than the gets to 57 Street–7 Avenue. I took the from Queens Plaza and it left a few seconds after the began pulling out. Missing the at 7 Avenue by a few seconds, I decided to try running upstairs for the or instead. It was only 2 blocks north along the pavement, and when I descended the stairs, the headlights of the were already reflecting off the tiles of the station. They really should consider building a free transfer between 7 Avenue/53 Street and 57 Street–7 Avenue. There are few transfer opportunities between the and the Broadway lines. Times Square–42 Street is a horrendously tedious transfer. And Queens Plaza only serves the , , and . An out of system transfer can work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11487 Posted December 24, 2015 An out of system transfer can work.Probably the same since an in-system transfer would require a bit of up-and-down trickery to dodge the existing tunnels. It took me only 2 minutes to make the trip from the to the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewYorkElevated Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11488 Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) UPDATE: Apparently a train crashed into a car at East 180 St. Don't have any more details yet. Any news yet as to what happened? Edited December 24, 2015 by TheNewYorkElevated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j express Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11489 Posted December 24, 2015 2776-2783 is at C.I. 9183-9192 is back at Jamaica. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11490 Posted December 24, 2015 Probably the same since an in-system transfer would require a bit of up-and-down trickery to dodge the existing tunnels. It took me only 2 minutes to make the trip from the to the . out of system transfers are also easier todo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11491 Posted December 24, 2015 2776-2783 is at C.I. 9183-9192 is back at Jamaica. 9183-9192 has been at Jamaica for months 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11492 Posted December 24, 2015 9183-9192 has been at Jamaica for months it's permanent? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11493 Posted December 24, 2015 it's permanent? yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted December 24, 2015 Share #11494 Posted December 24, 2015 I wonder if anyone at Transit realizes there's no audio to go along with the visual message about the elevators at Simpson St being out of service. The alert chimes play and the message scrolls across the CIS machines, but there's no audio in the stations. Then again, they did just get around to fixing the "new" message about litter and track fires for 2014 about a few months ago. And even then, the original version of the announcement (with the mid-sentence cut off) still plays at Grand Central, so yeah... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 25, 2015 Share #11495 Posted December 25, 2015 So this showed up in my Youtube feed Can someone explain how an L train would terminate at Atlantic Avenue? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingCyndaquil155 Posted December 25, 2015 Share #11496 Posted December 25, 2015 So this showed up in my Youtube feed Can someone explain how an L train would terminate at Atlantic Avenue? There is a crossover track ahead that can turn trains around... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted December 25, 2015 Share #11497 Posted December 25, 2015 So this showed up in my Youtube feed Can someone explain how an L train would terminate at Atlantic Avenue? There's a X crossover track that's located roughly 30 feet foward from Atlantic Av. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Bus Posted December 25, 2015 Share #11498 Posted December 25, 2015 So this showed up in my Youtube feed Can someone explain how an L train would terminate at Atlantic Avenue? There's a switch south of Atlantic Avenue that can be used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 25, 2015 Share #11499 Posted December 25, 2015 There is a crossover track ahead that can turn trains around... There's a X crossover track that's located roughly 30 feet foward from Atlantic Av. There's a switch south of Atlantic Avenue that can be used. You can't miss this, Around the Horn. Two people felt it was necessary to post the same answer in a row, for a total of three answers in total. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 25, 2015 Share #11500 Posted December 25, 2015 You can't miss this, Around the Horn. Two people felt it was necessary to post the same answer in a row, for a total of three answers in total. What do you mean by miss this? I just checked the thread now because I was eating Christmas cookies before lol... Thanks to everyone who said that.I completely forgot about the crossover... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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