Via Garibaldi 8 Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18501 Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, N6 Limited said: I'm checking now. 20 min Gap between the and 168th Street just left Canal Columbus Circle 20 mins Followed by an one min later, and then another 10 mins later. So the last train doesn't even go to 207th The runs local after 9:45PM this week, so that's why they're not adding service. That's even worse. The train is ALWAYS packed. It can't handle more riders. Perhaps a better idea is running the local for overflow, but then the would still be a mess. The needs the extra service especially when the is out and the other day, remember, Metro-North was also out so you had those people also packing on the . Edited May 17, 2018 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18502 Posted May 17, 2018 5 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: That's even worse. The train is ALWAYS packed. It can't handle more riders. Perhaps a better idea is running the local for overflow, but then the would still be a mess. The needs the extra service especially when the is out and the other day, remember, Metro-North was also out so you had those people also packing on the . The and should definitely get more service when the is out. It makes no sense for MTA to run those lines as if everything is running fine. The people always end up the losers when service is disrupted with us having to waste more time and money just because the MTA can’t get their acts together. That’s the ‘s problem though, they just don’t plan logically and they always want to take the cheap way out. This reminds me of the times on the Queens Blvd line where all northbound (Jamaica/ Forest Hills) service is rerouted to either the express or local track. They always suspend the but what the fails to do all the time is extend the to 179th Street (a proper terminal) so that way the whole line is not backed up. What ends up unfortunately happening is that the and have a tendency to have trains bunched up and all you need is for two trains to be bunched and its over especially with trains having to move slower because of track work. Two weeks ago it took 40 minutes for the to get to Roosevelt Ave from Lexington Ave via the express track and then at Roosevelt we must of waited for about 10 minutes before I gave up and went upstairs at took the . The was still going to Forest Hills and these trains get swept and checked for passengers so that takes time. The MTA doesn’t care about its riders and the riders are growing more fed up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18503 Posted May 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said: The and should definitely get more service when the is out. It makes no sense for MTA to run those lines as if everything is running fine. The people always end up the losers when service is disrupted with us having to waste more time and money just because the MTA can’t get their acts together. That’s the ‘s problem though, they just don’t plan logically and they always want to take the cheap way out. This reminds me of the times on the Queens Blvd line where all northbound (Jamaica/ Forest Hills) service is rerouted to either the express or local track. They always suspend the but what the fails to do all the time is extend the to 179th Street (a proper terminal) so that way the whole line is not backed up. What ends up unfortunately happening is that the and have a tendency to have trains bunched up and all you need is for two trains to be bunched and its over especially with trains having to move slower because of track work. Two weeks ago it took 40 minutes for the to get to Roosevelt Ave from Lexington Ave via the express track and then at Roosevelt we must of waited for about 10 minutes before I gave up and went upstairs at took the . The was still going to Forest Hills and these trains get swept and checked for passengers so that takes time. The MTA doesn’t care about its riders and the riders are growing more fed up. The way I see it, the amount of money that they're asking for should ALSO account for adding service to lines when there needs to be track work done. You're absolutely right... They basically refuse to run more service when they do track work as if people disappear. I really feel for the people that only have the subway as an option because if they can't afford an Uber then they're stuck making a bunch of transfers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18504 Posted May 17, 2018 2 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said: That’s the ‘s problem though, they just don’t plan logically and they always want to take the cheap way out. This reminds me of the times on the Queens Blvd line where all northbound (Jamaica/ Forest Hills) service is rerouted to either the express or local track. They always suspend the but what the fails to do all the time is extend the to 179th Street (a proper terminal) so that way the whole line is not backed up. What ends up unfortunately happening is that the and have a tendency to have trains bunched up and all you need is for two trains to be bunched and its over especially with trains having to move slower because of track work. Two weeks ago it took 40 minutes for the to get to Roosevelt Ave from Lexington Ave via the express track and then at Roosevelt we must of waited for about 10 minutes before I gave up and went upstairs at took the . The was still going to Forest Hills and these trains get swept and checked for passengers so that takes time. The MTA doesn’t care about its riders and the riders are growing more fed up. I've complained about this so many times. I've even emailed them and they said it "costs more money" but if all your crews are delayed all day and probably getting overtime then what the hell does it matter? This is why I started taking the LIRR in the evenings last year, and now its my default in both directions, I couldn't deal with it anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18505 Posted May 17, 2018 I meant to post this Tuesday but R68 2900-2903 (The set that derailed on the Train) is back in service after being OOS for almost 3 years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18506 Posted May 17, 2018 R179 3050-3057 displays only a “Z” on the exterior side signs for service... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted May 17, 2018 Share #18507 Posted May 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, VIP said: R179 3050-3057 displays only a “Z” on the exterior side signs for service... I guess they still didn't fix that set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18508 Posted May 18, 2018 10 hours ago, N6 Limited said: I've complained about this so many times. I've even emailed them and they said it "costs more money" but if all your crews are delayed all day and probably getting overtime then what the hell does it matter? This is why I started taking the LIRR in the evenings last year, and now its my default in both directions, I couldn't deal with it anymore. This week the was extended past 10pm to 179th Street. I didn’t know they were doing that until I checked subway time today on my way home and saw to Jamaica 179. The went local as well and the train went into 71st Ave with no slowdown at all. This is a perfect example of how service should run if you take advantage of your resources. Extending the to 179th Street should be a no brainer if all Jamaica/Forest Hills bound trains have to all run on the same track. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18509 Posted May 18, 2018 They really need to either shorten the 59th Arrival announcement on Lex or have it play earlier. To me, I feel like the transfer is redunant, and they haven't even bothered to change the announcement on there anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18510 Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Missed the 8:04 AM and the next train has been sitting at the station for 15 minutes already. The train should have left at 8:11 AM. The conductor is cursing in her cab… train pulled out at 8:21. Although the conductor was inside the train for over 10 minutes, the FIND display seems to not be set. Edited May 18, 2018 by CenSin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18511 Posted May 18, 2018 7 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said: This week the was extended past 10pm to 179th Street. I didn’t know they were doing that until I checked subway time today on my way home and saw to Jamaica 179. The went local as well and the train went into 71st Ave with no slowdown at all. This is a perfect example of how service should run if you take advantage of your resources. Extending the to 179th Street should be a no brainer if all Jamaica/Forest Hills bound trains have to all run on the same track. Exactly. They've done that before, but it was only when they were working on the yard lead tracks which the local trains use to reverse. Hopefully, they're doing it now for service improvement. Even in the opposite direction, I remember a few times when all trains were running local, they'd have Manhattan bound trains block the path of the while waiting to leave 71st Ave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlgorithmOfTruth Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18512 Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Has anyone been put off by the multiple inaccuracies on the official New York City Subway Map? The choice to put topographical accuracy aside is understood for simplicity reasons, but did they really have to make careless errors like depicting that the travels OVER the in Brooklyn? That, or incorrectly showing that the 9th Street Station is located ABOVE the 4th Avenue Station? Edited May 18, 2018 by AlgorithmOfTruth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18513 Posted May 18, 2018 5 hours ago, AlgorithmOfTruth said: Has anyone been put off by the multiple inaccuracies on the official New York City Subway Map? The choice to put topographical accuracy aside is understood for simplicity reasons, but did they really have to make careless errors like depicting that the travels OVER the in Brooklyn? That, or incorrectly showing that the 9th Street Station is located ABOVE the 4th Avenue Station? It’s pretty obvious why the map does this: each color is a layer in the graphics editor. If a color is over another color at any intersection, it will be so at all intersections. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far rockaway Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18514 Posted May 19, 2018 do r160s still run on the J train 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18515 Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Far rockaway said: do r160s still run on the J train A set or two pops up every now and then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18516 Posted May 19, 2018 12 hours ago, N6 Limited said: Exactly. They've done that before, but it was only when they were working on the yard lead tracks which the local trains use to reverse. Hopefully, they're doing it now for service improvement. Even in the opposite direction, I remember a few times when all trains were running local, they'd have Manhattan bound trains block the path of the while waiting to leave 71st Ave. I've seen them have trains wait to start their runs to Brooklyn on the express track, then switch to the local, while (e) and would run through on the local track. This was when work was being done further down the line and not at 71 Ave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18517 Posted May 19, 2018 QUE?!?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18518 Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, paulrivera said: QUE?!?! I've seen that before. It's usually just an or train. Edited May 19, 2018 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18519 Posted May 19, 2018 Has a on QB been sent via 6th (or 8th) Ave before due to unplanned service changes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18520 Posted May 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, N6 Limited said: Has a on QB been sent via 6th (or 8th) Ave before due to unplanned service changes? IDK if it actually happened, but it may have happened the day of the Bergen Street fiasco about 2 months ago. I think a train was routed into Manhattan, although I'm not sure. The reason I suspect this is because while on the at 42nd Street , I saw a 4-car R68 Set passing through the downtown express tracks, with signs and everything. It was DH'ing, but I wondered why it was there in the first place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18521 Posted May 19, 2018 The R143’s minus well have dual maps like the R142’s because there’s so many R143’s on the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18522 Posted May 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, VIP said: The R143’s minus well have dual maps like the R142’s because there’s so many R143’s on the I don’t think they are technically assigned to the but they run on that line everyday. I wonder why R143s run on the in the first place? I feel like mileage had something to do with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18523 Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, NewFlyer 230 said: I don’t think they are technically assigned to the but they run on that line everyday. I wonder why R143s run on the in the first place? I feel like mileage had something to do with it. Somewhat true, but also to keep as little SMEEs in service as possible. Those things were abused on the J/Z before the loans, and it's not good for their age, especially the r42s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18524 Posted May 19, 2018 8 hours ago, paulrivera said: QUE?!?! That is actually a via Crosstown. It normally happens when a line operates on another trunk that it's suppose to, like how a to 96th St shows up as a to Norwood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted May 19, 2018 Share #18525 Posted May 19, 2018 On 5/18/2018 at 6:49 AM, Lawrence St said: They really need to either shorten the 59th Arrival announcement on Lex or have it play earlier. To me, I feel like the transfer is redunant, and they haven't even bothered to change the announcement on there anyway. It used to be timed to play well before entering 59 Street. One of the fairly recent updates back in 2016 knocked it back to playing just as the train enters the station. 19 hours ago, AlgorithmOfTruth said: Has anyone been put off by the multiple inaccuracies on the official New York City Subway Map? The choice to put topographical accuracy aside is understood for simplicity reasons, but did they really have to make careless errors like depicting that the travels OVER the in Brooklyn? That, or incorrectly showing that the 9th Street Station is located ABOVE the 4th Avenue Station? Most people are not going to notice or care about such trivialities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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