SUBWAY - Random Thoughts Topic

[Deucey]

Whomever it was that made Subwaydle knows nothing about the subway.

[Lex]

1 hour ago, Deucey said:

Whomever it was that made Subwaydle knows nothing about the subway.

I just tried it.

Who the hell would use the  to dive between the  and  while heading from 111th Street (ambiguity means that the  could easily fit here) to Northern Boulevard?

[Deucey]

9 hours ago, Lex said:

I just tried it.

Who the hell would use the  to dive between the  and  while heading from 111th Street (ambiguity means that the  could easily fit here) to Northern Boulevard?

All that like folks wouldn’t take buses, or ride to Jamaica and switch to  to  or  and enjoy the time savings.

[Siemenslover]

Just saw an R142A 5 train, approaching 59 uptown now

Edited February 20, 2022 by Siemenslover

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

11 hours ago, Deucey said:

Whomever it was that made Subwaydle knows nothing about the subway.

 

10 hours ago, Lex said:

I just tried it.

Who the hell would use the  to dive between the  and  while heading from 111th Street (ambiguity means that the  could easily fit here) to Northern Boulevard?

Also, there's no this weekend between Jamaica Center & Crescent Street, so technically this trip can't even be made.

Edited February 20, 2022 by BM5 via Woodhaven

[NewFlyer 230]

On 2/19/2022 at 11:55 PM, trainfan22 said:

I know. I was talking about before the R160s came. Back then the R143s only ran on the and the weekend . The mixed and strip maps is a recent thing. I rode the regularly in 03-05 and only R42s ran on the line. 

Oh my apologies, I misread what you said. 

[NewFlyer 230]

The  has this weird G.O going on right now where trains operate normal to Roosevelt Ave and then over the  to Lexington Ave and then the  to 34th street.

At night it runs local like normal from Jamaica Center to Queens Plaza and then over the  line to 34th street skipping 49th street.

My thing concerning late nights is wouldn’t it make sense to have the  run from Bay Ridge to Jamaica Center that way folks in lower Manhattan (even though local stops between Canal & Dekalb Ave are being skipping in the N/B direction) wouldn’t be forced to make additional transfers to complete their trip. 
The  overnight normally runs to Whitehall Street and the  normal serves WTC, so if the  was extended to Jamaica Center during this G.O at nights, it can mostly cover the loss of the  while still brining those along 4th Ave to and from Manhattan.  

[Deucey]

Somebody figure out who created Subwaydle and tell him/her to join this forum so stupid things like this don’t happen:

[Vulturious]

13 minutes ago, Deucey said:

Somebody figure out who created Subwaydle and tell him/her to join this forum so stupid things like this don’t happen:

That's not the worst of it, I remember one of the travels were from 57 St-6 Av to 5 Av-53 St. This was during the weekday so the  was definitely an option, but they made you go from the  to Rockefeller to the  to 7 Av to transfer over to the . Like why? 

Hell just look at this:

[Lex]

35 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

That's not the worst of it, I remember one of the travels were from 57 St-6 Av to 5 Av-53 St. This was during the weekday so the  was definitely an option, but they made you go from the  to Rockefeller to the  to 7 Av to transfer over to the . Like why?

You could also just walk there.

37 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

Hell just look at this:

So much time could be saved by not passing through Chelsea (or, for that matter, any part of Manhattan south of 96th Street), and that's if you insisted on using just the subway.

[Vulturious]

5 minutes ago, Lex said:

You could also just walk there.

Odd, I thought I said that. Must've forgotten to add that bit, but yeah shit's like 5 blocks away.

[Deucey]

59 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

Hell just look at this:

 

Bruh. I did that one and almost threw my phone.

If it were about finding the most absurd way to get somewhere, I’d “overstand”, but even with how redundant the subway is, no one’s ever a) gonna do it if they’re not fanning, and b) there’s too many ways to do it.

Someone just looked at the map and said “okay”. At least the ones using  made some sense.

[R32 3838]

10 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

The  has this weird G.O going on right now where trains operate normal to Roosevelt Ave and then over the  to Lexington Ave and then the  to 34th street.

At night it runs local like normal from Jamaica Center to Queens Plaza and then over the  line to 34th street skipping 49th street.

My thing concerning late nights is wouldn’t it make sense to have the  run from Bay Ridge to Jamaica Center that way folks in lower Manhattan (even though local stops between Canal & Dekalb Ave are being skipping in the N/B direction) wouldn’t be forced to make additional transfers to complete their trip. 
The  overnight normally runs to Whitehall Street and the  normal serves WTC, so if the  was extended to Jamaica Center during this G.O at nights, it can mostly cover the loss of the  while still brining those along 4th Ave to and from Manhattan.  

 

Queens Blvd all weekend was a crawling mess with flagging everywhere. Extending the to Jamaica Center would have made it worse with all 3 lines running local. What they should have did was Make the a shuttle between Jamaica Center and Forest Hills all weekend. The was pointless this weekend with it running only to 34th st/Broadway.

 

The to Jamaica Center last happened in 2001, After that they didn't do it no more since people whined about it.

[Vulturious]

You can literally just stay on the  until 161 St and transfer over to the  or even better, the  two stops up from Bleeker St to Union Square and also transfer to the . 

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

10 hours ago, R32 3838 said:

 

Queens Blvd all weekend was a crawling mess with flagging everywhere. Extending the to Jamaica Center would have made it worse with all 3 lines running local. What they should have did was Make the a shuttle between Jamaica Center and Forest Hills all weekend. The was pointless this weekend with it running only to 34th st/Broadway.

 

The to Jamaica Center last happened in 2001, After that they didn't do it no more since people whined about it.

A lot of it too was constant signal malfunctions.

In any case, if the  went to Jamaica Center, it would replace the  (in other words, it would have been just the  and the  ). That means less tph and reducing some of the congestion, as well as eliminating the delays at 71st Ave with the  terminating (and an  or  right behind it). It would have made better sense, especially since everything on Queens Boulevard was running local to begin with. 

As far as complaints go, what exactly did they complain about? Because besides the route in Manhattan, an  to Jamaica Center isn't that much different than an  running local in Queens. The  train this past weekend specifically, was more or less an  to Jamaica Center, which happened to end at Herald Square. 

[NewFlyer 230]

12 hours ago, R32 3838 said:

 

Queens Blvd all weekend was a crawling mess with flagging everywhere. Extending the to Jamaica Center would have made it worse with all 3 lines running local. What they should have did was Make the a shuttle between Jamaica Center and Forest Hills all weekend. The was pointless this weekend with it running only to 34th st/Broadway.

 

The to Jamaica Center last happened in 2001, After that they didn't do it no more since people whined about it.

No what I meant was overnights instead of having the  run between Jamaica Center & 34th street, just replace it with the  that would run from Jamaica Center to Bay Ridge. The  normally runs to Whitehall Street overnights and the  would normally run between Jamaica Center & WTC which isn’t too far from Whitehall Street. So to kill two birds with one stone sort of speak and avoid people having to make multiple transfers, just have the  late nights cover the  for as long as this G.O goes on. All the service is local anyways. 
 

[Vulturious]

1 hour ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

14 hours ago, R32 3838 said:

Queens Blvd all weekend was a crawling mess with flagging everywhere. Extending the to Jamaica Center would have made it worse with all 3 lines running local. What they should have did was Make the a shuttle between Jamaica Center and Forest Hills all weekend. The was pointless this weekend with it running only to 34th st/Broadway.

No what I meant was overnights instead of having the  run between Jamaica Center & 34th street, just replace it with the  that would run from Jamaica Center to Bay Ridge. The  normally runs to Whitehall Street overnights and the  would normally run between Jamaica Center & WTC which isn’t too far from Whitehall Street. So to kill two birds with one stone sort of speak and avoid people having to make multiple transfers, just have the  late nights cover the  for as long as this G.O goes on. All the service is local anyways. 

I have to agree with the  being pointless. With all of QBL running local, what's the point in keeping the  around during the G.O.? While I get that  crews don't want to have to deal with running the  during late nights, couldn't they have done something pretty much similar to what happened last year with the  to the Bronx? Maybe they could've done split  service. Actually I just realized something, how did the  run during late nights with Forest Hills bound trains running via Manhattan Bridge?

[Deucey]

7 hours ago, Vulturious said:

You can literally just stay on the  until 161 St and transfer over to the  or even better, the  two stops up from Bleeker St to Union Square and also transfer to the . 

It’s the most absurd subway-based game ever.

After my 3rd time doing it, I was confident it was some bored programmer and not @Wallyhorse who made it.

[CenSin]

1 hour ago, Deucey said:

It’s the most absurd subway-based game ever.

After my 3rd time doing it, I was confident it was some bored programmer and not @Wallyhorse who made it.

If he had made it, the only right answers would have , (to 145 Street), or to (Metropolitan Avenue).

[GojiMet86]

2 hours ago, CenSin said:

If he had made it, the only right answers would have , (to 145 Street), or to (Metropolitan Avenue).

Well, he predicted the  and the split  ......

[NewFlyer 230]

6 hours ago, Vulturious said:

I have to agree with the  being pointless. With all of QBL running local, what's the point in keeping the  around during the G.O.? While I get that  crews don't want to have to deal with running the  during late nights, couldn't they have done something pretty much similar to what happened last year with the  to the Bronx? Maybe they could've done split  service. Actually I just realized something, how did the  run during late nights with Forest Hills bound trains running via Manhattan Bridge?

I don’t know for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if they had the  terminate at 36th street or Atlantic Ave. 

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

6 hours ago, Vulturious said:

I have to agree with the  being pointless. With all of QBL running local, what's the point in keeping the  around during the G.O.? While I get that  crews don't want to have to deal with running the  during late nights, couldn't they have done something pretty much similar to what happened last year with the  to the Bronx? Maybe they could've done split  service. Actually I just realized something, how did the  run during late nights with Forest Hills bound trains running via Manhattan Bridge?

They tend to terminate them at the SB express track at 59th Street as of lately. Usually that's when the local 4th Avenue track is also out, otherwise they operate to/from Atlantic (express north of 36th). 

[CyclonicTrainLookout]

Seems the MTA is finally pilot testing platform screen doors. They plan to test it on 3 subway stations: Times Square-42 on the  platform, 3rd Ave on the , and Sutphin Blvd-JFK on the platform. https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2022/02/23/mta-to-launch-platform-barrier-pilot-program-at-3-stations

Edited February 23, 2022 by CyclonicTrainLookout

[Lil 57]

Just saw today's Subwaydle and I just laughed. "Travel from 14 St–Union Sq to Flatbush Av–Brooklyn College". I'm not doing 2 transfers i'm just taking the  straight there.

I also find it funny how it says "Aww, looks like you got lost on the subway..." when you don't get it right because you didn't choose the most out of the way route there is.

[Theli11]

1 hour ago, Lil 57 said:

Just saw today's Subwaydle and I just laughed. "Travel from 14 St–Union Sq to Flatbush Av–Brooklyn College". I'm not doing 2 transfers i'm just taking the  straight there.

I also find it funny how it says "Aww, looks like you got lost on the subway..." when you don't get it right because you didn't choose the most out of the way route there is.

All these subwaydle complaints, i don't think it's supposed to be the most logical of routes, just any routes in the realm of possibility. It's more of a use your imagination thing. My own strategy is just figure out the train at the beginning and the end. 14 - Union Sq gives us the option of , while Flatbush Av gives the option of . Once you figure out the 2 trains you need, you can guess what transfer those 2 trains have in common on two separate stations. Instead of treating the game like you're giving someone the best possible directions, treat it like an actual puzzle.