Lance Posted March 31, 2014 Share #6101 Posted March 31, 2014 Brighton Express to Coney Island run time from Canal Street to Coney Island: less than 35 minutes. This kind of service is sorely needed. I speak for anyone who has missed a at Brighton Beach or ridden a to Brighton Beach only to see a leave Sheepshead Bay (and then Brighton Beach) without making any connection. The express is supposed to save time, but it doesn't unless it takes the people traveling the furthest to the furthest station directly. I'm confused here. Are you calling for more B express service on the Brighton or do you want the return of the Q-Diamond? I can tell you right now, you're likely to only get one of those things accomplished and it won't be the latter. I don't see Transit making the 24/7 Q the part-time Brighton Express (weekends and late-nights would obviously be local) while the 19/5 B becomes the Brighton Local. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted March 31, 2014 Share #6102 Posted March 31, 2014 Say what you will, you know all 'a yous depend on those express trains just like everyone else..... Of course I do...you know how long it takes on the from Bedford Park to Rockaway Av via express and via local lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreechyFlange Posted March 31, 2014 Share #6103 Posted March 31, 2014 I wish I could travel back to the 70's just to ride the subway, the SMEE equipment used back then was so epic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6104 Posted April 1, 2014 It was always meant to simply alleviate crowding without having to run more local service.yup, rush hours for the most part you are probably better off sticking with the local. I always took the local as i'd eventually get a seat and wont have to be squished by the doors and standing the whole way if riding the express. The qb and lexington av express runs may save you some time, but with how slow the trains crawl, you may as well take the local and take on less stress on your way to point b. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6105 Posted April 1, 2014 yup, rush hours for the most part you are probably better off sticking with the local. I always took the local as i'd eventually get a seat and wont have to be squished by the doors and standing the whole way if riding the express. The qb and lexington av express runs may save you some time, but with how slow the trains crawl, you may as well take the local and take on less stress on your way to point b. It's pretty irritating when the express is crawling or stopped between stations while a local or two zips by. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6106 Posted April 1, 2014 yup, rush hours for the most part you are probably better off sticking with the local. I always took the local as i'd eventually get a seat and wont have to be squished by the doors and standing the whole way if riding the express. The qb and lexington av express runs may save you some time, but with how slow the trains crawl, you may as well take the local and take on less stress on your way to point b. That's exactly what I do whenever I go to Downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan during the busier times of the day, I can always get a seat on the rather than being crushed onto the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6107 Posted April 1, 2014 Heard today at work that effective April 31, the and are going to swap equipment - R160's on the and R68A's on the . This is due to the rollsign issues with the changing terminals 3 times a day. R160's will also be used on the on weekends as needed. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6108 Posted April 1, 2014 Heard today at work that effective April 31, the and are going to swap equipment - R160's on the and R68A's on the . This is due to the rollsign issues with the changing terminals 3 times a day. R160's will also be used on the on weekends as needed. Nice April Fool man... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6109 Posted April 1, 2014 I dead ass forgot it was April Fools Day today lmfao. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJC Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6110 Posted April 1, 2014 Heard today at work that effective April 31, the and are going to swap equipment - R160's on the and R68A's on the . This is due to the rollsign issues with the changing terminals 3 times a day. R160's will also be used on the on weekends as needed. Great news! Thanks. April 31? I've marked my calendar. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6111 Posted April 1, 2014 Great news! Thanks. April 31? I've marked my calendar. It's a joke. On a separate note, they really do need to do something about the rollsigns for the northbound terminals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted April 1, 2014 Share #6112 Posted April 1, 2014 From my phone: And my personal favorite this morning, the old-OLD strip map! Peep that F to 51st, orange Q, brown M and diamond Z. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6113 Posted April 2, 2014 I must say that, using it for the first time today, East 105 Street is a very unusual station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R33WF Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6114 Posted April 2, 2014 Saw this today at Concourse yard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6115 Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Saw this today at Concourse yard I saw it yesterday afternoon heading to work... Edited April 2, 2014 by Fresh Pond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j express Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6116 Posted April 2, 2014 Was that R62A a yard transfer from the ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6117 Posted April 2, 2014 Couldn't tell the numbers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6118 Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) This shows some stupidity from the MTA in my view, as we have this outage for this weekend: http://web.mta.info/weekender/lineview.html?r=aIf it were up to me, I would do what I've noted in the past, in this case, re-route the after West 4th to run via the and then to the Broadway Junction station and terminate it there. Especially with Aqueduct having their biggest race of the spring, the Wood Memorial this Saturday (4/5), I would have done this to make for as easy as ride as possible for people going to Aqueduct for the Wood from Manhattan and if I were running NYRA (which is technically part of the state now), I would in fact have asked the to do this specific routing to accommodate those making the trip to the Big A for the Wood so they only have a two-seat ride rather than a three-seat ride. Edited April 2, 2014 by Wallyhorse 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6119 Posted April 2, 2014 Sounds like some kewl foam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6120 Posted April 2, 2014 One small problem: work on the Jamaica elevated makes your proposal pretty much infeasible. Queens-bound J trains are running express between Marcy Av and Broadway-Eastern Pkwy all weekend (and continuing through most of the month). Sending the C to the Junction would only add to the delays on both the J and M lines. Besides, if 8th Avenue riders want to avoid the shuttle buses along Fulton Street, they can change over to the L trains at 14 St/8 Av or Broadway Junction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6121 Posted April 2, 2014 Then what I would do is for this weekend is have the replace the for this weekend along the Broadway-Brooklyn line and have it run Jamaica Center-168. It might confuse riders along the line, but this is more about minimizing the inconvenience for people traveling via the 8th Avenue line to Aqueduct for the Wood Memorial, especially given the notorious overcrowding on the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6122 Posted April 2, 2014 The ideas never stop, do they? What part of it's not happening do you not understand? Transit isn't going to rearrange the system because some event is happening way out at the Aqueduct. Besides, what's gained from the C to Broadway Junction (excuse me, Jamaica Center) that isn't already accomplished with the L transfer I suggested above? It's still a three-legged transfer from 8th Avenue to North Conduit Av either way. It's just changed from A -> L -> A to A -> C -> A. And you're right, your idea would cause confusion. Unnecessary confusion with very little gains. And by the way, for those keeping track, that's another sip. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cl94 Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6123 Posted April 2, 2014 Wally is going to put all of us in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. The can and will handle the crowds. The isn't as bad as the idiots on Buzzfeed make it seem. I expect they'll add trains to compensate for the lack of service. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6124 Posted April 2, 2014 I'm just going to fold this thread into the Random Thoughts thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted April 2, 2014 Share #6125 Posted April 2, 2014 The ideas never stop, do they? What part of it's not happening do you not understand? Transit isn't going to rearrange the system because some event is happening way out at the Aqueduct. Besides, what's gained from the C to Broadway Junction (excuse me, Jamaica Center) that isn't already accomplished with the L transfer I suggested above? It's still a three-legged transfer from 8th Avenue to North Conduit Av either way. It's just changed from A -> L -> A to A -> C -> A. And you're right, your idea would cause confusion. Unnecessary confusion with very little gains. And by the way, for those keeping track, that's another sip. But I work today, I can't drink lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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