SUBWAY - Random Thoughts Topic

[Around the Horn]

Exactly. While they are pet-peeves of mine, a slightly smaller font size is not a big issue. On the other hand, the needless abbreviations the sign makers come up with sometimes really annoys me, especially when there's enough room on the sign for the full word.

 

Also "Weekends Broadway Local" drives me up a wall... You couldn't just add "via", really?

[P3F]

Honestly you guys are making it sound as if it looks like this:

 

The new signs aren't perfect but they also aren't horrible.

[Around the Horn]

Honestly you guys are making it sound as if it looks like this:

 

The new signs aren't perfect but they also aren't horrible.

 

Our whole point with the signs is that they aren't horrible but they also break every convention in the graphic standards manual.

[YungMarxian]

A question for riders-- when the skips the stops in between 3 Av-149 St and E 180 St, does it go down White Plains to Nereid or to Dyre? I'm assuming Nereid since that's also the path of rush ext. trains but I never rode the in the Bronx

[MysteriousBtrain]

A question for riders-- when the skips the stops in between 3 Av-149 St and E 180 St, does it go down White Plains to Nereid or to Dyre? I'm assuming Nereid since that's also the path of rush ext. trains but I never rode the in the Bronx

Both.

[P3F]

Our whole point with the signs is that they aren't horrible but they also break every convention in the graphic standards manual.

Does it really matter, if they still look clean and serve their intended purpose?

[Lance]

What's wrong with

Manh bnd Exp. trn via W End Loc 4 Av Exp Fre Tco Tuesd Lcl

 

/s

It really says something that I could actually read that somewhat. It hurt though, so there is that.

 

Honestly you guys are making it sound as if it looks like this:

 

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The new signs aren't perfect but they also aren't horrible.

What's the ransom? 

 

A question for riders-- when the skips the stops in between 3 Av-149 St and E 180 St, does it go down White Plains to Nereid or to Dyre? I'm assuming Nereid since that's also the path of rush ext. trains but I never rode the in the Bronx

Those trains serve both destinations. However, as conditions warrant, some trains bound for Nereid Av may terminate at E 180 Street or Gun Hill Rd.

 

Does it really matter, if they still look clean and serve their intended purpose?

Not really. We notice these things because we're rail enthusiasts, and some of us have a particular interest in the signs. Obviously the average Joe isn't going to notice or care that the font is slightly smaller or if it's a thinner or thicker weight or a completely different font entirely. Don't think too much into it.

[YungMarxian]

Lance-- I'm really stoked for MTA taco tuesday.

[S78 via Hylan]

Today was the first time I used the to go out this morning and come home in the evening.

[MTA Bus]

8313-8316 is back in service on the . You can tell this set hasn't seen service in a while cause the cars look relatively new.

[Around the Horn]

So, overnight the signs for the were installed on the uptown platform at Union Square and, get this... the font was actually the proper size an d weight!

[Union Tpke]

New     Service

 

Beginning 6:30 AM Monday, November 7:

Returns, local in Queens and Mahattan on weekdays

 

Service operates between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd and Whitehall St-
South Ferry.

Express in Manhattan on weekdays

 

Service runs local during late nights and on weekends.
Stops at 49 St, all times.

In Manhattan and Brooklyn only

 

Service operates between 57 St-7 Av and Coney Island.
Express service in Manhattan remains. Take the  or  for Queens.

Extended to Manhattan during late night hours

 

Service operates between Bay Ridge-95 St and Whitehall St-South Ferry.
Begins 11:30 PM, Saturday, Nov 5.

 

 

Map of New     Service

 

[Javier]

Does anybody know what the point of the "walk thru train" sign reading on the R46's meant?

[MysteriousBtrain]

7645 was an interesting ride. It had both new and old motors in the car, and it sounded like 3 clicks.

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

Does anybody know what the point of the "walk thru train" sign reading on the R46's meant?

Afrer Sandy, I think they used that sign when they parked a train on the center track at Whitehall to walk thru from kne platform to another. I forget why though.

 

Basically its to let people literally walk through the train from one platform to the other on a 3 track station

[Amtrak706]

I've always wondered about this: back when the was running, how did it make a faster trip than the ? After a few skipped stations, the would surely get stuck at regular express speed behind the next and sit in the tunnel behind each station stop of that next train? Or am I missing something?

[Lance]

I've always wondered about this: back when the was running, how did it make a faster trip than the ? After a few skipped stations, the would surely get stuck at regular express speed behind the next and sit in the tunnel behind each station stop of that next train? Or am I missing something?

During most of the time the JFK Express ran, the A ran express in Brooklyn during rush hours only. It wasn't until 1988 that the A started running express during midday periods and the C was expanded from a rush-hour only route. That expansion of service was the final nail in the coffin for the JFK Express.

[Fresh Pond]

I've always wondered about this: back when the was running, how did it make a faster trip than the ? After a few skipped stations, the would surely get stuck at regular express speed behind the next and sit in the tunnel behind each station stop of that next train? Or am I missing something?

The would get priority on the tracks. The would often be local as Lance pointed out, so the express tracks would be wide open.

Does anybody know what the point of the "walk thru train" sign reading on the R46's meant?

He same reason they have "Long Island RR" and "Metro North RR" codes...unknown reasons

[Around the Horn]

So, the new uptown signs for the have been installed. Apart from the obvious related changes, the sign has another interesting change: the late night instructions for the have changed. They used to tell you to "take the to 34 St for the ", but now the signs tell you to "take the to 7 Av for the " and above Herald Square, they advise you to "take to Lex Av-59 St, then Downtown to 51 St for "

Edited October 26, 2016 by Around the Horn

[Union Tpke]

Now they realized that they can't get to local stations between QP and Roosevelt via the (F0.

[R10 2952]

Strange that a four-track line like Fulton only saw rush-hour express service for so many years; talk about underutilization.  A three-track line I could understand, but four is a different story...

[Amtrak706]

During most of the time the JFK Express ran, the A ran express in Brooklyn during rush hours only. It wasn't until 1988 that the A started running express during midday periods and the C was expanded from a rush-hour only route. That expansion of service was the final nail in the coffin for the JFK Express.

Interesting. So during rush hours trains would occasionally be put on the local track to get passed by trains?

Edited October 26, 2016 by Amtrak706

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

So, the new uptown signs for the have been installed. Apart from the obvious related changes, the sign has another interesting change: the late night instructions for the have changed. They used to tell you to "take the to 34 St for the ", but now the signs tell you to "take the to 7 Av for the " and above Herald Square, they advise you to "take to Lex Av-59 St, then Downtown to 51 St for "

Is this just in Manhattan, or in Brooklyn too?

[Around the Horn]

Is this just in Manhattan, or in Brooklyn too?

 

As far as I know, just Manhattan.

[BDNQ2345]

I can't wait for to come back on the B'way to listen all those announcements in all of lines included one the and one in the Since it just got NTT before pre-2010