SUBWAY - Random Thoughts Topic

[Fresh Pond]

That was a week or 2 ago though... this is related to that?

Yes

[Far rockaway]

Does R68'S run on weekends on the N and Q train?

[trainfan22]

Does R68'S run on weekends on the N and Q train?

Their was one running on the on a Saturday a couple weeks ago.

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

Do the 1 and 3 share cars? I just got on a 1 train set at South Ferry w 3 maps and the 80s rollsign font

Edited November 11, 2016 by RestrictOnTheHanger

[P3F]

Do the 1 and 3 share cars? I just got on a 1 train set at South Ferry w 3 maps and the 80s rollsign font

That is an R62 from the that the is "borrowing". The normally uses R62As.

[Around the Horn]

Do the 1 and 3 share cars? I just got on a 1 train set at South Ferry w 3 maps and the 80s rollsign font

 

I think there are 1 or 2 former train sets on the now.

[Around the Horn]

The horn shows at Canal Street on the this weekend are off the charts!

[Around the Horn]

Just when you thought sign production couldn't get any worse, they give you this gem 

[S78 via Hylan]

Just when you thought sign production couldn't get any worse, they give you this gem

I almost laughed when I saw that!

[MHV9218]

My guess is that sign had to be a certain size to cover up the one beneath it, which raises the question of why they couldn't bother removing the old one instead of the tin cover-up, but alas... Technically it's set to standards, just with wildly too much space.

[R10 2952]

Honestly, I wish they'd just go back to using Akzidenz-Grotesk for everything: stations, rollsigns, maps, route bullets... Helvetica's too generic.

[CTK246]

Just when you thought sign production couldn't get any worse, they give you this gem 

I wonder why it doesn't say "all times."

[S78 via Hylan]

Today's ride on the :

R160 8329-8336 going to work.

R160 8369-8376 on the return.

 

You guys ever catch consecutive sets in a row before?

Edited November 13, 2016 by S78 via Hylan

[Priincenene]

I was thinking that the W could be used for an extension down to South Brooklyn to help the D / R out in the West End line during rush hour. If they did that then you could probably see some service improvements down in Bklyn. Like I said, it was a thought I had in mind.

 

 

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[P3F]

In terms of Cortlandt Street, the has made a decent amount of progress. A 2018 opening date does not seem unreasonable.

 

[trainfan22]

The is running to Astoria today, anyone who didn't fan it last Friday can ride it today   

[Priincenene]

@trainfan22 Why is it running to Astoria?

 

 

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[Union Tpke]

@trainfan22 Why is it running to Astoria?

 

 

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7 train service changes. No 7 service between Hunters Point Avenue and QBP. The Q provides additional service on the Astoria Line.

[Fresh Pond]

7 train service changes. No 7 service between Hunters Point Avenue and QBP. The Q provides additional service on the Astoria Line.

That crap made me late to work this morning lol

[Porter]

In terms of Cortlandt Street, the has made a decent amount of progress. A 2018 opening date does not seem unreasonable.

 

 

Demolition of the temporary PATH portal appears to be going smoothly, which will hopefully allow the to begin the real work on time. The skeleton has long since been completed, but it needs flesh and skin. I dare say that this station will be the coolest and most modern-looking in the system once completed. In conjunction with South Ferry to the south and Hudson Yards to the north, the west side will see three squeaky clean stations this decade.

[Fresh Pond]

So on top of the being split between Hunters Point Av and Queensboro Plz, it's also going express in both directions.

 

To Queensboro, it's going express from 74 St to Queensboro.

To Flushing, it's going express from 74 St to Willets Point.

 

...and for some reason, we passed a train at 46 St on the local track about 70% in the station. Dunno what that's about.

[Lance]

Just when you thought sign production couldn't get any worse, they give you this gem 

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Where is this? DeKalb Av? Either way, it's really sad. It would really look better if the whole thing was replaced entirely with one that didn't have so much empty space.

 

My guess is that sign had to be a certain size to cover up the one beneath it, which raises the question of why they couldn't bother removing the old one instead of the tin cover-up, but alas... Technically it's set to standards, just with wildly too much space.

If I had to guess what was behind this sign, perhaps it was an edited version of this sign:

Location: DeKalb Av (BMT 4th Avenue Line)

Date Taken: 2004.07.24

Credit: Richard Panse

 

As for your other question, I have three words for you: not my job. Knowing the MTA, there's probably three different jobs for this simple replacement: one to install the brackets that hold the sign, another to install the sign and one to place these cover-ups.

 

Honestly, I wish they'd just go back to using Akzidenz-Grotesk for everything: stations, rollsigns, maps, route bullets... Helvetica's too generic.

Akzidenz and Helvetica are not that dissimilar to each other. The only real difference is the shape of some of the letters, the J and Q most obviously, along with the angles of the end points. It's not as though Akzidenz/Standard is a completely different font like DIN for instance.

 

I was thinking that the W could be used for an extension down to South Brooklyn to help the D / R out in the West End line during rush hour. If they did that then you could probably see some service improvements down in Bklyn. Like I said, it was a thought I had in mind.

 

 

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That's one of the prevailing service improvements most people post here. The only problem is that whatever problems affect the would also affect the since they would run together for most of their routes. That's why the alternative is always another route from Nassau St.

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

...and for some reason, we passed a train at 46 St on the local track about 70% in the station. Dunno what that's about.

Maybe CBTC testing?

 

 

On another note, the station signals that only show yellow or red, why do some stations have them mid-platform, and others have them just before the platform?

Edited November 14, 2016 by RestrictOnTheHanger

[JubaionBx12+SBS]

The vs setup in the Bronx really needs to be thought through. trains are routinely more crowded then their local counterparts leaving 125, some riders transfer from to trains at Hunts Point and Parkchester and trains routinely get held due to "train traffic" because trains have to crossover north of Parkchester and north of Westchester Sq trains get held when there's two sitting in PBP with northbound trains approaching. Both holds can easily add 5-10 minutes to trips and given the fact that seats are more difficult to obtain these days (epsecially sitting in the front half of the train) it makes the ride very inconvenient and almost as bad as the other IRT lines in the Bronx. 

[Around the Horn]

Where is this? DeKalb Av? Either way, it's really sad. It would really look better if the whole thing was replaced entirely with one that didn't have so much empty space.

This is 9th Street. The original cover-up was virtually the same but had "late nights take to 36 St for " underneath the top line of text and instead of the horrible spacing between sections, everything was left-justified...

Edited November 14, 2016 by Around the Horn