SUBWAY - Random Thoughts Topic

[Maxwell179]

46 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

MTA's method of waiting until the last minute to add or fix an AAS program is completely unprofessional. Remember the via Broadway G.O and none of the trains were signed up correctly because the program didnt exist yet? Or when the started going to 96th St and the announcements were glitched and kept saying "This is a Queens bound local train."? Does the agency not have a team to ensure that glitches like these are worked on BEFORE the actual G.O starts? 

That’s the same thing the  announcement says when it heads uptown to 145th

[Lawrence St]

31 minutes ago, Maxwell179 said:

That’s the same thing the  announcement says when it heads uptown to 145th

Absolutely unprofessional. Remember when the came back and they didnt update anything for 4 months? Ridiculous.

[Maxwell179]

7 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Absolutely unprofessional. Remember when the came back and they didnt update anything for 4 months? Ridiculous.

Smh 

[bwwnyc123]

That always happen when NTTs goes over a new line. Today is first ever in history travels uptown on CPW Line.

[Trainmaster5]

20 hours ago, Cabanamaner said:

Just took one of the special  trains to 145th Street. The signage on the outside of the train says “Last Stop”, and the automated announcements have it as an  to Myrtle-Wyckoff Aves. I guess there’s no program for an M to 145th Street. The look on people’s faces after 59th Street has been PRICELESS, so much confusion and very little signs explaining what’s  happening. The only thing more rare than an  on CPW would probably be the  on the Grand Concourse or the  to Far Rockaway. 

Now you know how my C/R and I felt nightly when we had the first R142’s to Utica. We refused to sign them up as  to Flatbush so we had Bowling Green destination signs. We had a TSS ride us one time who was critical of our procedure but we told him that we knew what we were doing. When we got to Bowling Green we made manual announcements from there to Franklin Avenue and really poured it on there. Luckily we had a great group of regular riders from the Redbird era who helped us out with those who were confused. IIRC it was a few months before the announcement problem was cleared up. We, too, wondered why it took so long to get corrected. Just my experiences. Carry on.

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[Jova42R]

Does anybody think that the will build a tram ever?

[Italianstallion]

17 minutes ago, Trainmaster5 said:

Now you know how my C/R and I felt nightly when we had the first R142’s to Utica. We refused to sign them up as  to Flatbush so we had Bowling Green destination signs. When we got to Bowling Green we made manual announcements from there to Franklin Avenue and really poured it on there. Luckily we had a great group of regular riders from the Redbird era who helped us out with those who were confused. IIRC it was a few months before the announcement problem was cleared up. We, too, wondered why it took so long to get corrected. Just my experiences. Carry on.

Wait, so you had Bowling Green signs in Manhattan, with the result that you kept off the train anyone who wanted to go to Brooklyn?

[Jova42R]

20 hours ago, Cabanamaner said:

Just took one of the special  trains to 145th Street. The signage on the outside of the train says “Last Stop”, and the automated announcements have it as an  to Myrtle-Wyckoff Aves. I guess there’s no program for an M to 145th Street. The look on people’s faces after 59th Street has been PRICELESS, so much confusion and very little signs explaining what’s  happening. The only thing more rare than an  on CPW would probably be the  on the Grand Concourse or the  to Far Rockaway. 

how would the get on Grand Concourse?

[NoHacksJustKhaks]

20 hours ago, Cabanamaner said:

The only thing more rare than an  on CPW would probably be the  on the Grand Concourse or the  to Far Rockaway. 

Or a  train to Coney Island Stillwell Av 

[Trainmaster5]

11 minutes ago, Italianstallion said:

Wait, so you had Bowling Green signs in Manhattan, with the result that you kept off the train anyone who wanted to go to Brooklyn?

Like I said we had regular folks who rode with us and, if we forgot the manual “ to Brooklyn “ part after the Bowling Green automated one they would chime in. We worked together for 13+ years and we had regular riders. If folks would pass us up the next five  trains and the  trains in the mix all went to Utica . Most people on Lexington knew when the last train to Brooklyn was due.Never had a complaint.

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[bwwnyc123]

They also updated the interior destination signs on trains says" To Middle Village".

Edited August 18, 2019 by bwwnyc123

[bwwnyc123]

I also enjoyed the on Lex Av Line and riding it during overnight hours flying down the Express tracks meanwhile and are local.

[Armandito]

One question about the elevated subways in NY: why are they all painted green? Just curious

[Lawrence St]

On 8/17/2019 at 10:17 PM, bwwnyc123 said:

I also enjoyed the on Lex Av Line and riding it during overnight hours flying down the Express tracks meanwhile and are local.

Dosen't the run local on Lexington?

[S78 via Hylan]

22 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Dosen't the run local on Lexington?

Whenever it’s rerouted to run on Lex, it usually runs express.

[Lawrence St]

50 minutes ago, S78 via Hylan said:

Whenever it’s rerouted to run on Lex, it usually runs express.

Even during the night?

[LGA Link N Train]

Hey Random Question. 

How Much money would deinterlining the subway system save?

[S78 via Hylan]

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

Even during the night?

Most of the time yes, as the  and  already cover the local tracks.

[NewFlyer 230]

On 8/17/2019 at 9:05 AM, Lawrence St said:

MTA's method of waiting until the last minute to add or fix an AAS program is completely unprofessional. Remember the via Broadway G.O and none of the trains were signed up correctly because the program didnt exist yet? Or when the started going to 96th St and the announcements were glitched and kept saying "This is a Queens bound local train."? Does the agency not have a team to ensure that glitches like these are worked on BEFORE the actual G.O starts? 

I thought the  had a program to 145th street.

But honestly I agree with you and others on here. Why can’t the  just cover themselves especially when they know a  a  and a  can very well be rerouted up Central Park West. Yes it is rare, but so is a  train to Far Rockaway or a  to Stillwell Ave. 

I can’t stand how sloppy the MTA is and to make matters worst they were just signing  trains up to terminate anywhere along 6th Ave. I saw a train signed up to 42nd street Bryant Park, 34th Street, Essex Street, it was just a mess. Then the train crew had to say “this is not the last stop“ and so on.

[GreatOne2k]

10 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Even during the night?

Yes just like the the past two weekends when it ran overnight, no need for three locals

[Around the Horn]

59 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I thought the  had a program to 145th street.

But honestly I agree with you and others on here. Why can’t the  just cover themselves especially when they know a  a  and a  can very well be rerouted up Central Park West. Yes it is rare, but so is a  train to Far Rockaway or a  to Stillwell Ave. 

I can’t stand how sloppy the MTA is and to make matters worst they were just signing  trains up to terminate anywhere along 6th Ave. I saw a train signed up to 42nd street Bryant Park, 34th Street, Essex Street, it was just a mess. Then the train crew had to say “this is not the last stop“ and so on.

There is an program to 145 Street. The problem is it's heavily glitched (I mean it says its a 145 Street bound express train at 7th Avenue and a Myrtle-Wyckoff bound practically everywhere else) so they went to plan B which was use the 42nd-Bryant Park program and make manual announcements from there.

[BreeddekalbL]

NO PART TIMERS 

http://www.twulocal100.org/story/executive-board-unanimously-rejects-mta-contract-demands

[NewFlyer 230]

8 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

There is an program to 145 Street. The problem is it's heavily glitched (I mean it says its a 145 Street bound express train at 7th Avenue and a Myrtle-Wyckoff bound practically everywhere else) so they went to plan B which was use the 42nd-Bryant Park program and make manual announcements from there.

I thought the train crew could set the destination of a route and then turn off the announcements in favor of making manual announcements.

So the outside would still have  145th street but the interior would say “Please Listen For Announcements”. At least that would reduce the amount of confusion 

[Union Tpke]

We really take our great transit system for granted.

This morning I went for a blood test, leaving the house at 6:30 and going two stops on the subway, only waiting a couple minutes for a train, walking for a few minutes to the place, arriving early. After the blood test, I walked for a few minutes, had something to eat at my favorite bagel place. Then I walked a minute to the subway, and got on a train right as it came in. I just got home. 

In almost every other place in the country, I would have to drive. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to have anything to eat before the test. So, I would be driving on an empty stomach early in the morning. In suburbs, uses are strictly segregated, so it would have to be an at least 15 minute drive. With traffic, it would be longer. Before I could get to the place, I would need to find parking. After the blood test, I wouldn't be able to quickly go nearby to get something to eat. That would be another 15 minute drive plus parking. After having something to eat, I would have to then drive all the way home.

Great public transit is freeing. I hadn't considered what this trip would have been like without good transit until this morning. I would love to here about other trips you guys take that would be much harder without good transit.

[CenSin]

8 hours ago, BreeddekalbL said:

NO PART TIMERS 

http://www.twulocal100.org/story/executive-board-unanimously-rejects-mta-contract-demands

I’d like to know what the union demanded from the MTA and what else the MTA is trying to cut that the union would be too embarrassed to complain about.