Tracknut Posted July 25, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 25, 2007 Is the best subway line really is the IRT line? I don't think so. It's probably the least used line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman346 Posted July 25, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 25, 2007 Its got to be the official watchdog of the transit system says so. Sometimes I dont know who to believe. I don't see nothing wrong with the D R N. They all look like they run good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted July 25, 2007 Share #3 Posted July 25, 2007 Is the best subway line really is the IRT line? I don't think so. It's probably the least used line. Least used line? Are you kidding me? That line has alot of ridership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted July 25, 2007 Share #4 Posted July 25, 2007 They gave the a pretty bad rap. The runs fine every single day. Once a week it's a little late. The only thing I agree with is how much they're worth (what we pay now). We all should still be paying $1.50 for the subway and bus period! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted July 25, 2007 Share #5 Posted July 25, 2007 I find the and the to be the most efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted July 25, 2007 Share #6 Posted July 25, 2007 7 is the best IRT line hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil D. Posted July 25, 2007 Share #7 Posted July 25, 2007 7 is the best IRT line hands down.Are you kidding me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted August 1, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 1, 2007 The Q is great... Extremely Frequent The B could run later then 8:45pm The D is good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeBall Posted August 10, 2007 Share #9 Posted August 10, 2007 The is probably the best since it runs on it's own tracks for the duration of its route. Less chances for delays on other lines to effect the unless the 7th ave Exp is forced to run local. Same can be said for the . The least reliable is the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman346 Posted August 10, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 10, 2007 Very good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 22, 2007 Share #11 Posted August 22, 2007 6, definitely. Just that little treat of riding through City Hall at the turn around of the local at Brooklyn Bridge makes it #1 on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 22, 2007 Share #12 Posted August 22, 2007 I noticed your video of you riding thru the City Hall loop. Did you have to ask to ride thru or did you just stay on the train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 22, 2007 Share #13 Posted August 22, 2007 They let you ride around, it's perfectly fine now, they clarified it a little while ago and thus you are allowed to stay on. You'll hear a few announcements that have been changed slightly to reflect this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 22, 2007 Share #14 Posted August 22, 2007 They let you ride around, it's perfectly fine now, they clarified it a little while ago and thus you are allowed to stay on. You'll hear a few announcements that have been changed slightly to reflect this. Cool, maybe tomorrow or Friday after work I'm going to ride thru it for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracknut Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share #15 Posted August 22, 2007 Next time I'm on the IRT I plan on riding through it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted August 23, 2007 Share #16 Posted August 23, 2007 They let you ride around, it's perfectly fine now, they clarified it a little while ago and thus you are allowed to stay on. You'll hear a few announcements that have been changed slightly to reflect this. Not many R142A sets have that new addition in the announcements. The announcement would say upon arriving on the downtown side of teh station: "This is a Pelham Bay Park bound train, the next stop is Brooklyn Bridge uptown platform." It goes something like that, I can't remember the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 23, 2007 Share #17 Posted August 23, 2007 Not many R142A sets have that new addition in the announcements. The announcement would say upon arriving on the downtown side of teh station: "This is a Pelham Bay Park bound train, the next stop is Brooklyn Bridge uptown platform." It goes something like that, I can't remember the whole thing. Yes, but it doesn't say "this is the last stop on this train, get off," as well as reading a few articles about it. I stayed on and heard the stand-clear-of-the-closing-doors guy say something, but in my excitement to see City Hall, I don't remember it. And when I reviewed my videos for that day, I was told by a TRAIN OPERATOR that I was allowed to as well. I also just noticed that in the train before me (I didn't know it was allowed before he told me) in a video there was a group of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 23, 2007 Share #18 Posted August 23, 2007 I'm going to be taking the from my home station in the Bronx (Simpson St.) to 14th St. tomorrow morning. On my way back, I'm going to try that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 23, 2007 Share #19 Posted August 23, 2007 I'm going to be taking the from my home station in the Bronx (Simpson St.) to 14th St. tomorrow morning. On my way back, I'm going to try that out! It's a pretty neat 30 seconds or so, but well worth the look at the original beauty. I'd just love to actually set foot in the station, but that's something for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 23, 2007 Share #20 Posted August 23, 2007 In the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall station, you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted August 23, 2007 Share #21 Posted August 23, 2007 wow, last time i rode through city hall on the 6 , i think it was still using redbirds and R62A'S lol......... i havent been through there since before July 2001.. I know after 9-11, that was basically closed off for all people who wanted to remain on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 23, 2007 Share #22 Posted August 23, 2007 Yep, but good thing they changed that! Now anyone can get a look at the old station if they wanted to... as long as you don't ride between cars . But I would like a redbird, or at least something I can see out the front window of when I go around... but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 24, 2007 Share #23 Posted August 24, 2007 So, I did as planned. Went from my home in the Bronx to an appointment I had on 18th Street, and then took the over to Union Square/14th Street for a transfer onto the . Rode the past Brooklyn Bridge, and of course, I was the only one left in the train car. After we passed the Brooklyn Bridge station, the automated announcement said, "This is a Pelham Bay-bound train; the next stop is Brooklyn Bridge". Passed through the old City Hall. It was worth doing it once, for the novelty of it, but I don't think I'll ever do it again. Heading back home, I got off the at Canal Street to transfer onto the , in the hope that I might catch one of the R160's. I waited for the third , and then just got on (it was an R68), and finally transferred onto the at 42nd Street to come back home to the Bronx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 24, 2007 Share #24 Posted August 24, 2007 Well, it's not as exciting as I'd like it to be (TO keys open a door for me), but the fact of seeing City Hall in person is quite nice. It's hard to watch Transit Museum tour deadlines go by when I can't go , so this is the best I can get for a while (until I hopefully become a TO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 24, 2007 Share #25 Posted August 24, 2007 Well, it's not as exciting as I'd like it to be (TO keys open a door for me), but the fact of seeing City Hall in person is quite nice. It's hard to watch Transit Museum tour deadlines go by when I can't go , so this is the best I can get for a while (until I hopefully become a TO). Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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