Amtrak7 Posted October 15, 2011 Share #1 Posted October 15, 2011 Found this: http://www.railbandit.com/sims/nycs-train-schedule-sim.htm All I can say is "This is what it takes to move 7 million a day!" And the amount of late night service is much larger than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted October 15, 2011 Share #2 Posted October 15, 2011 Like I said...this just proves some of the good planning that goes into train scheduling. And yes the scheduled overnight service does appear good on a map when you can see where all the trains are. Nowhere in the system are trains scheduled more than 20 minutes apart, on any overnight. The most impressive feat of the scheduling is putting in trains to make the AM and PM rushes at the busiest times, then dropping out other trains immediately after so that the lines don't get congested. How the 7 line runs that frequency during the rush is still pretty incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 15, 2011 Share #3 Posted October 15, 2011 COOL! Be great when they have something like this in live time. (They basically already do for the , but only at the Myrtle-Wyckoff station. Wonder if they could do one for the whole ATS-A system at those new information kiosks they're putting up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Lexington Ave Posted October 16, 2011 Share #4 Posted October 16, 2011 Amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 17, 2011 Share #5 Posted October 17, 2011 I'm assuming the RCC has something that looks like that in real time. I remember reading an interview with a high-up at the who said that when they made the fake RCC for the new pelham movie, they actually made it look less fancy and high tech than it actually is, since no one would believe it is actually as new and fancy-looking as it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted October 17, 2011 Share #6 Posted October 17, 2011 I'm assuming the RCC has something that looks like that in real time. I remember reading an interview with a high-up at the who said that when they made the fake RCC for the new pelham movie, they actually made it look less fancy and high tech than it actually is, since no one would believe it is actually as new and fancy-looking as it really is. You would be half wrong then, RCC can only see train locations on the IRT and line. The model board for the IND/BMT does not show anything except a the track layout. To know whats going on, they must communicate to the tower out in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 17, 2011 Share #7 Posted October 17, 2011 RCC has a huge schematic up on the wall, and I imagine only the IRT and portions of it are online. Otherwise, they use PC terminal monitors, which have whichever segment of track they are looking at. Thy have these in the yards and terminals as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted October 17, 2011 Share #8 Posted October 17, 2011 RCC has a huge schematic up on the wall, and I imagine only the IRT and portions of it are online. Otherwise, they use PC terminal monitors, which have whichever segment of track they are looking at. Thy have these in the yards and terminals as well. The PC terminals only show whats going on if it is for the line or IRT. The rest of the B Div. shows nothing they use the terminals to keep track of GOs, flagging, TSS location checks, and the radio system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 17, 2011 Share #9 Posted October 17, 2011 That I know. I meant, the IRT or the uses the PC terminals... Another good idea I just thought of, would be to do this simulator on the new Vignelli map, which shows each line separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 18, 2011 Share #10 Posted October 18, 2011 Well that is fairly sad in this day and age. Definitely makes CBTC more necessary in my eyes (I didn't say ATO, i said CBTC, don't misread that, for all those that love to go crazy when ATO comes up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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