official Subway - What If?

[DailyDose]

Something a little less crazy:

 

The Canal street complex from Broadway to Lafayette Street suffers a power outage due to a transformer explosion that will take at least a day to fix, knocking out service to and from that station on the Broadway, Lexington and Nassau Street Lines (the Manhattan Bridge is unaffected by this).  This will take at least a day to get back to normal.

 

 Woodlawn - Grand Central

 via   to Crown Heights. If it is rush-hours, there is limited service from Brooklyn Bridge - Flatbush Ave

Pelham - Grand Central

Shuttle bus from Grand Central to Fulton St

 

Coney Island - Whitehall St, 34th St to Astoria making Broadway Lcl Stops

95th St - Whitehall St, if Whitehall backed up, trains routed to Broad St

via 6th Avenue to 63rd St, then SAS

Shuttle bus from Whitehall St to 34th St

 

Trains replace in Queens, transfer at Jay St-Metrotech

 

to Essex St, final stop

Edited March 10, 2017 by DailyDose

[CenSin]

via to Crown Heights. If it is rush-hours, there is limited service from Brooklyn Bridge - Flatbush Ave

via ? That’s unpossible!

[DailyDose]

Next (autumn season):

 

An old mentally unsound lady was collecting wet leaves (instead of bottles and cans) in the middle of the foggy night on the active Brighton Line. Lucky for her, massive train congestion prevented the usual train traffic from traversing the line for a few hours. By the time she gets up off the tracks and onto the Newkirk Plaza station, decides it’s all pointless and scatters all of her garbage bags full of wet leaves thoroughly. By AM rush normal train service should have resumed, but they discover that Newkirk Plaza is impassable due to leaves completely covering all of the tracks.

 

lol

 

Coney Island - Kings Highway, Prospect Park - 96th St

Prospect Park - Bedford Park Blvd

Shuttle buses from Kings Highway to Prospect Park

via ? That’s unpossible!

 

oops im tired

[CenSin]

lol

 

Coney Island - Kings Highway, Prospect Park - 96th St

Prospect Park - Bedford Park Blvd

Shuttle buses from Kings Highway to Prospect Park

 

oops im tired

Is terminating two routes at Prospect Park really a good idea? They have to dump all the passengers and relay as well.

[FamousNYLover]

Something a little less crazy:

 

The Canal street complex from Broadway to Lafayette Street suffers a power outage due to a transformer explosion that will take at least a day to fix, knocking out service to and from that station on the Broadway, Lexington and Nassau Street Lines (the Manhattan Bridge is unaffected by this).  This will take at least a day to get back to normal.

: Trains replace in Brooklyn.

: No trains between Utica-New Lots Avs and Grand Central-42nd St.

: Trains run on between 3rd Av-149th and Nevins Sts.

: No trains between Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central.

: Service suspended.

: No trains between Delancey-Essex Sts and Broad St.

: No trains between Whitehall St and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd.

: Trains run on line between Lex Av-63rd St and DeKalb Av.

: Trains run on line between 36th St, Queens and DeKalb Av.

: No trains between 34th St and Whitehall St.

Shuttle Buses follow:

1. Lexington Av Local Shuttle Buses make all station stops between 42nd St and Bowling Green.

2. Lexington Av Express Shuttle Bus operates between 42nd St and Bowling Green, stopping only at 14th St, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton, Wall St.

3. Broadway Local Shuttle Bus makes all stops between 34th St and Broad St, making stops at  Broadway-Lafayette, Delancey-Essex St, Bowling Green.

Edited March 11, 2017 by FamousNYLover

[Fresh Pond]

 

 

During the Saint Patrick's day parade and everybody is going home, power suddenly is lost to the CPW line from 59th Street to 145th Street. At the same time, a transformer fails along 6th Avenue, knocking out service between West 4th Street and Grand St/2 Avenue.

 

What do you do?

Take an Uber lol

 

207 St to 168 St, Chambers St to Lefferts/Far Rockaway via Fulton local

Suspended

Suspended

205 St to 161 St, Atlantic-Barclays to Coney Island

normal...ironically lol

179 St to WTC, York St to Coney Island, some trans via Crosstown

Metropolitan Av to Chambers St

via Sea Beach local

[LongLiveRock]

Something a little less crazy:

 

The Canal street complex from Broadway to Lafayette Street suffers a power outage due to a transformer explosion that will take at least a day to fix, knocking out service to and from that station on the Broadway, Lexington and Nassau Street Lines (the Manhattan Bridge is unaffected by this).  This will take at least a day to get back to normal.

 

Bay Ridge to Chambers Street (via Nassau Line from Broad to Chambers)

Astoria to Prince Street

Coney Island to Whitehall Street

Runs on (F)/(B) 6th Avenue express between 63rd and DeKalb

 

Bus Service serves stations between Whitehall and Canal

Extra service on , obviously

 

Terminate at Essex Street

 

Terminates at Grand Central

Runs via from 149th to Nevins

Terminates at Grand Central

 

Extra Bus Service down Lexington from 42nd to Bowling Green

[Wallyhorse]

Astoria to Prince Street

 

Extra Bus Service down Lexington from 42nd to Bowling Green

I don't think you can do that since there are no crossover tracks south of 34th Street on the Broadway Line (excluding crossovers south of Prince Street between local and express/Bridge). 

[LongLiveRock]

I don't think you can do that since there are no crossover tracks south of 34th Street on the Broadway Line (excluding crossovers south of Prince Street between local and express/Bridge). 

 

 

Oh yeah, saw the local/express switch as a cross-track switch, whoops.

[CenSin]

Creative writing challenge to the scenario writers:

• Avoid transformer malfunctions and power outages
• Avoid water main breaks

If you are going to use any of the above, you may as well not give any background and just say that X, Y, and Z stations are out of service for no specific reason.

[Lawrence St]

A train stalls over the switch at West 4th Street on the southbound track, causing service to back up.

 

Another train stalls over the switch at Court Square, severely backing up service in both directions.

 

A train went BIE in the Queensboro tubes, also backing up service along Broadway.

 

It's the middle of rush hour what do you do?

[FamousNYLover]

A train stalls over the switch at West 4th Street on the southbound track, causing service to back up.

 

Another train stalls over the switch at Court Square, severely backing up service in both directions.

 

A train went BIE in the Queensboro tubes, also backing up service along Broadway.

 

It's the middle of rush hour what do you do?

 

Do you mean the train in BIE Queensboro tubes?

[Fresh Pond]

 

 

A train stalls over the switch at West 4th Street on the southbound track, causing service to back up.

 

Another train stalls over the switch at Court Square, severely backing up service in both directions.

 

A train went BIE in the Queensboro tubes, also backing up service along Broadway.

 

It's the middle of rush hour what do you do?

via 8 Av/53 St/Cranberry to Jay St

Nassau Av to Church Av

Metropolitan Av to Chambers St, whatever trains caught in the mess gets sent to Jay St via 8 Av/53 St/ Cranberry to Jay St, otherwise suspend it

96 St to Coney Island, Queensboro Plz to Ditmars

via 63 St

suspended

[Wallyhorse]

A train stalls over the switch at West 4th Street on the southbound track, causing service to back up.

 

Another train stalls over the switch at Court Square, severely backing up service in both directions.

 

A train went BIE in the Queensboro tubes, also backing up service along Broadway.

 

It's the middle of rush hour what do you do?

Here goes:

 

Some 's from 179th runs southbound via the and and then to Coney Island (half the trains run via West End, half via Brighton)

Some service northbound terminates at 2nd Avenue (trains to 2nd Avenue run in both directions on the southbound track between Delancey and 2nd Avenue) and returns Southbound from there.

Shuttle bus between Broadway-Lafayette and Delancey Street

 

runs Nassau Avenue to Church Avenue (shuttle bus service between Nassau Avenue and Queensbridge Plaza on the Line, also stopping at Queens Plaza and Queensboro Plaza).

 

runs as follows:

From 71st-Continental to Brighton Beach via the after West 4th

From Jamaica Center to Chambers Street

 

runs as follows:

From Coney Island to 96th Street-2nd Avenue (some trains run to Lexington Avenue and terminate there)

From Queensboro Plaza to Ditmars Boulevard.

 

runs via 63rd Street to 71st-Continental.

 

is suspended.

 

[Around the Horn]

Creative writing challenge to the scenario writers:

• Avoid transformer malfunctions and power outages
• Avoid water main breaks

If you are going to use any of the above, you may as well not give any background and just say that X, Y, and Z stations are out of service for no specific reason.

 

Ok, I'll take you up on this...

 

An R62A transfer train traveling between the and the derails at Gold Street junction (north of DeKalb Avenue), at approximately 4:30 AM. Reroute the and any other trains that interline with these routes during the morning rush hour.

[Union Tpke]

Are you saying that NO trains can pass through Gold Street?

[Around the Horn]

Are you saying that NO trains can pass through Gold Street?

 

You can only go up or down 6th Avenue, northbound on Broadway and cannot use the bypass to 4th Avenue in either direction.

Edited March 13, 2017 by Around the Horn

[Wallyhorse]

Ok, I'll take you up on this...

 

An R62A transfer train traveling between the and the derails at Gold Street junction (north of DeKalb Avenue), at approximately 4:30 AM. Reroute the and any other trains that interline with these routes during the morning rush hour.

Assuming the tunnel tracks are NOT affected by this:

 

is suspended

 

runs in two sections:

Via regular route from 205th Street to Broadway-Lafayette with a shuttle between there and Grand Street

Via the Broadway Line and the tunnel between Coney Island and Times Square, where it terminates.

 

and operate via the tunnel and stop at DeKalb Avenue (local on Broadway)

 

is unaffected

 

is suspended

 

Expect Delays on the Broadway and 4th Avenue Lines!

[Lawrence St]

Here goes:

 

Some 's from 179th runs southbound via the and and then to Coney Island (half the trains run via West End, half via Brighton)

Some service northbound terminates at 2nd Avenue (trains to 2nd Avenue run in both directions on the southbound track between Delancey and 2nd Avenue) and returns Southbound from there.

Shuttle bus between Broadway-Lafayette and Delancey Street

 

runs Nassau Avenue to Church Avenue (shuttle bus service between Nassau Avenue and Queensbridge Plaza on the Line, also stopping at Queens Plaza and Queensboro Plaza).

 

runs as follows:

From 71st-Continental to Brighton Beach via the after West 4th

From Jamaica Center to Chambers Street

 

runs as follows:

From Coney Island to 96th Street-2nd Avenue (some trains run to Lexington Avenue and terminate there)

From Queensboro Plaza to Ditmars Boulevard.

 

runs via 63rd Street to 71st-Continental.

 

is suspended.

 

What in God's name are you doing with the ? Are you just sending it to random places?

[Wallyhorse]

What in God's name are you doing with the ? Are you just sending it to random places?

Not random at all.  The idea is to split up the so as much as the line as possible gets service and goes to where trains are able to terminate. 

[CenSin]

The blizzard tomorrow manages to dump a ton of snow into some underground stations including:

• 23 Street (on local tracks)
• Prince Street, 49 Street (on local tracks)
• Canal Street, Spring Street, Bleecker Street, Astor Place, 23 Street, 28 Street, 33 Street
• 110 Street, 116 Street, 125 Street, 135 Street

[Wallyhorse]

 

The blizzard tomorrow manages to dump a ton of snow into some underground stations including:

• 23 Street (on local tracks)
• Prince Street, 49 Street (on local tracks)
• Canal Street, Spring Street, Bleecker Street, Astor Place, 23 Street, 28 Street, 33 Street
• 110 Street, 116 Street, 125 Street, 135 Street

 

runs in two sections:

34th Street-Penn Station to 207th Street

Canal Street (express tracks) to Euclid Avenue (local throughout)

Single-track shuttles run on both local tracks between Chambers Street platform and 14th Street, running in both directions on such tracks.

 

runs from Jamaica Center to 34th Street ONLY!

 

is suspended

 

runs via the 6th Avenue line from West 4th Street (using the express tracks to terminate and turn) to 63rd Street-Lexington Avenue and then normal route to 96th Street

 

runs in two sections:

95th Street-Bay Ridge to Whitehall Street

57th Street-7th Avenue to 71st-Continental (some trains terminate at Lexington Avenue), service runs overnight.

 

runs via the from 96th-168th Street, where it terminates

 

is suspended.

runs in two sections:

149th Street-Grand Central

Brooklyn Bridge-Utica Avenue

Single track shuttles operate on both local tracks between Brooklyn Bridge and 14th Street in both directions.

 

runs Grand Central to 138th Street-3rd Avenue ONLY!

[Fresh Pond]

The blizzard tomorrow manages to dump a ton of snow into some underground stations including:

• 23 Street (on local tracks)
• Prince Street, 49 Street (on local tracks)
• Canal Street, Spring Street, Bleecker Street, Astor Place, 23 Street, 28 Street, 33 Street
• 110 Street, 116 Street, 125 Street, 135 Street

I'll just say get the snow blowers/plow trains and clear it out. Expect heavy delays.

 

Simple.

[Wallyhorse]

Here goes:

A completely unexpected ice storm (1"+ of freezing rain) hits but the lines are still fully operational, but then, the following happens:

A train goes BIE right as it was switching from the local to the express track between Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park going northbound

A train goes BIE right at the switch to where it merges into the 4th Avenue line south of 36th Street

A broken rail occurs just into the 11th Street cut towards the QB line from the 60th Street tunnel

The switch that has trains merging from the 63rd Street Tunnel to the QB line is stuck where trains must go express.

The switch that allows trains to move from the express to the local track at Queens Plaza is stuck where trains must go express.

 

Reroute as needed. 

[CenSin]

The switch that allows trains to move from the express to the local track at Queens Plaza is stuck where trains must go express.

Then doesn’t the switch get taken out of service to get fixed? No Forest Hills-bound or Jamaica-bound service through Queens Plaza in this case.