Railfanner Mario Posted December 14, 2021 Share #301 Posted December 14, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 10:13 AM, RTOMan said: Coming from someone who works on that Fox five days a week.... Your Guess is as good as mines.... Uhh…ok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimB Posted December 15, 2021 Share #302 Posted December 15, 2021 When will CBTC on the Queens Blvd line be done? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted December 15, 2021 Share #303 Posted December 15, 2021 Just now, EphraimB said: When will CBTC on the Queens Blvd line be done? Fully Done? Years... They working on Software upgrades so it can be CBTC from Kew Gardens to Roosevelt all four tracks.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimB Posted December 15, 2021 Share #304 Posted December 15, 2021 Where on the Queens Blvd line is there CBTC enabled? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted December 15, 2021 Share #305 Posted December 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, EphraimB said: Where on the Queens Blvd line is there CBTC enabled? All four tracks from Roosevelt to Queens Plaza and 21st street.. D3 and D4 tracks from Kew Gardens to 21street and Queens Plaza... That leaves D1 and D2 track from CTL to Roosevelt as the Next In Line.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 via Mosholu Posted December 15, 2021 Share #306 Posted December 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, EphraimB said: Where on the Queens Blvd line is there CBTC enabled? They have it activated by section; Continental to Queens Plaza for the , Continental to Fifth Avenue for the train, Kew Gardens to 50 Street for the train and Kew Gardens to Roosevelt Island for the train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimB Posted December 15, 2021 Share #307 Posted December 15, 2021 So where is CBTC not enabled? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted December 15, 2021 Share #308 Posted December 15, 2021 1 minute ago, EphraimB said: So where is CBTC not enabled? D1 and D2 track from CTL to Roosevelt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 via Mosholu Posted December 15, 2021 Share #309 Posted December 15, 2021 1 minute ago, EphraimB said: So where is CBTC not enabled? Basically the rest of Sixth Avenue up to around Bergen Street, the Broadway line and the rest of Eighth Avenue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Researcher Posted December 16, 2021 Share #310 Posted December 16, 2021 If CBTC gets installed in Broadway between TSQ and 57 st; does that mean that N train can skip 49 st and beyond 57 Street switch to the 60 st tunnel track and head to Astoria? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted December 16, 2021 Share #311 Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, MTA Researcher said: If CBTC gets installed in Broadway between TSQ and 57 st; does that mean that N train can skip 49 st and beyond 57 Street switch to the 60 st tunnel track and head to Astoria? Yea, sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielTransit Posted December 20, 2021 Share #312 Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 11:18 AM, RTOMan said: Fully Done? Years... They working on Software upgrades so it can be CBTC from Kew Gardens to Roosevelt all four tracks.. I went to Roosevelt yesterday with the local track closed and delayed R trains 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielTransit Posted December 20, 2021 Share #313 Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 11:35 AM, EphraimB said: So where is CBTC not enabled? The local track going to 71st 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R179 8258 Posted January 8, 2022 Share #314 Posted January 8, 2022 Any updates with 8th Avenue Line CBTC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted January 9, 2022 Share #315 Posted January 9, 2022 16 hours ago, R179 8258 said: Any updates with 8th Avenue Line CBTC They've been doing a lot of "signal modernization" track closures between 59 St and Canal St, making the run local in one direction and the express in the other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted January 17, 2022 Share #316 Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 9:41 AM, darkstar8983 said: They've been doing a lot of "signal modernization" track closures between 59 St and Canal St, making the run local in one direction and the express in the other. Actually there hasn't been any 8th Avenue CBTC related work since November. They're supposed to resume 8th Avenue CBTC work soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted January 21, 2022 Share #317 Posted January 21, 2022 On 12/15/2021 at 11:31 AM, RTOMan said: All four tracks from Roosevelt to Queens Plaza and 21st street.. D3 and D4 tracks from Kew Gardens to 21street and Queens Plaza... That leaves D1 and D2 track from CTL to Roosevelt as the Next In Line.. So they still have to manually decide if the "Southbound" or goes into Continental first? On 12/20/2021 at 12:34 PM, DanielTransit said: I went to Roosevelt yesterday with the local track closed and delayed R trains Would CBTC help move trains along better though bottle necks if all trains had to merge on to the local/express track for whatever reason? On 12/20/2021 at 12:35 PM, DanielTransit said: The local track going to 71st Are they going to use CBTC to do relays when it's up and running? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted January 21, 2022 Share #318 Posted January 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, N6 Limited said: So they still have to manually decide if the "Southbound" or goes into Continental first? Even though ATPM is in effect at Kew During the Hours the Echoes go express Foxes still have to Punch at 75th ave, its reversed later at night when the Echoes go local everybody punches at 75th 13 minutes ago, N6 Limited said: Would CBTC help move trains along better though bottle necks if all trains had to merge on to the local/express track for whatever reason? Makes it worse because trains have to be IDd and switches move even slower... 14 minutes ago, N6 Limited said: Are they going to use CBTC to do relays when it's up and running? That's the Plan when they do it no idea.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Fly Guy Posted September 11, 2023 Share #319 Posted September 11, 2023 R160 (9923-9942) CBTC is active for revenue service #9923-9927 / 9933-9937 will go out for active service #9928-9932 / 9938-9942 on stand by 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted September 11, 2023 Share #320 Posted September 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Nova Fly Guy said: R160 (9923-9942) CBTC is active for revenue service #9923-9927 / 9933-9937 will go out for active service #9928-9932 / 9938-9942 on stand by I thought they were already CBTC ready back in 2021, which was why when the 9800-9900 R160s went to Coney Island to swap out the Siemens ones, 9833-9852 went in place of 9923-9942, and then needed to be swapped back out when ready 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted September 11, 2023 Share #321 Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, darkstar8983 said: I thought they were already CBTC ready back in 2021, which was why when the 9800-9900 R160s went to Coney Island to swap out the Siemens ones, 9833-9852 went in place of 9923-9942, and then needed to be swapped back out when ready Thales trains different operating systems so those five car sets was kept on the until they got around to updating the software. Edited September 11, 2023 by RTOMan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted September 11, 2023 Share #322 Posted September 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Nova Fly Guy said: #9928-9932 / 9938-9942 on stand by They still on the that's why they need people for relocation jobs to move them to Jamaica Barn as of now not enough people so they aren't a priority.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted September 11, 2023 Share #323 Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, RTOMan said: They still on the that's why they need people for relocation jobs to move them to Jamaica Barn as of now not enough people so they aren't a priority.. Ohhhh. So 9923-9942 (those twenty cars) have had to stay on the until now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted September 11, 2023 Share #324 Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, darkstar8983 said: Ohhhh. So 9923-9942 (those twenty cars) have had to stay on the until now? Yes they did saw the Bulletin regarding the software upgrade.. Those Units can stay together but can only be coupled to Kawasaki Alstom units. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted December 8, 2023 Share #325 Posted December 8, 2023 OCC now controls the interlockings at the Plaza area as well as Roosevelt ave. Trains are IDd at Kew Gardens SB and Fifth ave NB, line ups come in based on train IDs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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