Railfan123 Posted November 18, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 18, 2019 Which is most likely to travel the slowest generally: the B, D, N or Q trains? I am thinking especially when passing over the Manhattan Bridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted November 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 18, 2019 B & D are the slowest I would imagine because the 160s have an easier time climbing the bridge than the 68s do... 160s certainty accelerate faster on level track so 160s run up the bridge's incline better. Are the timers the same on both sides of the Bridge? That's one thing to consider as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfan123 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted November 18, 2019 Timers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted November 18, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 18, 2019 Signles that detect train speed, only showing green when the train is moving below a certain speed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted November 18, 2019 Share #5 Posted November 18, 2019 It also varies depending on the train operator. But the R160 trains usually have the advantage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted November 20, 2019 Share #6 Posted November 20, 2019 They're all slower than the others. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T to Dyre Avenue Posted November 25, 2019 Share #7 Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) They all are. But you can chalk that up to the bridge’s poor design, timers, the inclines on the Manhattan side and, of course, the poorly managed DeKalb/Gold St junction, where and trains just can’t seem to get out of each other’s way. Edited November 25, 2019 by T to Dyre Avenue 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainRider Railfan Posted December 12, 2019 Share #8 Posted December 12, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 9:44 AM, T to Dyre Avenue said: The poorly managed DeKalb/Gold St junction, where and trains just can’t seem to get out of each other’s way. I wish they could just demolish and redesign the whole junction so that trains wouldn't interfere with each other so much. Just looking at it makes my brain hurt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1635 Posted December 13, 2019 Share #9 Posted December 13, 2019 Easily the and . The is just very infrequent due to all the delays in my experience. It's just a lot of waiting at 63rd and 72nd Streets for me to get to my job at MSK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted December 18, 2019 Share #10 Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) On 12/12/2019 at 6:31 PM, TrainRider Railfan said: I wish they could just demolish and redesign the whole junction so that trains wouldn't interfere with each other so much. Just looking at it makes my brain hurt. One of the problems is they hold trains there for a minute or 2 when according to subwaytime it’s not necessary at all! If they must they should ask the train operator who they are BEFORE they get to the homeball so as not to delay the train. This also happened a lot on the and by 36th st when they were doing the work on the express tracks especally southbound There was one time where a was stopped for maybe 3 min before . Is that really necessary when it didn’t even have to merge with the ?? This seems like it’s not as much of an issue on the number lines however on Saturday night on the and we sat for about 2 minutes south of 145 with a . Neither train moved and then it was decided that should go thank g-d. But these things can be easily avoided with better dispatch. Edited December 18, 2019 by Abba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted December 19, 2019 Share #11 Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/13/2019 at 4:37 PM, NY1635 said: Easily the and . The is just very infrequent due to all the delays in my experience. It's just a lot of waiting at 63rd and 72nd Streets for me to get to my job at MSK. I’d be completely in favor of de-interlining to make DeKalb less shitty a junction so that ran down Brighton and down 4th Av if it weren’t for the fact the only 6 Av-Broadway Express Lines useful transfer would be 34th St - since Barclays is a very long walk. I think that’s why it hasn’t been done yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T to Dyre Avenue Posted December 20, 2019 Share #12 Posted December 20, 2019 An infill station by MetroTech would be one way to solve that issue. But it would be a long, intrusive and super-expensive process to build a dual-island platform station that would allow cross-platform transfers between and . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted December 20, 2019 Share #13 Posted December 20, 2019 4 hours ago, T to Dyre Avenue said: An infill station by MetroTech would be one way to solve that issue. But it would be a long, intrusive and super-expensive process to build a dual-island platform station that would allow cross-platform transfers between and . I wonder if this would be easier and more beneficial longer term: FYI I dunno track numbers At DeKalb, reconfigure the following way: bypass express track? Link it to 4th Av Local & Montague Tunnel tracks and have bypass DeKalb Current track? Connect to 4th Av Express track and MB Southern tracks Current track? Leave as is; Connect to MB Northern tracks. That way, if deinterlining is done, there’s no crossovers or waiting unless there’s a reroute where 6 Av trains run on B-way or vice versa. But what would it cost? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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