S78 via Hylan Posted September 16, 2017 Share #16626 Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) Why? What's it called now? Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app Never mind. P3F beat me to it. Edited September 16, 2017 by S78 via Hylan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted September 16, 2017 Share #16627 Posted September 16, 2017 Smh at these idiots having a D line go on a weekend the Yankees play at home. Just off an 4 train packed with people like sardine cans smh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted September 16, 2017 Share #16628 Posted September 16, 2017 Why are the stickers on the standing room only cars so small? Apparently there’s seating in the middle, but isn’t that a 10-car R160, I thought they were only testing on the first? Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16629 Posted September 17, 2017 When does the conductor find out where the train is going? While the train is laid up? When the train arrives at 161st Street? Some other time?On the D, there's 5 specials. Usually its 1,3 and 5 going to 2 ave/Houston while 2 and 4 go to 9th ave Bk. They find out according to the order when they board their trains. But even enroute its a toss up. They are extra trains and can be sent anywhere, any route, with any stop pattern. So even the crews are never quite sure. Some of them may even return north in service if its needed. Sent from my LGLS755 using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16630 Posted September 17, 2017 Took a trip down to SoHo to do some shopping at Crate & Barrel for some handmade ceramic pieces I wanted. God that train was packed at 57th and 7th. Transferred at Union Square for the . Got an old one, but I noticed they had this interesting flooring on them. I wonder if that flooring will be used for the new trains... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16631 Posted September 17, 2017 When the 8th Avenue line was originally proposed as a BMT route, the line was to run from Washington Heights (around 193rd Street) to the Penn Station area near 30th Street. The line was intended to be four-tracks from 173rd Street to 64th Street. Two tracks would've continued down Central Park West and 8th Avenue to 30th Street while the other two were to branch off and connect to the then-new Broadway subway. In a later plan, the stub tracks at 57 Street were to be used for a new line directly under Central Park and along Morningside Ave, running to 145th Street. As the IND didn't want to siphon riders from their own 8th Avenue line, this idea was quickly abandoned. The irony being now both lines would likely be seeing heavy ridership (albeit after what would have been a long dry period in the 1970's and '80s). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16632 Posted September 17, 2017 I spotted R142A 7636-7640 in service on the , but still has strip maps. I'm assuming this is a loaner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3F Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16633 Posted September 17, 2017 I doubt this is new, but apparently the old LED countdown clocks on the Broadway line (more specifically, at 14 St) actually display service changes once in a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16634 Posted September 17, 2017 I spotted R142A 7636-7640 in service on the , but still has strip maps. I'm assuming this is a loaner. #7620-7616 and #7641-7645 were also on the but they had strip maps. I'm guessing #7636-7640 will either go back to the or stay on the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16635 Posted September 17, 2017 Caught 7646-7650 not that long ago on the w/ strip maps. Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted September 17, 2017 Share #16636 Posted September 17, 2017 #7620-7616 and #7641-7645 were also on the but they had strip maps. I'm guessing #7636-7640 will either go back to the or stay on the . so is the losing all their NTT's?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted September 18, 2017 Share #16637 Posted September 18, 2017 so is the losing all their NTT's?! No, not even close. The sometimes will borrow a few sets from the , and the from the . As someone mentioned, 7646-7650 was on the for awhile. Even if the MTA wanted to make the 100% R62As, they couldn't because there aren't enough R62As to go around. As it is, a handful of R62A sets are loaners from 240 Street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16638 Posted September 19, 2017 Well, yes: 7611-7620, 7641-7645 and 7651-7655 all have line strip maps 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3F Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16639 Posted September 19, 2017 On the D, there's 5 specials. Usually its 1,3 and 5 going to 2 ave/Houston while 2 and 4 go to 9th ave Bk. They find out according to the order when they board their trains. But even enroute its a toss up. They are extra trains and can be sent anywhere, any route, with any stop pattern. So even the crews are never quite sure. Some of them may even return north in service if its needed. Sent from my LGLS755 using Tapatalk When in relation to the game's end does the first special leave? And what are the headways between the five specials? Also, out of curiosity, does the run specials as well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16640 Posted September 19, 2017 When in relation to the game's end does the first special leave? And what are the headways between the five specials? Also, out of curiosity, does the run specials as well? They do. There was one signed up as a 4 Shuttle to Barclays Center according to DJ Hammers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16641 Posted September 19, 2017 When in relation to the game's end does the first special leave? And what are the headways between the five specials? Also, out of curiosity, does the run specials as well? Yes. They run specials to Brooklyn Bridge and Bowling Green all the time... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16642 Posted September 19, 2017 On the D, there's 5 specials. Usually its 1,3 and 5 going to 2 ave/Houston while 2 and 4 go to 9th ave Bk. They find out according to the order when they board their trains. But even enroute its a toss up. They are extra trains and can be sent anywhere, any route, with any stop pattern. So even the crews are never quite sure. Some of them may even return north in service if its needed. Sent from my LGLS755 using Tapatalk On weekends there's actually Six specials in total. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16643 Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) Tonight is one of those nights where you wish the / combo strip map had the 7th Avenue station stops listed before the Lex stops in order for those maps to more accurately depict tonight's GO... Edited September 19, 2017 by paulrivera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16644 Posted September 19, 2017 When in relation to the game's end does the first special leave? And what are the headways between the five specials? Usually about 15-20 minutes after it ends. But they tend to schedule bit on the fly. There's a TSS posted at 161 to help dispatch.Headways are usually in between regular s/b D trains. On weekends there's actually Six specials in total.Since when? When i worked them in 2014, there was 5 on weekends as well. I would know cause all 5 of us sat in the crew room until the trains started pulling out of Concourse. And they were usually all classmates from school car (Extra-Extras). 5 of us total. Train 1-2nd Ave Train 2-9th ave Bk Train 3-2nd ave Train 4-9th ave or Barclay's Train 5-2nd ave Of course those destinations can change enroute. Sent from my LGLS755 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16645 Posted September 19, 2017 so is the losing all their NTT's?!Kinda Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16646 Posted September 19, 2017 Nope. There aren't enough R62As in the fleet to do a 1-1 for swap between the and the . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j express Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16647 Posted September 19, 2017 On weekends there's actually Six specials in total. Okay D line Superintendent Smith. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16648 Posted September 19, 2017 I wonder when all this "track work" on the trains in Astoria will be completed. Seems like the train in Astoria has become more of just a rush hour route in Queens, with no slight increase to the to mitigate the drop in tph from 12 to 6 during the middays. This was even present when the ran on the Astoria line from June 2010 to November 2016, where the slightest bit of work cut the route back to 57 St-7 Av. Prior to 2010 when there was track work in Astoria both the and trains ran their regular headways to Astoria with no problem. Looks like the MTA just cares about the second avenue subway and would rather see everyone from there have a seat with some seats left over on their and midday trains and have the train passengers packed like sardines similar to rush hour loads at all times during the day. Just wait until 2019 when the train shuts down and the whiny hipsters move to Astoria and overload the lines similar to what they did to the since 2006 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted September 19, 2017 Share #16649 Posted September 19, 2017 I wonder when all this "track work" on the trains in Astoria will be completed. Seems like the train in Astoria has become more of just a rush hour route in Queens, with no slight increase to the to mitigate the drop in tph from 12 to 6 during the middays. This was even present when the ran on the Astoria line from June 2010 to November 2016, where the slightest bit of work cut the route back to 57 St-7 Av. Prior to 2010 when there was track work in Astoria both the and trains ran their regular headways to Astoria with no problem. Looks like the MTA just cares about the second avenue subway and would rather see everyone from there have a seat with some seats left over on their and midday trains and have the train passengers packed like sardines similar to rush hour loads at all times during the day. Just wait until 2019 when the train shuts down and the whiny hipsters move to Astoria and overload the lines similar to what they did to the since 2006 It's pretty obvious that it was work on the terminal interlocking at Ditmars, the same reason why there were shuttle buses every weekend... And, this week the and are both running during the midday, so quit it with the conspiracy theories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted September 20, 2017 Share #16650 Posted September 20, 2017 Okay D line Superintendent Smith. Can you please stop with that nonsense already? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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