Calvin Posted November 3, 2021 Share #35626 Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) Just something noticed on the MCI express bus signage, the BxM11 and QM20 from Midtown has the via points aligned to the left instead of the center. Edited November 3, 2021 by Calvin Signage is on top that has the run box by the door 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 5, 2021 Share #35627 Posted November 5, 2021 8314 out of Quill (Yukon unit) has a Quill sticker on both sides. They may be staying longer till the solution is fixed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35628 Posted November 6, 2021 Question for those that use the downtown express buses: How often do express bus drivers (specifically the CP ones) turn onto Vesey Street instead of Park Place when going to Queens? I saw a QM11 attempt to turn onto Vesey Street for some reason and it almost got stuck on the turn. A SIM15 driver had to briefly get out of his bus to help out a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35629 Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: Question for those that use the downtown express buses: How often do express bus drivers (specifically the CP ones) turn onto Vesey Street instead of Park Place when going to Queens? I saw a QM11 attempt to turn onto Vesey Street for some reason and it almost got stuck on the turn. A SIM15 driver had to briefly get out of his bus to help out a bit. The official routing has been Vesey Street for quite some time (since October of last year IIRC). It used to be Park Place, but with a stop that got permanently eliminated along the old route path (whether construction related or not), the routing was changed to reflect it. Edited November 6, 2021 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35630 Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) For the BM1, 2, 3 and 4,: when did they add Battery Place as the first drop-off stop in Manhattan? I remember it was Exchange Alley back then when the BM's 1-4 exited the tunnel turning right past Rector St on the . Edited November 6, 2021 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35631 Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: The official routing has been Vesey Street for quite some time (since October of last year IIRC). It used to be Park Place, but with a stop that got permanently eliminated along the old route path (whether construction related or not), the routing was changed to reflect it. Are you sure that's the case? The other QM's still take the Park Place turn and the stop you mentioned was discontinued since 2014. Then again, I didn't observe all the buses there so I may be way off the mark with this. Edited November 6, 2021 by Kingsbridgeviewer382 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35632 Posted November 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: Are you sure that's the case? The other QM's still take the Park Place turn and the stop you mentioned was discontinued since 2014. Then again, I didn't observe all the buses there so I may be way off the mark with this. The official route for all is Vesey Street. The QM11 and QM25 timetables (from summer 2020) and bustime all denote this as well. So it's been in effect for sometime. You can do a wayback check to see approximately when that routing may have change, but it's no longer Park Place for any of the QMs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35633 Posted November 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: The official route for all is Vesey Street. The QM11 and QM25 timetables (from summer 2020) and bustime all denote this as well. So it's been in effect for sometime. You can do a wayback check to see approximately when that routing may have change, but it's no longer Park Place for any of the QMs. Thanks for the clarification. I was confused because I kept seeing some QM7's and 25's take the Park Place turn, but you are right with what you said earlier. Again, thanks for the information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35634 Posted November 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Calvin said: For the BM1, 2, 3 and 4,: when did they add Battery Place as the first drop-off stop in Manhattan? I remember it was Exchange Alley back then when the BM's 1-4 exited the tunnel turning right past Rector St on the . That was always during the command bus days... Downtown loop First stop- Battery Place. 2nd Stop Exchange Alley. Off peak to 57th and 3rd: Exchange Alley 1st stop 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 via Mosholu Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35635 Posted November 6, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 11:14 PM, Bx41 boi said: its scrapped?! Yes, since at least 2018 or 19. It's been a while since it last ran. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35636 Posted November 6, 2021 While I was in Hudson River Park earlier, I seen an LFS from YUK traveling N/B on the West Side Highway, no idea where it was headed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 6, 2021 Share #35637 Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: While I was in Hudson River Park earlier, I seen an LFS from YUK traveling N/B on the West Side Highway, no idea where it was headed. North past 42nd St, probably to Kingsbridge Depot or Gun Hill as possible choices. Edited November 6, 2021 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35638 Posted November 7, 2021 I saw it around where the M8 terminal is. Forgot to mention in my OP, I seen FOUR XE60s within like an 20 minute span this afternoon, one on the M23 and the other three on the M14. Nice to see them become more common. I know they don't dump all 15 in service at once due to spares, buses charging, buses out for maintenance, etc. I guess the most is 5 - 6 is in service at once on average? Prior to today, I only seen one XE60 a day on average, so seeing four of them in one day was quite nice lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35639 Posted November 7, 2021 32 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: I saw it around where the M8 terminal is. Forgot to mention in my OP, I seen FOUR XE60s within like an 20 minute span this afternoon, one on the M23 and the other three on the M14. Nice to see them become more common. I know they don't dump all 15 in service at once due to spares, buses charging, buses out for maintenance, etc. I guess the most is 5 - 6 is in service at once on average? Prior to today, I only seen one XE60 a day on average, so seeing four of them in one day was quite nice lol The most I'll guess is up to 7-8. That's 1/2 of the XE's on the road and other 1/2 at the depot with explanations mentioned. --- On the other hand, these past few weeks, seeing the BM3 drop off passengers around Ocean Av on a Saturday, they have not used the 2008 CT's on the road for weekends. Most is just the usual CL's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Mario Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35640 Posted November 7, 2021 Has there been any issue with 2247 & 2248 at Yonkers since they been out of service for a few months now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1train2255railfan Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35641 Posted November 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Railfanner Mario said: Has there been any issue with 2247 & 2248 at Yonkers since they been out of service for a few months now? 2247 was back in service, but it seems to have regressed again. I'm not sure of 2248's status, but it hasn't run since 9/9. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35642 Posted November 7, 2021 4 hours ago, trainfan22 said: Forgot to mention in my OP, I seen FOUR XE60s within like an 20 minute span this afternoon, one on the M23 and the other three on the M14. Nice to see them become more common. I know they don't dump all 15 in service at once due to spares, buses charging, buses out for maintenance, etc. I guess the most is 5 - 6 is in service at once on average? Prior to today, I only seen one XE60 a day on average, so seeing four of them in one day was quite nice lol Most I've seen at once was 9 during the PM rush last week IIRC it was 5 on M14D, one on M14A, one on M23 and one on M34A 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Mario Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35643 Posted November 7, 2021 8 hours ago, 1train2255railfan said: 2247 was back in service, but it seems to have regressed again. I'm not sure of 2248's status, but it hasn't run since 9/9. Wow for that long??? That’s Odd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35644 Posted November 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Railfanner Mario said: Wow for that long??? That’s Odd That's still less than a month... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35645 Posted November 7, 2021 33 minutes ago, Snorunts said: That's still less than a month... Its nearly mid November so its been about two months since 2248 last ran (unless someone else can verify or rectify that info). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35646 Posted November 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: Its nearly mid November so its been about two months since 2248 last ran (unless someone else can verify or rectify that info). 2248 was indeed last in service on the 9th of September. 2247 was last in service on October 26th. ------- For some odd reason, 4951 was in Lower Manhattan on Friday Morning. This caught me way, way off guard while I was waiting for some MCIs and some of those new shitcan 1500-series Prevosts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35647 Posted November 7, 2021 A three hour gap in service is just nuts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35648 Posted November 7, 2021 M60's were being detoured via the Bronx, due to the marathon... Buses also made a stop at 145th/Lenox.... Interesting (but sucks for anyone that needed service east of Lenox)... Glad I decided to take the M60 instead of the Q48 at Marine Air Term. (they both arrived at the same time, not too long after I got off the Q47).... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35649 Posted November 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, B35 via Church said: M60's were being detoured via the Bronx, due to the marathon... Buses also made a stop at 145th/Lenox.... Interesting (but sucks for anyone that needed service east of Lenox)... Glad I decided to take the M60 instead of the Q48 at Marine Air Term. (they both arrived at the same time, not too long after I got off the Q47).... Supposedly there's a shuttle bus running between the station and 125/Lexington, but lord only knows how often it's running... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted November 7, 2021 Share #35650 Posted November 7, 2021 Not too often where you get into an accident. BxM1 hit a car, but didn’t injure anyone. Luckily, a BxM3 picked us up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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