R211 Discussion Thread

[BlueArrowProductions]

May 2025 is the target date to have the base order completed and R46s off line in order to meet CBTC cutover (from the June 2024 Capital Program report).

[TrainGamingKing9928]

7 minutes ago, R32 3838 said:

The R46's are practically Spares or put-ins for the While the uses the majority of them.

As someone who takes the  and  on a regular basis, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is true. I myself have been seeing at most 1-2 sets of R46’s on the  while heading home; this number used to be higher.

Does anyone know the exact number of trains needed for the , including spares?

[SimplyMyself]

1 hour ago, TrainGamingKing9928 said:

As someone who takes the  and  on a regular basis, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is true. I myself have been seeing at most 1-2 sets of R46’s on the  while heading home; this number used to be higher.

Does anyone know the exact number of trains needed for the , including spares?

The  uses 38 and 40 trains in the AM and PM Rush, respectively. The  also barrows R46s and R211s from PIT. Whatever isn’t used are spares (standby), for maintenance, or training, etc.

Edited Tuesday at 11:06 PM by SimplyMyself

[slantfan4281]

27 minutes ago, SimplyMyself said:

The  uses 38 and 40 trains in the AM and PM Rush, respectively. The  also barrows R46s and R211s from PIT. Whatever isn’t used are spares, for maintenance, or training, etc.

I think the  uses 3 (or is it 1.5 since they're half-length), but how many sets does the  use?

[TrainGamingKing9928]

37 minutes ago, SimplyMyself said:

The  uses 38 and 40 trains in the AM and PM Rush, respectively.

Taking into consideration the fact that the  shares two trains of R179’s with the  (which leaves 11 trains for  service), the  could technically become fully NTT as early as when it receives its next 1-2 trains of R211’s.

There are currently 28 trains of R211’s on the , and adding 11 trains of R179’s makes for a total of 39 NTT’s for the .

Edited Tuesday at 11:13 PM by TrainGamingKing9928

[SimplyMyself]

22 minutes ago, slantfan4281 said:

I think the  uses 3 (or is it 1.5 since they're half-length), but how many sets does the  use?

Yep, you’re correct about the !
The  uses 18 trains, both in the AM/PM Rush. 
 

@TrainGamingKing9928 With R211As in rotation on the  now, it would take a lot more than that. In reality, they’re running give or take 22/28 trains, and are now shared between the .

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:26 PM by SimplyMyself

[slantfan4281]

24 minutes ago, SimplyMyself said:

Yep, you’re correct about the !
The  uses 18 trains, both in the AM/PM Rush. 
 

@TrainGamingKing9928 With R211As in rotation on the  now, it would take a lot more than that. In reality, they’re running give or take 22/28 trains, and are now shared between the .

 

 

 

 

So the  could become fully NTT by the end of November?

[MJHmarc]

There’s likely delivery of some cars tonight at 207 after 2 were delivered last night.

[SimplyMyself]

22 minutes ago, slantfan4281 said:

So the  could become fully NTT by the end of November?

Depends on the delivery pace. I’d say around January/February, if I had to guess.

[TrainGamingKing9928]

33 minutes ago, MJHmarc said:

There’s likely delivery of some cars tonight at 207 after 2 were delivered last night.

Maybe those cars could be part of 4335-4339? I haven’t heard a lot about the status of that set lately.

[slantfan4281]

1 hour ago, SimplyMyself said:

Depends on the delivery pace. I’d say around January/February, if I had to guess.

Hopefully once the base order is in they can figure out a way to enlarge the barn at 207 to make the  full length if that's possible. But if it does happen I have a feeling it won't be done until the entire order is in and they can reshuffle the 4 car R179s to ENY or elsewhere

[Comrade96]

2 minutes ago, slantfan4281 said:

Hopefully once the base order is in they can figure out a way to enlarge the barn at 207 to make the  full length if that's possible. But if it does happen I have a feeling it won't be done until the entire order is in and they can reshuffle the 4 car R179s to ENY or elsewhere

that wont be done for a lot longer than that, itll be a while before that issue is dealt with

[FLX9304]

15 hours ago, TrainGamingKing9928 said:

Maybe those cars could be part of 4335-4339? I haven’t heard a lot about the status of that set lately.

Or 4350-4354

[poopybutt123]

4355-4359 delivered to 207 St Yard

[TrainGamingKing9928]

47 minutes ago, poopybutt123 said:

4355-4359 delivered to 207 St Yard

I feel like this set might be paired with 4345-4349 for burn-in testing.

[FLX9304]

1 hour ago, TrainGamingKing9928 said:

I feel like this set might be paired with 4345-4349 for burn-in testing.

Remember what I said in the beginning when the first 50 cars was delivered? They don’t deliver in numerical set order.