Second Ave Subway Thread... (Brighton: car, directions, hospital)
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For a train that makes so few stops, why is the "Q" always held up by "dispatcher" or "signal" issues. I swear it happened yet again around 1PM coming uptown from 34th Street. We sat and sat at 72nd for several minutes.
Another thing it seems as the homeless have wasted no time finding the line. Have already counted several on various occasions camped/sacked out.
Meanwhile am seeing people know live near Lexington walking over to Second to get on at 86th (the 83rd entrance), most are going to the West Side and get off at 33rd or Union Square.
Finally thought this line was getting all new trains. Most of the time have gotten on the same dirty old "Brighton Line" trains.
For a train that makes so few stops, why is the "Q" always held up by "dispatcher" or "signal" issues. I swear it happened yet again around 1PM coming uptown from 34th Street. We sat and sat at 72nd for several minutes.
Another thing it seems as the homeless have wasted no time finding the line. Have already counted several on various occasions camped/sacked out.
Meanwhile am seeing people know live near Lexington walking over to Second to get on at 86th (the 83rd entrance), most are going to the West Side and get off at 33rd or Union Square.
Finally thought this line was getting all new trains. Most of the time have gotten on the same dirty old "Brighton Line" trains.
I had a whole thread about this recently. For some reason people saw fit to argue with me about the reality that the Q isn't really an express train because the locals take priority at 34th
I had a whole thread about this recently. For some reason people saw fit to argue with me about the reality that the Q isn't really an express train because the locals take priority at 34th
Now that you mention it there always seems to be a Q train "waiting" at 33rd/34th street. Always though it was just my good luck. *LOL*
For a train that makes so few stops, why is the "Q" always held up by "dispatcher" or "signal" issues. I swear it happened yet again around 1PM coming uptown from 34th Street. We sat and sat at 72nd for several minutes.
Another thing it seems as the homeless have wasted no time finding the line. Have already counted several on various occasions camped/sacked out.
Meanwhile am seeing people know live near Lexington walking over to Second to get on at 86th (the 83rd entrance), most are going to the West Side and get off at 33rd or Union Square.
Finally thought this line was getting all new trains. Most of the time have gotten on the same dirty old "Brighton Line" trains.
The Brighton line uses the r160 order that came in 2008-2010. That's hardly old.
They still look more busted up than stay the IRT trains.
The MTA decided the next order of trains, the 179, is going to the A, C, J, and M trains and will retire all the remiaing r42 trains and many of the r32 trains.
I had a whole thread about this recently. For some reason people saw fit to argue with me about the reality that the Q isn't really an express train because the locals take priority at 34th
I remember reading something about stopping at the 49th street station and switching. Is that part of that thread? Can you remind me again of how the Q is misrun?
I remember reading something about stopping at the 49th street station and switching. Is that part of that thread? Can you remind me again of how the Q is misrun?
Someone was saying that there's so much demand at 49 that they needed the Q to stop there too. But that still didn't make any sense to me because even if you make the Q stop at 49, why would you park it at 34 to let the R and N cut in front if it's supposed to be an express? By definition it's no longer express because of that
But then someone else mentioned that after the SAS opened the new W would pick up the slack and the Q would finally bypass 49 on the way to 57 and the tunnel to 63
So if it's still stalling at 34 I really don't know what to tell you
For a train that makes so few stops, why is the "Q" always held up by "dispatcher" or "signal" issues. I swear it happened yet again around 1PM coming uptown from 34th Street. We sat and sat at 72nd for several minutes.
If you sat at 72nd Street, maybe there were already trains at 96th St and 86th St that haven't turned around to go back downtown yet. Just a pure guess though.
Someone was saying that there's so much demand at 49 that they needed the Q to stop there too. But that still didn't make any sense to me because even if you make the Q stop at 49, why would you park it at 34 to let the R and N cut in front if it's supposed to be an express? By definition it's no longer express because of that
But then someone else mentioned that after the SAS opened the new W would pick up the slack and the Q would finally bypass 49 on the way to 57 and the tunnel to 63
So if it's still stalling at 34 I really don't know what to tell you
Maybe it's a timing point where they hold the train until the scheduled departure time.
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