/r/nycrail
Passenger and freight rail and trains, including transit, in and related to New York City.
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/r/nycrail
I have been trying to arrange my schedule and catch the train on time. Yet I can’t find how to locate the schedule of trains from a day or two before.
Would appreciate your help if know. Thanks
The turn between those two stops is so aggressive!
This is my first post on this subreddit. I am a high school freshman, so I don’t really have much knowledge about the train system. I’ve been having this argument with someone else(also a freshman) and I will die on the hill that the E is better than the 7 train. The people here probably have much better experience and knowledge about the train system than I do, so what do you all think(specifically, please give me substantive evidence on why you think one is better than the other)?
I was crossing the Williamsburg Bridge on the Jamaica Bound side of the bridge. The view is just beautiful
I was just walking until i saw a orange paper saying shuttle buses with an arrow then a shuttle bus came thru and i was like “what?” so im asking if anyone knows what is it?
I've noticed that when the Jamaica bound F goes local in Queens Boulevard, the automated announcements never announces "This is 36th Street." and most conductors announce it manually. However, when the F was re-routed over the E line and going from Queens Plaza to 36th Street, it gets announced. I thought they would have fixed that glitch by now.
In Summary, for the requirements it said if you have an accident record you may be disqualified. My Car one day hydroplaned into a concrete wall and it was totaled. Does that mean I'm disqualified already?
Sorry for the poor filming. Spotted at 10pm on the northbound platform at 66th st-Lincoln Center.
Hello, I have the exam ready to take on May 18, 2024. I am currently working on getting my driver’s license. Will I still be considered for a job opportunity after the exam? I should have my drivers license ready by summer time.
Thank You.
The link to the map is:
https://tennessine.co.uk/metro/737f7f7c39181d4
Mods if i put this with the wrong flair, just let me know.
There used to be elevated tracks that connected East 180th Street to Westchester Ave (Near Whitlock Ave Station) in the Bronx formerly owned by the NYWB. It has already been taken down, but I was wondering, do you think it would have been a good idea to run an S train on that track to provide a connection between the 2, 5, and 6 trains without going to Manhattan?
Question - Is there any way to know about the Transit Museum subway fleet in the museum at any time? If not, does anyone know what trains are in rn?
No g train. The drawbridge is closed due to the bike tour. Which means the shuttle bus and local bus can’t get on the draw bridge to and from greenpoint. Ferry service doesn’t start until 9-10am. Walk from the L at Bedford Ave?
I hope the pedestrian foot path and those set of stairs are open so that people can at least walk to the 7 or E train
I’m looking at the current metro north electrician position they have posted, my question is do they have level to the positions?like electrician A/B, lead? With other companies ie coned they have general unitility worker, mechanic B, mechanic A they each have pay scales but you can move up to a B mechanic then A mechanic after doing training and getting experience.
Hello! I’m a daily Q rider so I often pass through this junction, and I’m starting to notice how around 8 times out of 10 the Q doesn’t really hold, rather just slow down near there. Today I was at dekalb and a N train went past my Q on the express track yet dispatch held that N for my Q to go through first even though the N was ahead. With this observation, does the Q have priority over the other lines at DeKalb, or is this just me being lucky?
Perhaps an odd question, but…according to the MTA, there are both vertical and horizontal digital ad screens in NYC subway systems. But I'm straining to think of when I have seen these horizontal ad screens.
Which stations have these screens?
I was reading the Subway Nut's page on the R train where he talked about how the line went to Astoria and swapped with the N for direct depot access. However he pointed out that reinstating this and rerouting the N via 63rd could allow the R to be completely deinterlined and run smoothly just like the 1 train. I thought about how this would work and maybe even going a step farther. Here's my entire idea:
Actually as I write this I now realize that this would mean 57th/6th wouldnt have any weekend service unless the M train goes there. The reason I thought having the F go back to 53rd was important was to keep Queens Plaza with enough manhattan service and to reduce congestion at Lex/63.
How bad can it really be to deprive the R of direct depot access if it means that 4th ave local stations get much better service?
This idea would basically make the QBL almost how it was pre-1987 except with the N via 63rd and the E on Archer.
I suppose another option (a less drastic one, more like the Subway Nut) is to still do the N/R swap but keep the M on QBL and F on 63rd. However they'd still need to extend the G on weekends (like in the 2000s) or Queens Plaza will have nothing but the E train and local passengers trying to get to LIC on the weekends will be furious.
I'd need to think more about how this would affect late night patterns. I mean the R should be a 24/7 service local on the full route. Maybe the N would become the shuttle terminating at Whitehall. Not sure how it would work on the Queens end. Devil's in the details. Obviously have to consider all potential adverse effects and listen to public input.
SubwayNut also mentioned that if the Astoria-Bay Ridge service isn't feasible, another option is to reinstate the diamond brown R. Or I suppose extend the W train to 95th on rush hours.
At least none of these ideas require any physical construction beyond replacing signs.
For 2nd Avenue Subway after Phase 2, extending West on 125th St, the MTA should use NATM/SEM instead of TBM for the tunnels b/c it's said to be cost effective and the tunnel would be created in soft ground. Plus it's easier to construct a line at shallower depths with NATM/SEM. The line should be a single hole with 2 tracks, the hole can be the width of the cut and cover tunnels and have the centerpillars separating them with some walls between them like the 4th Ave line. Do y'all agree with this idea for the SAS 125th St extension?
Is anyone familiar with the hiring process for PATH road crews (TO/CR)? I’ve never seen a formal application portal or openings on Port Authority’s website and was wondering if I was looking in the wrong place.