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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Oct 10 17:22:11 2013, in response to Re: Old LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch, posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 10 11:48:44 2013. how do you explain the fact that trains stop, creep, and crawl in the rush from Grand Central to Times Square with 28 TPH,That's pretty simple. The TA decided to improve on time performance by increasing scheduled run times. The local run time was 28 minutes after the R33/36WF's were introduced. It's now 33 minutes. The trouble is about 80% of the trains make the run in 28 minutes. The schedule for trains leaving Times Sq. assumes all trains take 33 minutes to get there. So, trains have to wait outside Times Sq. waiting for a train to leave. Another source for delays has been fixed. The dispatchers' clocks were not sychronized. There was a 2 to 3 minute difference in the clocks between Main St. and Times Sq. arrivaing Main Street is another nightmare The Flushing Line has been my line for more than 50 years. I was able to associate a fairly high probability of delay with the day of the week. I could count on delays Friday evening. If there were a holiday weekend, trains were backed up getting into Willets Pt. My conjecture is that many crew members figured out a way of going AWOL without being caught. |
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