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Re: (R) train service still sucks |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Nov 8 15:57:25 2014, in response to Re: (R) train service still sucks, posted by Michael549 on Sat Nov 8 13:16:29 2014. N trains certainly can be diverted to 95 St in the event of a serious service disruption on the R and in fact used to be and probably still is SOP. the problem arose when the Gunn/Kiley MTA administration replaced the zone trainmasters with individual line superintendents so that the R can basically go down in flames as long as the N Line supt shows better on time performance and no abandoned intervals. The same used to be true on the Brighton line when there was a delay in Brighton lcl service. Local supervision was instructed to have Brighton expresses make local stops which was often done. Par of that instruction was also that a rerouted exp was to operate through to Stl which was almost never done despite the bulletin to that effect. Ever since operating personnel who had to demonstrate their knowledge of the job by passing an exam were replaced by so called “managers” who often don’t know the subway from a hole in the ground service quality has actually gone down rather than improved. Maybe if the NYCT got rid of the excessive and overpriced line “managers” and returned to the slightly less expensive but more operationally knowledgable trainmasters, reliable service might be able to be restored. |
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