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Troubles on the Brighton Line in Brooklyn This Morning |
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Posted by heypaul on Wed Apr 15 22:20:09 2026 I was at Ave U and heading into the Manhattan this morning around 10, when I noticed the arrival board announcing that due to a train that went BIE at Dekalb Ave, there was no n/b Q & B service heading into Manhattan. We were advised to go to Coney Island, where B & Q's would be running over the N & D lines. So I scooted down the pigeon dropping stairs and up the stairs to Coney Island platform, where I waited for 10 or 15 minutes with nothing heading southbound. On top of that, I realized that due to track work any train that did come would terminate at Brighton Beach, where shuttle buses would take us to Stillwell terminal. Then the arrival board was saying that there were delays in Q and B service. Well that sounded promising. About 5 minutes later, B and Q service was said to have resumed. So I lumbered back over to the n/b platform and waited about 10 minutes before I saw headlights heading our way. It was an R68 B which was being rerouted over the Q line.All of this is a warmup to some questions: Would there be a difference between an R211 going BIE and an R68 going BIE? I mean would a NT train be harder to go back into normal operation than an older technology train? Although the R211's have been around for awhile, this has been my first experience riding them, when they came on the B. I like them. They're quieter and faster and fun to ride. I wonder how the crews find operating them? |
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