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Re: IRT train length |
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Posted by milan1834 on Thu Mar 11 13:52:52 2010, in response to IRT train length, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Mar 10 17:55:39 2010. When I was growing up, express Lo-V and Hi-V consists were always 10 cars on weekdays, 7 cars (or sometimes 6) on weekends. West Side locals were always 5 cars. (Usually, these were Hi-Vs, but on weekends, some Lo-Vs were used.) In 1959, when the massive service changes were instituted, 8-car weekday 1 line trains and 6-car weekend consists were the rule.Pelham locals on weekdays were always 8 cars, regardless of whether they were R17s or older stock. On weekends, 5-car older trains and 4-car R17s were the rule until all platforms got extended. When R21s and 22s were introduced, as RandyO stated, the 9-car length was the rule on weekdays. However, the R-types on the Lex was always 10 cars. Flushing Line had a max 9-car length until some R17s (6500-6549) were moved over from the Main Line. When the WF cars started to appear in 1963, 11-car trains were introduced. |
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