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My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 14 19:20:42 2017

SIR:
They have new countdown thingees up and down the line. The old ones are removed. But all they do is display a series of TA safety propaganda ads, but no train times.

S79 FAKE SBS
Buses should have come at 8:39 and 8:51. I arrived at 8:34. Two buses come at 8:48, and one stays beyond the other all the way to 87th & 4th (stop at 86th Street is under street construction) . No leapfrogging of buses. So one was 8 minutes late, the other 4 minutes early. Passengers split themselves at each stop between the 2 buses. Hylan Blvd is a linear parking lot in the OldTown Road area.

R:
Countdown clocks are functionally useless. There is a constant display of the 2 96th Street bound trains (in 12 and 14 minutes when I got there). Forest Hills train only displayed once that train is in the station and flashes in 0 minutes.

Weekender description text is as always deliberately evasive, deceptive, and incomplete. With no reason given, It says trains will run express to Atlantic Av. It does NOT say the service runs every 12 minutes, instead of every 10, and will take a 6 minute hit from the normal local service crawling through work zones almost the entire way at 15MPH. I assume N and D trains are similarly affected, even moreso, since they are timed as expresses, are express, yet will have to crawl just like the R train and cannot make even a local schedule.

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Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by Chicago44 on Sat Oct 14 19:40:49 2017, in response to My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 14 19:20:42 2017.

What construction is going on at 86th St.

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Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 14 20:11:59 2017, in response to Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure, posted by Chicago44 on Sat Oct 14 19:40:49 2017.

I didn't look too close, but the curb lane of the street and sidewalk nearest the curb were blocked off at the normal bus stop.

That said, why has the terminus always been 86th Street ? Since the buses come across 92nd, why not simply go to 96th, then passengers can wait in the train before it starts its run ?

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Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sun Oct 15 02:37:39 2017, in response to Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 14 20:11:59 2017.

95th was originally the terminal for the S53. The S79 started out with a terminal at 86th Street because there were more connections to buses and shopping. Eventually, the S53 was moved to 86th Street (and when the S93 was created, it started from 86th Street).

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Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by Dan on Sun Oct 15 11:04:00 2017, in response to Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sun Oct 15 02:37:39 2017.

If anything the S53 and S79sbs should be extended to the 4 Ave / 59 St station in order to connect with the 'N' express train. Unlikely of course.

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Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by Joe V on Sun Oct 15 17:31:15 2017, in response to Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure, posted by Dan on Sun Oct 15 11:04:00 2017.

If they could run non-stop, and not stop every block or two. Traffic lights would be a pain.

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Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure

Posted by Dan on Mon Oct 16 11:47:31 2017, in response to Re: My Saturday SIR/ S79/R train adventure, posted by Joe V on Sun Oct 15 17:31:15 2017.

Extend S79sbs via 4th Avenue with the following stops to allow for transfers as noted -

Current terminal 86 St - xfer to 'R' train.
Bay Ridge Pkwy - xfer to B4 bus.
Bay Ridge Ave - xfer to 'R' train, B9 and B64 buses.
59 St - xfer to 'N' and 'R' trains, B9 bus.
Return via 58 St, 5 Ave, 60 Street to 4 Ave, etc.

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