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Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 14:08:15 2021

All 12 cars on the shuttle have had the seats removed (except for the 2 pairs of seats at each end of the car).

I guess that makes these cars somewhat permanently assigned to the shuttle.

Track 1
1955 (Grand Central end)
1939
1932
1935
1933
1936 (Times Square end)
[These cars do not have the LEDs on the side sign panels]


Track 4
1949 (Grand Central end)
1908
1948
1947
1944
1943 (Times Square end)
[These cars DO have the LEDs on the side sign panels]

Maybe these cars should have another identifier added besides R62A - perhaps they should add "SR" for Seats Removed. Such as Car 1955 R62A/SR

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Sep 18 14:25:46 2021, in response to Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 14:08:15 2021.

Ridiculous.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by ro_jo on Sat Sep 18 14:29:51 2021, in response to Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 14:08:15 2021.

I checked it out last Wednesday 9/15, and I'm almost certain that my car (1955) had all of its seats intact.
I saw the cars in the center of the train had most seats removed as you say, but I don't think it's all of them.
-Rob

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by ro_jo on Sat Sep 18 14:29:51 2021.

I was there today and walked by and checked each car and as I said only the seats at the end of each car are still in place, all the other seats were removed.

At first I also thought 1955 had all seats in place but since only the seats at the ends of the car are in place you might get the impression that all the seats are there.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:04:52 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Sep 18 14:25:46 2021.

I suppose for what amounts to about a 1 1/2 - 2 minute trip you really don't need seats.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Joe V on Sat Sep 18 18:03:57 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:04:52 2021.

Plus minutes waiting for the train to leave.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Sep 18 19:58:46 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

I wonder if my birth year car (1956) has been reassigned.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:00:21 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

San Francisco's airport mover only has seat at ends of the car,IIRC, short rides, no seats needed.I rode it a few times.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:00:52 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

San Francisco's airport mover only has seat at ends of the car,IIRC, short rides, no seats needed.I rode it a few times.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:02:00 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

San Francisco's airport mover only has seat at ends of the car,IIRC, short rides, no seats needed.I rode it a few times.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:02:00 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

San Francisco's airport mover only has seat at ends of the car,IIRC, short rides, no seats needed.I rode it a few times.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:02:01 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

San Francisco's airport mover only has seat at ends of the car,IIRC, short rides, no seats needed.I rode it a few times.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:06:37 2021, in response to Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 14:08:15 2021.

Sorry for the 5 same posts.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Sep 19 14:11:32 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Sep 18 20:00:52 2021.

There are no seats on the trains at Denver International Airport.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by ro_jo on Sun Sep 19 14:44:10 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 17:03:18 2021.

Got it, thanks Allan

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun Sep 19 20:01:08 2021, in response to Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 14:08:15 2021.

I'm very disappointed they did this mainly cause when these cars are retired, I would picked a car out of TS Shuttle pool to save for the TM fleet.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Allan on Mon Sep 20 08:46:03 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun Sep 19 20:01:08 2021.

From what I understand the R62As have another good 10 years or ao before retirement. Perhaps they'll put the seats back by then.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Allan on Mon Sep 20 08:47:26 2021, in response to Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun Sep 19 20:01:08 2021.

From what I understand the R62As have another good 10 years or so before retirement. Perhaps they'll put the seats back by then.

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Re: Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less

Posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 20 12:23:50 2021, in response to Cars on the 42nd St shuttle are all seat-less, posted by Allan on Sat Sep 18 14:08:15 2021.

Real cattle cars now.

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