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42 St Shuttle observations and questions

Posted by gbs on Tue Dec 16 21:57:44 2025


I rode the shuttle for the first time in a long while. Both trains were 6 cars of R62As, all completely wrapped and customized for shuttle service: all of the center seats have been removed and replaced with new hand-holds on the walls and ceiling.

I forgot to look but I'm guessing that the cars are all coupled together and not linked.

Beyond the shuttle route, the train on shuttle track #1 can access only the downtown #6 track south of Grand Central, and the train on shuttle track #4 can access only the uptown #1 track north of Times Square.

Where do these trains go for service and car swapping?

Besides the twelve cars I saw, how many other customized shuttle cars are there? Where are they stored?

Aside from the interior changes visible to the passengers, have the cars been modified mechanically or any other way for shuttle service?

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Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Dec 16 22:47:16 2025, in response to 42 St Shuttle observations and questions, posted by gbs on Tue Dec 16 21:57:44 2025.

The cars are linked, not coupled. The fleet is 24 cars. 12 in service, 12 spares. All 24 cars are maintained at Livonia Yard. Nothing special mechanically.

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Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions

Posted by gbs on Thu Dec 18 22:10:35 2025, in response to Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Dec 16 22:47:16 2025.


Thanks. So they don't swap cars, they swap trains.

To get to Livonia on the 7 Av side, the train has to enter the uptown #1 track north of Times Square. Does it then change directions and reverse rail on the uptown local track to south of Times Square and then switch to the downtown express track? I assume the signals on the uptown local track are set up for that move.

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Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions

Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Dec 19 06:20:38 2025, in response to Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Dec 16 22:47:16 2025.



It is interesting that of the six shuttle services only two have dedicated fleets of equipment.

Larry, RedbirdR33

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Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Dec 19 12:23:36 2025, in response to 42 St Shuttle observations and questions, posted by gbs on Tue Dec 16 21:57:44 2025.

Too bad they didn't link my birth year car with its four successively numbered siblings.

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Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Dec 19 12:59:58 2025, in response to Re: 42 St Shuttle observations and questions, posted by gbs on Thu Dec 18 22:10:35 2025.

IDK how those moves are made. It would have to do with which tracks are available based on midnight GO's which is when the swaps occur.

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