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Title: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Pacific385 on September 07, 2012, 08:38:06 pm
I was just going through the service changes for this weekend when something caught my attention:
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Why would they send (F) trains to Lefferts at nights instead of Euclid?
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Dj Hammers on September 07, 2012, 08:41:32 pm
To save on the costs of having to set up for nightly lefferts shuttle service.
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: nightmare403 on September 07, 2012, 08:41:48 pm
I was just going through the service changes for this weekend when something caught my attention:
(http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad17/Dumblife/Untitled-18.png)
Why would they send (F) trains to Lefferts at nights instead of Euclid?

the lefferts shuttle is not running and the A goes to far rockaway
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: ??????????????? on September 07, 2012, 08:59:19 pm
aw beautifulllllll

maybe on tomorrow i will be around late night to O.O them
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Pacific385 on September 07, 2012, 09:47:22 pm
the lefferts shuttle is not running and the A goes to far rockaway
Thats what I wasn't going for. I meant Why stop the shuttle from running and because of that extend the (F)? Unless its to ease any congestion there would be at Euclid from the Lefferts shuttle terminating.
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Mr Railfan on September 07, 2012, 10:12:31 pm
As Max said , they save money by not running the shuttle and simply replacing it with the (F), since the (F) is already going to Euclid ave.
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Dj Hammers on September 07, 2012, 10:18:29 pm
It costs money to uncouple 8 car R46 sets in to 4 car R46 sets for Lefferts Shuttle service, and then to operate the service.
Its a lot easier to add a few more trainsets and crews to the F to extend it to Lefferts.
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Pacific385 on September 08, 2012, 11:58:20 am
As Max said , they save money by not running the shuttle and simply replacing it with the (F), since the (F) is already going to Euclid ave.
It costs money to uncouple 8 car R46 sets in to 4 car R46 sets for Lefferts Shuttle service, and then to operate the service.
Its a lot easier to add a few more trainsets and crews to the F to extend it to Lefferts.
I didn't know it costed money to couple and uncouple cars and that the Lefferts Shuttle used 4-car sets. Thanks

Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Bombardier01800 on September 08, 2012, 12:04:32 pm
I didn't know it costed money to couple and uncouple cars and that the Lefferts Shuttle used 4-car sets. Thanks
I believe it's because they have to pay people to do it and stuff? This F to Lefferts is only temporary, right?
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Pacific385 on September 08, 2012, 01:21:01 pm
I believe it's because they have to pay people to do it and stuff? This F to Lefferts is only temporary, right?
Yea, this weekend only so far
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Mr Railfan on September 08, 2012, 03:40:27 pm
Yea, this weekend only so far

Nope they are doing it on the 22nd.


Also there is no F to lefferts r160 Program, so conductors sign it up to Euclid and make manual announcements after Euclid to lefferts.
What i would do is sign it up as a F to Jay St and then at Jay St change it for the A to lefferts.
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: nightmare403 on September 08, 2012, 03:53:17 pm
Nope they are doing it on the 22nd.


Also there is no F to lefferts r160 Program, so conductors sign it up to Euclid and make manual announcements after Euclid to lefferts.
What i would do is sign it up as a F to Jay St and then at Jay St change it for the A to lefferts.

i would do the same also but at euclid avenue they should switch to the express track and put A to lefferts blvd or they should store some F trains on the yard track at grant to begin service
Title: Re: (F) Train to Lefferts Blvd ~ Why?
Post by: Dj Hammers on September 08, 2012, 05:17:52 pm
I didn't know it costed money to couple and uncouple cars and that the Lefferts Shuttle used 4-car sets. Thanks
The costs of staffing the uncoupling operation and running OPTO service is higher than just extending the F a couple more stops.