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New F train — Brooklynian

New F train

scarlett
scarlett
edited November -1 in Park Slope
I jost rode it into work and it only took 30 minutes to get from 7th avenue to 63rd and Lex wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • duffyssis
    duffyssis
    what? How is it new?
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    It's the newer automated announcement, blue bench train.
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    wow. i didn't know the F was going to get one of those things. interesting.
  • lweinb
    lweinb
    I didn't know that either. I also didn't realize it would be faster. Yay!
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    i think it was faster because Scarlett rode it at 6:30 AM on Saturday ;)
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Exactly, Shish!! I can understand the F getting new trains because it's such a busy route, but I'm still wondering why/how the freakin' M train has all new trains while the R has none and the N has only a few!
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    shishkab wrote: i think it was faster because Scarlett rode it at 6:30 AM on Saturday ;)
    No way - I ride it every Saturday at around 7am and it usually takes 45-50 minutes. This was speedy and clean and wonderful!
  • turtle95
    turtle95
    One thing I noticed about the new blue, is that the doors are wider, so people can cram on faster. Sort of like when you drink a beer out of a wide-mouth can, you know, you get the beer out faster.

    There are also fewer seats so people don't have to get up and out of their seats to head to the doors.
  • brooklynbound
    brooklynbound
    Hmm..I thought these were out for a bit. I saw them a couple months ago at about 1 am.
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    They were testing them out, but this I think is official!
  • easilyfound
    easilyfound
    There is more room inside the train, but I think there are less bars to hold. That was one of the major complaint of the new blue trains, which I've been riding for a while on the M line.
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    EasilyFound wrote: There is more room inside the train, but I think there are less bars to hold. That was one of the major complaint of the new blue trains, which I've been riding for a while on the M line.
    This is the same train where there's a kind of curved bar at the ends of the train? It doesn't continue to the wall, right? I HATE that. I got stuck there the other morning with nothing to hold on to and a huge woman shoving me against the wall.
  • zeebee
    zeebee
    I like the automated announcements, because I tend to get mumbling conductors on the F, but I prefer the yellow-and-orange-seat cars because of more seating. My favorites are the wide-body monsters they run on the A a lot, with gray seats but a huge amount of aisle space, where there is still a walking path between everyone holding on to the bars. I do a mental happy dance whenever one of those pulls into the station.
  • carmen
    carmen
    Just rode one of the new F trains back from the city...I will say it seemed much faster!
  • mpmav1
    mpmav1
    Man. I saw it parked with the plastic still on it a few weeks ago. Slick, clean, bright, shinny.... I was admiring it just like I used to do when walking by nice new car lots.

    New York is so strange.
  • rtraindweller
    rtraindweller
    Great news, the F needs the R160s so bad, love these new cars.
  • mpmav1
    mpmav1
    Niceeeeee..

    http://www.subwaynut.com/rollingstock/r160/index.html
  • toadette
    toadette
    Anastasia Beaverhausen wrote: Exactly, Shish!! I can understand the F getting new trains because it's such a busy route, but I'm still wondering why/how the freakin' M train has all new trains while the R has none and the N has only a few!
    I'm hoping once the W is laid to rest the R gets its shiny new(er) trains.

    And re faster - isn't the F running on the A this weekend? Maybe that helped?
  • ringrunner
    ringrunner

    Subject: Re: New F train

    scarlett wrote: I jost rode it into work and it only took 30 minutes to get from 7th avenue to 63rd and Lex wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!


    I don't think the new trains go any faster then the old ones.
  • carmen
    carmen

    Subject: Re: New F train

    ringrunner wrote: [quote=scarlett]I jost rode it into work and it only took 30 minutes to get from 7th avenue to 63rd and Lex wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!


    I don't think the new trains go any faster then the old ones.

    i would like to agree with you but I think it did actually go faster. I dont know how. Maybe it was just a "softer" ride so it felt faster...
  • veets
    veets
    It would seem impossible that the newer trains get you there faster than the older trains, right? There are still regular trains behind and ahead of you. If the ride is more comfortable it might seem that the trip was faster.
  • carmen
    carmen
    veets wrote: It would seem impossible that the newer trains get you there faster than the older trains, right? There are still regular trains behind and ahead of you. If the ride is more comfortable it might seem that the trip was faster.
    I dont disagree with the logistics, but I did time it and it was faster. It could be a coincidence, since we didn't stall anywhere, but it was def about 5 minutes difference. And it was PACKED.
  • veets
    veets
    carmen.. could that be because it was Saturday and the volume of trains down there is less?
    Just a thought.
  • carmen
    carmen
    I don't commute daily, and generally only take trains on Saturday (rarely even sunday)
  • veets
    veets
    o.k. no argument here...I understand better now... If you were observing the time and it was faster.. it was faster.
  • danielle123
    danielle123
    Are these going to be the regular F trains cars or are there only a few of the cars running? In other words, is it only luck of the draw whether you get the new train?
  • vidro3
    vidro3
    perhaps the wider doors and more standing room results in less time in the station so you end up getting to your destination quicker
  • duffyssis
    duffyssis
    Saw it yesterday and it looked so shiny and pretty! Hopefully I will catch one today.
  • dda
    dda
    the rumor that i heard was that they would be replacing the older, more decrepit trains first...so in theory that would mean the aptly named F train. i caught one the other day...nice!
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    Carmen wrote: Just rode one of the new F trains back from the city...I will say it seemed much faster!
    Just saw this. You ventured out of your 5 block comfort zone (Hoff excluded) and actually rode a TRAIN into the CITY? WTF? Has hell finally frozen over?
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