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Hello all,
I am going to create a new category on commons for these files:
How can I name it? The names of the files themselves don't lead me to a certain consistent term... Vcohen ( talk) 15:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Done, thank you.
Vcohen (
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12:17, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Could someone more knowledgeable than I about the LIRR take a look at Special:Contributions/67.87.211.119? They've made some template-breaking edits of questionable value regarding Springfield Junction (Long Island Rail Road). Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 20:59, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Hundreds of thousands of pictures arrived last week from HABS via Library of Congress via Wikimedia Great Britain. Thousands are now in Commons:Category:New York City, of which perhaps over a thousand have to do with stations and similar transport topics. I have trickled a few into subcategories and a very few into appropriate articles, but there's plenty more. Jim.henderson ( talk) 00:20, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
It is official, the Montague Street Tunnels reopen in a matter of hours, which means dozens of articles need to be revised, including the obvious R (New York City Subway service) and N (New York City Subway service). The station layout diagrams for every station the R train serves need to edited too. Also needing revising are Template:NYCS Broadway south and Template:NYCS Fourth Montague. Any mentioning of the closure on the station articles between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street should probably be removed since it did not affect the stations in any way. Hope someone can make all these edits soon. The Legendary Ranger ( talk) 00:14, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
Some anonymous IP ( User:216.165.95.66) has been removing rolling stock from various subway line articles. Should these edits be accepted, or would it be okay to revert them? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 22:36, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
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There is an error in this map, in that the D train is shown as stopping at 14th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line). Can someone fix it? – Epicgenius ( talk) 19:47, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm sure some of you have seen my article on the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad, and yes, I was late with the station list. So what am I missing? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:46, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Comrades,
What station is this? I see an arrow pointing to the R, this makes me think it is the Fourth Avenue (IND Culver Line) station. However, in its article nothing is told about a temporary platform, but in the Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line) article only.
Thanks in advance. Vcohen ( talk) 07:52, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Another one. I am not asking to identify the station (it's Canarsie - Rockaway Parkway), but it would be nice to identify the car model. Vcohen ( talk) 20:52, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
And more. Are these R32s? Vcohen ( talk) 19:51, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
I am confused by this image, serving as the main image for the Chambers Street – World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) pair of stations. The station in the photo is titled Chambers Street, but its caption in the article says that the train is an E train. How can it be? Vcohen ( talk) 17:04, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello all,
Is this 181st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) or 181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)? Vcohen ( talk) 12:05, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello again,
Where is this? The photographer claims it's in NYC. Vcohen ( talk) 08:01, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
This is the old City Hall station. What do I see through the skylight? It seems to be the station's roof and a kind of building behind it. Is it possible to see this place from outside? Vcohen ( talk) 20:41, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Is this map on the MTA's website copyrighted? Epicgenius ( talk) 14:52, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
The following section talks about very serious problems with some NYCT wikipedia pages. Problem #1 (problem level: quite severe) This problem has many sub problems but, let me talk about this problem. Abut 2 to 3 months ago I edited the R160 subway car page, telling that the R160 does run at very extremely low numbers on the R line. Within 1 to 4 hours someone removed my comment saying that what I said was untrue, when I myself take the R train everyday and I have seen many R160's that run on the R line. I tried many things from adding images to other stuff and added a source at one point. Every time some one removes my edit saying irrelevant, not true, or photo shopped or video shopped, when the the media s I took my self were not. I have a feeling that a bunch of over obsessiveness users have this page watch listed and are very judgmental about every single edit. This could prove very bad for the Wikipedia environment. There were users threat are part of this Wikipedia project that did agree to what I had to say and that what I said was totally true, when I put my edits on the R-line Wikipedia page, they said they removed it only because it would be hard to find supported references. I thank those people who stayed and supported the truth, and had a valid reason for removing my edit. Since i am not a admin i can't do anything about the over obsessive users so here is the list of over obsessive users:50.14.142.33, 173.3.76.147, 67.81.210.130.(I really don't want to point fingers at other people but, this is what happens when I am angry). You can see the very bad obsessiveness, by the same and a few other users, towards many different users or calling the names like the f vandal when that person was having a true problem, in the history page of R160 subway cars between dates 2014-04-14 to present day. I feel something must be done, if someone thinks i am wrong they can talk with me on my talk page. I don't care about the edits that I made but, I care about how others feel hen they are not invited editing a Wikipedia page if there edits don't match the ideas of other users who have the page watch listed. Sorry, for this huge paragraph but, this is how big I think this problem is since the page will go nowhere if no one is able to edit it. Also, is there any source where I can prove the r train thing true? Problem #2(problem level:not that high at all) Every time in the 60th street tunnel connection queens bound I see countless number of divergence of tunnels and track that are walled up or look like unused, I don't know the use so can some one who knows the use add it into the 60th street tunnel connection Wikipedia page. I can see this also via the signals that actually have different tower lengths throughout the connection at countless number of points in both directions. there are other problems but, ill post them up latter. If you have any concerns about this post please contact me via my talk page. Thank You very much, sincerely, Doorknob747 01:20, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
Does anybody know about the tracks that they are making on the other side of the platform where the downtown bound F train stops at Lexington avenue? Doorknob747 18:41, 12 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs)
I'm taking a brief break from my vacation to reveal that I have images of railroad and subway stations prepared for uploading at the end of the month. And thankfully, they will include a replacement for Woodmere (LIRR station) this time. It will also include some Mount Kisco (Metro-North station) images as well. I'll finish the rest of the list some other time, especially after I get more of them, and drive home between Thursday and Friday. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:57, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
Who knows the reason for these cubbyholes at Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 18:15, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
Although it has been more than a year since I read about this but, I forgot about the name line of the service. I remember that I read that the service near one of its terminals merged with the seven line or the n line in queens( the elevated merge section of its tracks is still visible today. The rest of the line was demolished. I think I read that it ran past perpendicular under queens boulevard, and had a stop there. I think I also read it was a shuttle or trolley service which was discontinued and was replaced by a mta bus service that runs near its original route. It was underground at some points, and above ground at other points. I am not sure but I think it said that its other terminal end was near the metropolitan end of the m line in queens. Does any body know the name of this service? Doorknob747 23:50, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
The section would be named homeless. It wiill talk about homeless peopkle making it theire homes and making the stations full of garbage, and smeelly.m But, I fear opposition against, this since I thin some people might find it "offensive". Also there are no sources. Please comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 23:37, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
This station was part of the 5,4, or six. The special thing about the plat form was that when the train stops,before the doors open a platform extends from the end of the platform and train. Ater they both connect the door opens. Doorknob747 23:30, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
According to this source, the station will open February 24, 2015. It is based, apparently, on this source, which confirms no such thing, but says that there is incentive to finish and open the station by that date. Is it an acceptable source, or are there any more sources confirming a February 24 opening? – Epicgenius ( talk) 20:30, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Could anybody review and update the list of Street View links here? Some of them obviously show that an entrance has been eliminated, but I want to be sure to eliminate the link. Vcohen ( talk) 15:06, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Just a moment... I have found two more entrances that disappear once I try to replace their view to a newer one. Here they are:
Am I right we have to remove them as well? Vcohen ( talk) 21:58, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Could members of this project take note that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York is a state agency and not a city one, and also that the proper name for the agency is just plain "Metropolitan Transportation Authority" without any preceding "New York" -- although it's certainly OK to add "New York" if disambiguation is needed, as in "New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority" of "the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York".
It looks to me like every NYC Subway station article has at least one example of "New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority" in it. I've fixed a few, but it would be nice if members of this project could fix others when they're editing subway articles. Thanks. BMK ( talk) 22:43, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
Somebody wants to delete the official map. Vcohen ( talk) 12:06, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
During my journeys on the Harlem Line last month, I noticed the abandoned interlocking tower built by New York Central Railroad at Mott Haven Junction. Would it have been unwise for me to take some pictures of that tower as the train went by, or would the conductors and MTA Police have even bothered with me? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 19:33, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello all,
I created a new entry in the {{ NYCS const}} template for yard assignments and called it in all articles about NYCS cars. My source is thejoekorner.com. The values that I replaced in infoboxes did not change in articles, with only one exception: the source does not mention the Lenox Yard and distributes all the R62's between two other yards, so I commented it out in the template. Feel free to uncomment it back. Vcohen ( talk) 17:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Tonight I created the Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of LIRR stations, since I've seen similar categories for other stations in the country. Will it get more people to take those pictures? Don't ask me. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:03, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I vaguely remembered something about a specific mosaic at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse (New York City Subway) as I approached this mosaic during my recent trip to the New York City Tri-State Area, and it was a very specific mosaic with the acronym "MPS." Sadly, I forgot where I saw this before, let alone the meaning behind it. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 01:33, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
It probably is the initials of the artist that made the mosaic. M is the first letter of first name. P is the first letter of middle name. Lastly, S might be the first letter of the last name. Doorknob747 18:44, 12 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs)
Looking at the Subway station pictures that are needed, I've been considering which galleries to fill up on my next NYC trip. I'm already considering adding images for the 96th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) and Morrison Avenue – Soundview (IRT Pelham Line) galleries, but the limited number of pictures in an NRHP-listed station such as Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), has perplexed me over what kinds of images I should pursue. For example does this sign still exist? Also to get this entrance at Briarwood – Van Wyck Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), it seems like you'd have to get it directly from the Van Wyck Expressway if you get it at this angle. The last time I was there, I wasn't in a traffic jam, but the construction on the Main Street & Queens Boulevard interchanges could put a damper on capturing it. If it could be captured another way, or at another angle, I'd like to find out how it could be done. Beyond that, I have no idea what images the rest of you will be seeking this year. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Taking a picture of this entrance from this side wouldn't be good, because 1) you can't rely on the traffic being there and 2) you'd have to take a picture through a fence. It'd be better to take a picture of the opposite side, on the service road. Epicgenius ( talk) 03:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
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I have worked on a new version of the new template {{ NYCS stations navbox}} at Template:NYCS stations navbox/sandbox. It now shows next stops on other lines when one or two lines end at or near a certain station. Feedback is highly appreciated. Epicgenius ( talk) 00:31, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
The following section talks about very serious problems with some NYCT wikipedia pages. Problem #1 (problem level: quite severe) This problem has many sub problems but, let me talk about this problem. Abut 2 to 3 months ago I edited the R160 subway car page, telling that the R160 does run at very extremely low numbers on the R line. Within 1 to 4 hours someone removed my comment saying that what I said was untrue, when I myself take the R train everyday and I have seen many R160's that run on the R line. I tried many things from adding images to other stuff and added a source at one point. Every time some one removes my edit saying irrelevant, not true, or photo shopped or video shopped, when the the media s I took my self were not. I have a feeling that a bunch of over obsessiveness users have this page watch listed and are very judgmental about every single edit. This could prove very bad for the Wikipedia environment. There were users threat are part of this Wikipedia project that did agree to what I had to say and that what I said was totally true, when I put my edits on the R-line Wikipedia page, they said they removed it only because it would be hard to find supported references. I thank those people who stayed and supported the truth, and had a valid reason for removing my edit. Since i am not a admin i can't do anything about the over obsessive users so here is the list of over obsessive users:50.14.142.33, 173.3.76.147, 67.81.210.130.(I really don't want to point fingers at other people but, this is what happens when I am angry). You can see the very bad obsessiveness, by the same and a few other users, towards many different users or calling the names like the f vandal when that person was having a true problem, in the history page of R160 subway cars between dates 2014-04-14 to present day. I feel something must be done, if someone thinks i am wrong they can talk with me on my talk page. I don't care about the edits that I made but, I care about how others feel hen they are not invited editing a Wikipedia page if there edits don't match the ideas of other users who have the page watch listed. Sorry, for this huge paragraph but, this is how big I think this problem is since the page will go nowhere if no one is able to edit it. Also, is there any source where I can prove the r train thing true? Problem #2(problem level:not that high at all) Every time in the 60th street tunnel connection queens bound I see countless number of divergence of tunnels and track that are walled up or look like unused, I don't know the use so can some one who knows the use add it into the 60th street tunnel connection Wikipedia page. I can see this also via the signals that actually have different tower lengths throughout the connection at countless number of points in both directions. there are other problems but, ill post them up latter. If you have any concerns about this post please contact me via my talk page. Thank You very much, sincerely, Doorknob747 01:20, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
on the /info/en/?search=New_York_City_Transit_Authority wikipage yoou will see a female moron thinking this is some kind of pu or some *********, for her to do this vandalism some admin please put security on this page, i did roll back vandal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 06:34, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
See Talk:King Street – Old Town Station. Sawol wants to move Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line) to Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line) per WP:NC-NYCS. I am saying that if one article is moved, then all articles should probably be moved. Epic Genius ( talk) 20:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
I've already posted this on the Fulton Street Line (elevated) talk page and got no response yet;
For a long time, I've found the opening and closing dates of the stations listed in that article very difficult to believe. The main issue has been various stations between Nostrand Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. The 1912 BRT Map and 1924 BMT map indicate Troy Avenue replaced the Albany and Sumner Avenue stations, and Hinsdale Street replaced the Eastern Parkway station. Those BRT and BMT maps also don't show any evidence of Troy Avenue station before the 1924 map, but I found some Brooklyn Daily Eagle articles showing a Troy Avenue station going as far back as at least 1889, and the only other Troy Avenue Station I know of is an old LIRR Atlantic Branch/Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station, which closed in 1878. I also realize that the Dual Contracts added that third track during the 1910s, which evidently had an impact on some of the stations mentioned. The only question here is, when was that project completed? Then, there's the issue of Clark and Tillary Street stations; As mentioned in the Western Electric reference, BRT was asking the New York Public Service Commission to let them close these and four other stations, but only ended up closing these two. Again the question is of when. Did they close them in 1901, when the BRT filed that request, or was it next year, or the year after that? None of the usual sources are telling me anything. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:14, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Comrades, is this picture permitted to be uploaded? It shows another picture exposed in a museum. Vcohen ( talk) 15:41, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Wait, how is everyone getting their information. There is a photo, presumably under typical copyright, in a private museum which also applies typical copyright. Who has evidence that this photo has a free license? Someone on Flickr took a photo of this non-free photo then put a CC license on their image, but that still does not avoid the copyright on the main photo. Everything associated with this photo should be deleted unless someone has proof that the original has a free license. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:02, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Another one. The formal license is OK. But still, is anything wrong? Vcohen ( talk) 21:50, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Here is a new attempt. This time it's the staircase only, without copyrighted photographs. Are museum exhibits permitted to be republished? The National September 11 Museum category does not contain images from the museum itself, I don't know why. Vcohen ( talk) 18:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
I saw a weird old train on the one line today showing the roll sign 20. The bullet was a gradient texture color with blue on the outer edges of the bullet and as you go to center the color became white. The 20 was in the back color. The train only consisted of five cars only. Boy did the train smell bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 18:26, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
An article seems to exist about the proposed AirTrain LGA. More sources and expansion may be needed. Epic Genius ( talk) 02:35, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm debating whether I should add places like the Mineola Intermodal Center and Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center to a new section on former MSBA/Long Island Bus transit center hubs to the Template:MTA RBO. Yay or Nay? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:37, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm planning a new S-Line template for the LIRR City Terminal Zone leading to Grand Central Terminal, despite the fact that it's at least 5 years away from being completed. Should I call it Template:S-line/LIRR left/City East Side or Template:S-line/LIRR left/City Grand Central, or something else? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
What is the buzzing sound coming from the conductors cabin I sometimes hear when I am in the last car of the train? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Can someone update the articles about New York City transit fares and MetroCard (New York City)? Fare increases to $2.75 go into effect tomorrow, but I don't have much time to edit nowadays. Epic Genius ( talk) 23:06, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
I just found out that somebody posted a train at Grand Central Terminal, which he misidentified as an M8. From what little I can see of the fleet number, it seems more like an M2.
On another topic, can we start to gather more images of M6's and create a commons gallery for it? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 13:03, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
What happened here des any one know what happened here that the polikce had to come and what it looks like iss that they shut down the entrancees to the columbus circle subway station, I thnik they took care about it by now but does anyone know what happended?
Doorknob747 ( talk) 17:33, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey, I just noticed today that some discussion threads from around a year ago seem to have been lost, appearing neither in the archives for this page nor the archives for the unidentified locations subpage. Seems like the method of creating the subpage (moving the main project talk page to the subpage location and then copying over the more general threads replace the redirect) might have screwed up the archiving bot temporarily. It also makes edit history searches near impossible, unless someone realizes that the edit history for this page is now the edit history for the subpage. I was able to find the thread I had in mind here, but that's not the only thread missing from the archives, and the edit history of the page is all sorts of screwed up. Guess what I'm saying is the method created a need for a histmerge. Any admins watching here that can see about that and maybe do some archive fixing? oknazevad ( talk) 18:48, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
The article for Mount Kisco (Metro-North station) says that it's 36.5 miles from Grand Central Terminal, and the MTA's website says the same thing. However, as I and many other photographers have shown, an old New York Central Railroad sign claims the distance is 36.7 miles to Grand Central. So, was there some improvement project since the NYC period that cut down on that extra 0.2 miles or is/was there an error on the part of the MTA or NYC? ------- User:DanTD ( talk) 22:26, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
see full description of video of what it is about! Doorknob747 ( talk) 03:22, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
According to this page, over 100 underground NYC Subway stations now have wi-fi. A list is available here, but it is too tedious to look through because it's a service-by-service listing. It would be appreciated if the corresponding articles could be updated accordingly. Epic Genius ( talk) 14:51, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
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Wow! The answer is nearer than we thought it to be. The MTA site says: "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal." How many underground stations are there in Queens? Vcohen ( talk) 20:08, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Can someone hear teach me how to redirect a talk page of a article to another articles talk page. I want to redirect Talk: NYCT subway to the talk page of the article that NYCT subway redirects to. Doorknob747 ( talk) 03:20, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
#redirect [[Talk:New York City Subway]]
, but this is totally unnecessary.
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I do not know where to place these images that I uploaded. Also, I need help in adding categories to those images. More images and even a few videos to come! I do not mind if you guys rename image!
I lost the photo of that weird R48 1 train i was talking about. I was going to upload it today. :( Doorknob747 ( talk) 00:37, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Those images are also uncategorized. Doorknob747 ( talk) 05:01, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Is there a article on the new help point machines that the MTA is now installing on every station?
Doorknob747 ( talk) 04:56, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
I was wondering if this video should or should not go on the R160 article or the R train article? Doorknob747 ( talk) 04:50, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
To anyone who is interested, 2014 ridership is now online here. Epic Genius ( talk) 12:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello all. I have found and added two Street View spheres to the Fulton Center article. I'd like to give them different titles. As far as I see, they represent two different floors/levels of the Center, but I don't know their correct names. Vcohen ( talk) 10:25, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
One more. Is it the same as one of the previous two? Vcohen ( talk) 13:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Ladies and gentlemen, what does this image mean? Is the new Newark-bound platform of the WTC PATH station already in use? Vcohen ( talk) 13:05, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
I do not see one here on this talk page. Also, a to do list is a good way of seeing where and what this wikiproject members are mostly working on. Doorknob747 ( talk) 13:34, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Actually I discovered that almost ant station I go to has WiFi and some of the tunnels have wifi too. The only thing is it, comes up on the phone as protected with password. The wifi names are usually: (something)TransitSurveyWifi. I think that this was put in place before the public WiFi initiative was put in place because, 67Ave when it did not have public wifi, did show the the private wifi. I think that this wifi is for transit workers. Doorknob747 ( talk) 13:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
A source claims that "The construction of the station, which is to cost about $101 million, is expected to begin in mid-May." Till today the station has not been under construction? Vcohen ( talk) 09:44, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
All the bus route lists for former bus companies that were acquired by MTA need to be wikified. And the articles that don't have bus route lists (like the New York City Omnibus Corporation) need them. Is there anyone here willing to work on these? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 17:11, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
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Help me please. This map shows the station as two separate platforms, with two tracks each. So, where have these videos been filmed from? Here at about 1:27 I see two platforms and four tracks, and here at about 0:40 I see three tracks together visible from one platform. What is the real layout of the station? Vcohen ( talk) 19:34, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Is my diagram correct? (The middle part is meant to be much shorter than the other two, but my templates do not allow me to show that.) Vcohen ( talk) 11:34, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
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I just uploaded this image from Flickr to Commons. I know this location exactly, and I think there's a subway entrance on the left, but in the lack of a Commons NYC Public Transportation wikiproject, I can't be sure if it should be categorized in Commons:Category:New York City Subway entrances in Brooklyn. Epic Genius ( talk) 13:37, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2015_May_8#Template:D_.28New_York_City_Subway_service.29 for a relebant discussion of templates for deletion. The discussion is about the {{ BS-map}} for the C, D, and 4 trains. Epic Genius ( talk) 07:32, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Talk:DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)#Requested move 6 May 2015. Vcohen ( talk) 08:27, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Just a note to anyone here interested that {{ NYCS-bull-small}} has been nominated for merging with {{ Rail-interchange}}; the merge discussion is here. Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 08:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
Ladies and gentlemen, what does it mean? Is New York not a rollercoaster anymore? Vcohen ( talk) 12:32, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
where is the previous artwork (apart from the fact that it's painted over)?When it was painted over, the original painting was destroyed. Epic Genius ( talk) ± 02:00, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
I found a blatantly obvious incorrect location on NYCSubway.org, which I already addressed to them. There's a 1968 image that claims to be at the 57th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) station, but is clearly elevated. I just thought I'd give everybody here the heads up on this, and see if they can identify the real location. BTW, is there any chance this message would've been better suited for the Unidentified Locations talk page? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:24, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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What the hell is up with the line templates for the Harlem Line and Hudson Line? --Somebody seems to have replaced all the icons and broke them to pieces, messing up the infoboxes in the process. My efforts to revert the previous fixes (all of which were AGF) made things even worse! --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:38, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
(Posting here in case no one has watchlisted
the article talk page.) The
South Ferry – Whitehall Street (New York City Subway) article, in
§ Inner platform and the station layout table, suggests that the inner loop track is still used by terminating
trains on weekends, but the article's infobox and
Vcohen's diagram in
List of New York City Subway terminals § IRT suggest that the inner track is closed. Is the track open or has it been closed?
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Comrades, check my edit please. Vcohen ( talk) 09:27, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
The New Rochelle (Metro-North station) has frequently been getting some decent images, but they're often deleted on the grounds of copyright violations. Even if they're all true, somebody has to add free ones that have been similar to those that were deleted. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 04:14, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
I was thinking about starting a task force for maintaining the BS-map route diagrams that fall under the category New York City Subway line templates. ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:New York City Subway service templates could also be expanded with more service route maps. Epic Genius ( talk) 20:44, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Please tell me I'm right about this car being an R46. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 04:25, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
(Pinging Vcohen, Epicgenius, Useddenim and Lost on Belmont.) If anyone here is interested and has time, could you please help with converting the SL diagram templates from List of New York City Subway terminals into BSicon diagrams (I'm working on it currently at User:Jc86035/sandbox)? Thanks, Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 14:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
(Also, should the diagrams use the overlaid fades
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03:36, 7 August 2015 (UTC)Comrades, is this an article or a disambiguation page? We already have articles about both stations. Why are all these descriptions and explanations on the page? Vcohen ( talk) 18:59, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Per our guideline WP:Broad-concept article: "A term with many related meanings should be presented as an article on the broadest understanding of the term, rather than as a disambiguation page merely listing variations on that meaning." How are our readers better served with a disambiguation page than with a short article describing the future complex of three stations with links to more detailed articles on each? Also here is a quote from the governor's recent announcement of the Laguardia Airport rebuild: "As part of his 2015 Opportunity Agenda, Governor Cuomo proposed creating an AirTrain option that directly connects LaGuardia to the New York City subway and Long Island Rail Road at Mets-Willets Point Station." [1] Clearly planners at least are envisioning the complex as eventually functioning as a unified station.-- agr ( talk) 03:37, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Comrades, do we have a more actual shot of red globe lamps for the New York City Subway article? The present one is too much outdated, it shows red lamps that are currently green, and a brown M bullet that is currently orange. Vcohen ( talk) 10:37, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
This is a notice about Category:New York City Public Transportation articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock ( talk) 18:15, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Not knowing where to address the issue, I learned through Google Street View that the former IRT Substation 14 still exists along West 96th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue. If I don't capture it this mid-September (which is becoming more than likely the month I'm going to be in the NYC-Tri State Area), would anybody else be willing to capture it, and maybe a few others? There are a few 1907-published diagrams of that old station, but I'd like something contemporary I can add to a future category. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 19:20, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Well, the day has finally come. I just found out that in spite of our efforts to split off image categories for Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line), there are now 200 images in that commons gallery alone. I mentioned in the unidentified images talk page that I wanted to split off a category for the bridge, and now I realize I have to do it now, before I take my road trip to NYC next weekend. I have no intentions of giving that category a generic name like "Ninth Street Bridge," so before I go, should I call the new category "Ninth Street Gowanus Canal Bridge," or "Ninth Street Bridge (Gowanus Canal)?" --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:55, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Has anybody here seen my Category:Predecessors of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation yet? I'm still considering a future navbox anyhow, though. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 06:03, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello all,
This is a sentence from the 34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line) article: "The installation of air-cooling systems means that the station will have ventilation towers instead of the sidewalk grates seen in most New York City subway stations." However, the system has other deep stations, such as 190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) or Clark Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line). How are they ventilated? Vcohen ( talk) 18:15, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Interesting source for this wiki coming your way. Has anyone else seen this? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 23:34, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
I propose that The Flushing Line and 7 (New York City Subway) articles be merged, with the superior detailed map in one be used along with the simpler geographic map in the other. Otherwise, the effort to improve the overall knowledge about the IRT line becomes more difficult(deciding which article gets what) Raryel ( talk) 17:30, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
I've begun adding timetables of the first and last trains to part-time services (e.g. B, C, 42nd St Shuttle). Epic Genius ( talk) 00:03, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
A move discussion is taking place at Talk:South_Ferry_–_Whitehall_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)#Requested_move_15_September_2015. Epic Genius ( talk) 19:08, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Here are two similar threads, so I've grouped them similarly. Epic Genius ( talk) 03:28, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
I appreciate AahdTahar's work in updating this map. However, there's an unsightly white rectangle that doesn't appear in any other map (like File:NYCS map 6.svg). Is someone able to fix it? Epic Genius ( talk) 03:01, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
The File:NYCS map M.svg image needs updating too, as Essex Street is now a terminal since around last summer. Roadrunner3000 ( talk) 20:32, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Also, someone with graphic design experience and not too much homework should probably update File:NYC subway-4D.svg as well. (Pinging the map's creator, @ CountZ.) Epic Genius ( talk) 00:14, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Also, I preemptively updated IRT Flushing Line and 7 (New York City Subway service). Epic Genius ( talk) 03:28, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
While talking about the opening of the new station, incline elevators were actively mentioned as a feature causing to delays. Now, when the station is open, where can I see them? Among all these photos ( this gallery has already been partially uploaded to commons, this one has not yet) is there at least one image of an incline elevator? Vcohen ( talk) 12:49, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
I have created a new article draft for the Program for Action article. Any help is appreciated. Epic Genius ( talk) 17:31, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Category:Pages using New York City Subway service templates is now in use, for templates that use any NYCS service templates. Epic Genius ( talk) 00:08, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Please see here. I'm proposing to rename Category:New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York. Epic Genius ( talk) 12:34, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
File:NYCS map J.svg needs updating. It no longer ends at Chambers Street. File:NYCS map M.svg now also ends at Essex Street. The current official map reflects this. Epic Genius ( talk) 19:22, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
I'm taking a break from my vacation to let everybody know that before this month is over, no station articles on the BMT Canarsie Line or BMT Sea Beach Line will be without a gallery. And those that have galleries will be expanded. In the Bronx, three more galleries will be expanded; Morrison Avenue - Soundview (IRT Pelham Line), Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) and Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) will be expanded. In Queens, I've got new images for Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), although not necessarily the ones I was looking for, and I've got some new stuff for New Rochelle (Metro-North station) as well as some non-railroad related sites in New Rochelle. I also have an old synagogue in Soundview, Bronx that's on the National Register of Historic Places which is now a church. Jim Henderson should know which one I'm talking about. All I need to do is work from a computer that doesn't prevent me from sorting out images in groups. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 23:02, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
There are many links on nycsubway.org that are going dead, as the website is merging all its content onto pages about the lines (e.g. this page for Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) is deleted, but you can still find the station description here). What should we do about the nycsubway.org links? Epic Genius ( talk) 23:20, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article New York City transit fares is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New York City transit fares until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. epic genius ( talk) 02:13, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
Here are several updates from the Cortlandt Street (IRT) construction: 9.10.15, 9.18.15, 10.16.15. Maybe somebody could use them in the article. Vcohen ( talk) 19:01, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
I am thinking of moving the trolley links in "External links" section to the dedicated article about the terminal, at Lowline (park). What do other editors think of this? epic genius ( talk) 16:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
I have helped make the Staten Island Railway article into a good article. Could someone help assess the article to help it become A class status. From my talk page
The article
Staten Island Railway you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:Staten Island Railway for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can
nominate it to appear in Did you know.
Epic Genius (
talk) 16:42, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you so much for helping! I appreciate it. --
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 19:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Also, what would it take to have the article become A class? --
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 19:27, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Kew Gardens 613: According to this,For WikiProjects without a formal A-Class review process, the proposal to promote to A-Class should be made on the article's talk page. To be granted, the proposal should be supported by two uninvolved editors, with no significant opposes. The review should also be noted on the project's discussion page.So open up a discussion at Talk:Staten Island Railway and then ask for consensus. You may also want to notify WP:NYCPT.
(Also, in case you're wondering, it may need a little more work to promote to FA-class. By "little" I mean a little more than a little.) Epic Genius ( talk) 19:54, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 15:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Is anybody going to work on any Staten Island-related trolley articles? Aside from the List of streetcar lines in Staten Island and the proposed Staten Island light rail, I don't see too much of anything there. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 13:39, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Apparently there's an abandoned South Bronx railway line running from Melrose Avenue/163rd Street to Southern Boulevard/141st Street. [2]. Anyone know what the name of this spur is? epic genius ( talk) 13:43, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
A new user named Michael0Latham has just started adding some new details to many Metro-North stations, but one in particular is supposed to be for the proposed Penn Station Access project at New Rochelle (Metro-North station), which currently has the western terminus at Grand Central, just like the existing New Haven Line. Perhaps we should add a new S-Line for that project and a better name. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:24, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Based on how the AfD is going, it does not look like the article will be deleted, so after it closes, would anyone object to me removing the entire Current fares section? It seems that is the biggest reason why the articled was nominated as it totally violates WP:NOTGUIDE and even without it, the article would still be good. The Legendary Ranger ( talk) 23:44, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
My wrist is still broken, but I'm going to give you people some details about my activities during the September 2015 photographic rampage, specifically on the Long Island Rail Road.
The day after the WikiWednesday, I got a pic of the former
Corona (LIRR station), although I almost lost the chance to get it, then I tried to get some extra pics of
Valley Stream (LIRR station) and eventually got the former
Hagerman (LIRR station), although I mistakenly took one of the grade crossing west of there. The next day, I snapped all pics of the stations on the
North Fork, and some others nearby. The day of my east end rampage, I got the second freight house at the former
Calverton (LIRR station), then snapped some additional
Railroad Museum of Long Island pics near
Riverhead (LIRR station). I later got not one but three former produce storage facilities at
Mattituck (LIRR station) and expanded
Greenport (LIRR station) On the way back from the Orient Pont ferry port (no, I didn't take a ferry), I was able to build a massive gallery for
Southold (LIRR station), but then I worked my way west through the sites of more former stations such as
Peconic (LIRR station), barely captured
Cutchogue (LIRR station) (I actually thought a nearby restaurant might've been part of it, for some reason), luckily snagged
Laurel (LIRR station), which I almost thought was an error of my attempt to seek
Jamesport (LIRR station), and finally grabbed the site of
Aquebogue (LIRR station). The same day, I drove around to the South Fork, and was lucky enough to get
Water Mill (LIRR station) and finally made a gallery for
Bridgehampton (LIRR station) along with the site of the former junction with the
Sag Harbor Branch. I know
User:Mitchazenia took one of Bridgehampton around the same time he took some of
Quogue (LIRR station),
Amagansett (LIRR station) and others, but he never posted it here. The commons gallery is open to you, Adam.
The day after this, I snagged some pics of the vicinity of the former
Eastport (LIRR station) but never got one of the station house. I was able to get an extra one of the
Speonk Trackside Café, though. The next day, I got a few from the former
Holbrook (LIRR station),
Holtsville (LIRR station) as well as
Manorville (LIRR station) after finding one pic of what I thought was Manorville Station turned out to be a long-standing private home. I even got the chance to expand
Stony Brook (LIRR station).
The day I finally took a bunch of pictures of
Carle Place (LIRR station), thus officially rendering all active LIRR stations fully illustrated. What I also wanted to do was take a train from Garden City Station and get some pics of
Stewart Manor (LIRR station) for it's pedestrian tunnel, then walk back to
Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) for it's brick parking lot, then take the train to Jamaica, and catch a J train to Richmond Hill where I could catch some ground-level views of the
former station, as well as the
RKO Keith's Theater. Unfortunately, Garden City station is where I ended up breaking my wrist... all because my damn ticket fell out of my pocket!!! Needless to say, those images of Nassau Boulevard, Stewart Manor, and Richmond Hill stations are still needed, not to mention former stations like
Mill Neck (LIRR station) and
Shinnecock Hills (LIRR station). I don't know if anybody here can capture them, but I know I won't be able to for at least several months. But hey, at least I was able to fully illustrate all the active LIRR stations. ---------
User:DanTD (
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04:51, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Yesterday I removed a few statements which made the claim that 10 open gangway cars are part of the R-211 order on the R-211 order page. It has been reverted twice, once without explanation, once by somebody else, stating "It is in the source" I have seen no source which claims that the Open gangway cars are part of the R-211 order. The cited source makes no such claim.
Applicable quotes from the source: " New York City Transit proposes to invest $2.956 billion for 940 new 60-foot R-211 railcars and 10 new open-gangway prototype cars that will replace the R-46 class on the B division" "The proposed 2015-2019 Capital Program includes the purchase of 940 R-211 railcars, 10 open-gangway prototype cars and 1,391 buses" If we were to take this sentence as meaning the R-211 order includes open gangway prototype cars, that also would mean it includes 1,391 buses! In reality, it means neither. The 940 60-foot cars are the R-211 order, while the 10 open gangway cars and 1,391 buses are both other independent orders. They have different budget lines later on in the cited source too.
I have removed the source as it contradicts the claim, and have added a "cite source" tag to statements making the claim that these have anything to do with the R-211.
I want to be clear about what I am saying: I am NOT making the claim that the MTA does not intend to order 10 open gangway cars for the B division. I am making the claim that they are not connected to the R-211 order at all. I have seen not a single source which contradicts my understanding here.
Unless people protest, I will re-remove the statement in a few days if no source (which actually states these open gangway cars are R-211s) is added. 216.165.95.67 ( talk) 14:58, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Almost every NYC subway station article I come across has an external link (some of them have several) to a page on the Station Reporter website. It appears that that site has been deleted because it is no longer at stationreporter.net. Right now I'm marking them with {{ dead link}}. If the site moved to a new location (which I don't see in a couple of quick searches), the links need to be updated, otherwise, they should be deleted. Slambo (Speak) 18:10, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
I found a website about a proposed "Freedom Ticket" here. It looks like it belongs in the New York City transit fares, Long Island Rail Road, or Metro-North Railroad articles, but I am not sure exactly which, if any article, is this reference appropriate for. epicgenius ( talk) 22:06, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
Okay, who can identify any of these passenger cars from New Jersey Transit? I'm going to go out on a limb and say they're all GE Arrows, but I need some real proof either way. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 13:58, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
I've got a sandbox for the "Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line" trolley. Does anybody have any extra info they can add for it? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 06:32, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, any particular reason why {{ color}} is being used to color the stylized title of +selectbusservice on the Select Bus Service article? [3] I assume it is an attempt to include a stylized rendition of their logo. However, especially with the silver-colored "service", it is more difficult to read. I think these were some of the WP:ACCESS issues we were trying to avoid when consensus was made on Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Colors and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting#Color: not to color prose text like that. Thanks. Zzyzx11 ( talk) 01:18, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
The MTA plans to fully close 30 subway stations for 6 to 12 months for renovation in the near future. ( Source) Should this info be added to the articles about the affected stations now, or when they are closed? epicgenius ( talk) 00:32, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Once firm information is available - even if it's well before the closure - then it's worth updating. Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 02:23, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Aw, man! How do we categorize this? Somebody from MTA took a bunch of pictures from Corona with the title "CTA Mets Pizza Bet Delivery," involving the Chicago Transit Authority delivering Chicago Pizzas to a homeless shelter there. Judging from the geotags of those pics, the place is on 112th Street northeast of 111th Street (IRT Flushing Line), but has nothing to do with anything related to that station, or anything else involving the MTA. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:06, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
The article is in really bad shape, and I don't know where to start to improve it. If possible could someone help me fix it up. Thanks. -- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 00:58, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Several sections including fares, and the lines sections have barely any info and no sources. That should be fixed somehow.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 13:42, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
thanks!-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 14:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
I'd just quickly comment hat the lines section is intentionally brief as each of the lines has its own article, so only a short overview (per WP:SUMMARY) is in the main article. I'd also note that "Metro-North" is a hyphen, not a dash. oknazevad ( talk) 17:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
These images are categorized in the commons:Category:Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line) category.
I don't see the station in them. Does anybody see it? Vcohen ( talk) 13:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
For years I've bragged about the Google Street View of 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) from Gerard Avenue, and finally got my chance to get a picture from there in November 2014, despite the fact that it didn't live up to my expectations. However shortly after taking and uploading this picture, I thought of another possible view of the station, specifically one block west from Jerome Avenue itself. I was thinking a good ideas would've been to take it from the corner of Edward L. Grant Highway, and you wouldn't have to stand in the middle of traffic for this one either. Two other shots I have considered were at Walton Avenue, and above the western portal of the 167th Street tunnel under Grand Concourse, however those seem a little too distant to me. In the meantime, I still have an interior shot of a "Path Through History" poster at the station, that I've been keeping unposted out of WP:Copyvio fears. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:24, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Holy hell. Aside of the fact that this is too large, none of the NYCRR stations or Erie stations should even be in there. Most of these never saw Metro-North, such as Arden Erie, stuff north of Poughkeepsie, north of Wassaic, etc. Mitch32( I can have oodles of charm when I want to.) 20:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Anyway, I and an IP have gone ahead and cleaned out the non-MNRR clutter. Mitch32( I can have oodles of charm when I want to.) 23:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
This station has one platform in use and two not in use. I suppose the platform in use is on the right in the photo. Why do I see somebody's hand on the left platform? Vcohen ( talk) 12:02, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
It looks like a maintenance worker's glove to me, but I can't really make it out. epicgenius ( talk) 16:13, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I suggest this for the following reasons:
1. The page includes a substantial amount of information about the old wayside block signalling system in place throughout most of the system.
2. The rest of this page is about CBTC, and CBTC is not simply automation- it is a new signalling system which enables partial automation. CBTC in the MTA's current and planned installations still requires operating personnel onboard the trains.
3. There is no page for NYCS Signals, which is certainly a broader and more notable subject than an "automation", especially one which is not really happening.
To briefly summarize, Signalling as a whole is the topic that this page is currently describing, despite its title. This has been renamed before and reverted for no reason that I see.
(I have previously posted this on the Automation talk page, but it does not appear as if anybody goes there.) 2604:2000:C689:9700:A892:491F:B6AD:305F ( talk) 03:24, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Automation_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Requested move 22 January 2016. Thanks.
epicgenius (
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04:08, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Main_Line_(NJ_Transit)#Requested_move_23_January_2016. Thanks.
epicgenius (
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02:50, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
I'm sure some of you know I've been working on a navbox for the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation for a good year and a half. Does anybody feel like adding it to the main page, and editing the thing whenever necessary, as the rest of you suggested about the Template:NYC streetcar transit a while back? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 18:07, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Once the snow is cleared from the streets, highways and rails, is anybody going to expand the galleries of the Brooklyn Six? By that I mean Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line), Cleveland Street (BMT Jamaica Line), President Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), Winthrop Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line), and Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line). Also, in the Bronx, you've got Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line), Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line), and 174th–175th Streets (IND Concourse Line). Unless I snag these on my next NYC vacation (whenever that is), these stations should be put on the next Wikipedia Takes the Subways event, if another one is organized. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:34, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
There's now an article on this proposed streetcar line. Would anyone like to expand the article? epicgenius ( talk) 14:58, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
Someone else has initiated a review on the New York City Subway article, and I could use some help on meeting the reviewers requests. Thanks. -- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 01:24, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
The MTA's Flickr page claims that the New York City Transit Sign Shops are in Prospect Heights, however the geotag places the site at Nassau Brewing Company in Crown Heights. Something's not right here, and FYI, I was looking for evidence of the sign shop during my Brooklyn pic spree in September 2015. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
References
I've started a discussion regarding this article's title. Input is requested and welcome. oknazevad ( talk) 01:11, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
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Talk:Redding (Amtrak station)#Requested move 13 February 2016.
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epicgenius (
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I have added the information about the change in N, Q and W service to many pages, but more pages many need the information. Thanks. Here is the link. [4]-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 18:39, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Adding the W Subway Line to the system will provide more choices to Queens and Manhattan customers who use the Broadway N SubwayQ SubwayR Subway Lines, as well as allow New York City Transit to prepare for a seamless transition and connection of service between those lines and the Second Avenue Subway. New York City Transit is proposing to hold a public hearing on this service proposal in spring, in order to implement it by fall.epicgenius ( talk) 18:56, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
For a while, we've had more images in the commons category for the East Side Access project, than the MTA commons category. Who knows of a way that it can be diffused? I'd prefer a category that's Queens-specific, but I'd be okay with another one on the Manhattan side too. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 05:45, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 21:13, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
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epicgenius (
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16:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
You people know I'm still on the quest for M6 (railcar) images, so I'll have to resume asking about non-specific Metro-North EMU's.
There are certainly some others, but I can't decide whether I should post them or not. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 16:43, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what would exactly go inside of it, but information involving the subway cars, track layouts, features of the subway including new on the go kiosks, and various other technological features of the subway. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated. -- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 13:49, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
This was originally posted at User talk:Epicgenius:
Not debating the Chinatown location of Grand St subway station, however, do you really believe it's not in the neighborhood of the Bowery as well? Wikipedia's own entry on
the Bowery lists the neighborhood's borders as, "East 4th Street and the East Village to the north; Canal Street and Chinatown to the south; Allen Street and the Lower East Side to the east; and Little Italy to the west." Grand St subway station is on Grand and Chrystie which falls within the borders of the Bowery neighborhood as defined in the article. Additionally, if you look at
the borders of the Bowery neighborhood on Google Maps, you can see that Bowery station, Grand St station and 2nd Ave station are all within the neighborhood. Not arguing that these wouldn't crisscross with other neighborhoods, but if we're going to use our own and other commonly accepted definitions of the neighborhood's borders, I don't see how one could say they don't fall within the confines of the Bowery.
caz |
speak 20:53, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I'll hold off on editing Grand St and 2nd Ave subway pages until we reach consensus, but my view is that they should both mention that the stations fall within the neighborhood of the Bowery in addition to the other neighborhoods we currently mention.
caz |
speak 20:58, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I would like to have feedback on whether Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line), Bowery (BMT Nassau Street Line), or 2nd Avenue (IND Sixth Avenue Line) should be listed in the Bowery neighborhood. I think only the Bowery station should get such a listing, but I'm not really sure. epicgenius @ 21:05, 4 April 2016 (UTC) ( talk) 21:05, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I almost put this thread in the unidentified locations talk page, but since I already know the location is Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), I though I'd post my question about this blurry 6 train (at least according to the article) in the gallery. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:11, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
R142s and R188s don't run on the 6 line. Only R142As. This should solve your problem.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 22:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hello all. I am going to create a category on commons for these images that show creating artificial reefs of old subway cars.
There is an article about such a reef, but that reef is made of Redbirds, while the images clearly show other models, this makes me think that the Redbird Reef is not the only one of the kind. In short, I need a name for the category. Vcohen ( talk) 06:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Comrades, how is this information board called in English? Vcohen ( talk) 18:26, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Has anybody seen my reformatted list of bus routes in the Jamaica Buses article? I'd like to encourage more reformatting of these lists. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 16:59, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
I am developing a draft about a proposed New York City public ferry system at User:Epicgenius/sandbox/2. Anyone is free to add sources as needed. Infinitely Awesome Epic Genius ( talk) 18:24, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
I have nominated the following NYPT articles for good article status:
epicgenius ( talk) 00:52, 27 April 2016 (UTC) (Amended. epicgenius ( talk) 01:02, 28 April 2016 (UTC))
Per this TfD discussion, I've substituted every transclusion of {{ NYCS-bull-small}} (or replaced it with {{ NYCS box}} where appropriate). Should the now-unused template be deleted or just have {{ deprecated}} put at the top to avoid breaking revision history? Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 14:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC) (Pinging Epicgenius, Vcohen and DanTD. Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 04:29, 15 May 2016 (UTC))
I just managed to get a dead website called " The Blue Comet.com" archived. Granted it has dead and outdated javascript attachments, but it's still useful for a lot of former New Jersey Transit lines and station, as well as others outside of the coverage of WP:NYPT. How many broken links to this website are still around? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 12:09, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
I am going to create a category on commons for this equipment. Does anybody have an idea how to call it? Vcohen ( talk) 07:33, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Colleagues, help me please to identify the instruments.
Thanks in advance. Vcohen ( talk) 17:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
Yesterday I found and uploaded a photo of a bridge that used to be part of the South Beach Branch. I have already inserted it into the article, but still have two questions. 1. Why does the article call it a trestle? A trestle is supposed to be a frame structure, but that bridge doesn't look like one. 2. Why does the article say it is in South Beach? Google Maps show the whole length of Robin Road in Arrochar, north of South Beach. Vcohen ( talk) 07:46, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
What year is this sign from? It shows the 9 (at Cortlandt Street?) and the brown M at Fulton Street. Does it still exist? Vcohen ( talk) 13:32, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
I didn't want to say anything about this until after my vacation when I was able to capture new images, but the current image for Yaphank (LIRR station) looks like a straight-up WP:COPYVIO, right out of the MTA's website. If I'm wrong, please let me know. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 17:26, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I have found a webpage where there is basically a database dump of all the currently-open NYC Subway and Staten Island Railway entrances. The link is here if anyone needs it. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium, now featuring BB-8 ( talk) 17:58, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
I have excellent news for the world since my recent June 2016 vacation: No New York City Subway station article has a gallery with a single image anymore. I can't say the same for
Staten Island Railway station images though, since I never even went to Staten Island... not even to drive down the
Staten Island Expressway as I drove to and from New Jersey to get to Queens. The Brooklyn Six (
Cleveland Street (BMT Jamaica Line),
Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line),
Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line),
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line),
Winthrop Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), and
President Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)), and the Bronx Three (
Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line),
Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line), and
174th-175th Streets (IND Concourse Line)) are all loaded with images now, and I was able to expand some at
DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line),
Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line),
Burnside Avenue (IRT Jerome Avenue Line),
Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line),
Court Square (New York City Subway) and
Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line). I even added some extra
Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) and
Broadway Junction (IND Fulton Street Line) images. Sadly, the abbreviated pillar signs at
St. Lawrence Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) and
Zerega Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) are gone (although
Castle Hill Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) still has one), and so are the old blue and white porcelain IRT signs at
Saratoga Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)... at least according to an MTA construction worker I talked to at Rockaway Avenue. Therefore I'm considering removing these from the
image request list.
On the
Long Island Rail Road front, thankfully, I was able to capture the former
Mill Neck (LIRR station) and expand stations like
Yaphank (LIRR station),
East Hampton (LIRR station), and
Stewart Manor (LIRR station). I even got a couple of shots of the brick parking lot at
Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) before the battery on my camera died and a local cop go suspicious of me briefly parking my car in their parking lot. Speaking of parking lots, I was able to grab some of the expanded one at
Brentwood (LIRR station), though one got dark, and another got blurry, so I didn't upload those. Unfortunately, three former stations I wanted, I couldn't get.
Hillside (LIRR station) house is surrounded by container trailers,
Bellaire (LIRR station) I drove right under, but never got a chance to snap anything of that one, and
Dunton (LIRR station) I couldn't even get near... and I know how I can get there too. On the other hand, I've got a few extra
Richmond Hill (LIRR station) images coming up, along with some non railroad and subway related Richmond Hill sites.
As for
Metro-North, I was able to expand
Larchmont (Metro-North station), but missed
Mamaroneck (Metro-North station), although I did get a couple of significant former
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway stations along the way in Larchmont and Port Chester. On the
Harlem Line, I got an extra
Hawthorne (Metro-North station) image that's barely like the existing one, finally got some shots of the older freight house north of
Mount Kisco (Metro-North station), and created galleries for
Goldens Bridge (Metro-North station) and
Croton Falls (Metro-North station).
Valhalla (Metro-North station)'s original station house is added to the gallery, the images I have for
Katonah (Metro-North station) might as well be duplicates of the ones that are already there, the ones I'm preparing for
Purdy's (Metro-North station) will require that I cover up some license plates in the parking lot, but
Brewster (Metro-North station) is going to be huge when I get through with it (and for the record, I never saw any
young brunettes with flip hairdos when I was there). Everything between the Yonkers City Line and south of
Tarrytown (Metro-North station) is now loaded, especially
Irvington (Metro-North station). There is
one image from
Hastings-on-Hudson (Metro-North station) that I should've captured, but I completely forgot about that one. I considered going to
Ossining (Metro-North station), but I didn't have enough time in my day for that one, and I thought about getting more for
Ludlow (Metro-North station), but I wanted something other than window shots. On the bright side, I was able to create a small gallery for
Morris Heights (Metro-North station) and spotted the actual platform and station entrance for the
Highbridge Maintenance Facility, although I didn't snap any pictures of the latter.
Well, perhaps unless I find a way to get up to NYC before the end of the year, this may be it for my train and subway station images. Some editors already know the reason for that. I'm leaning more towards concentrating on historic sites, roads, and other interesting sites, but I'm not going to completely stop working on railroad-related material on Wikipedia. ---------
User:DanTD (
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14:00, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Remember when I asked about whether that lighted "To City/From City" sign at Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) was an old relic from the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway? Well, on my way to gathering images for Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) I stopped at Pelham Parkway station and asked a ticket agent about it,... --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 02:41, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
I don't where you got the idea that the unopened part of the Lexington – 63rd Street is a separate station. I think that this is incorrect.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 11:06, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
I will analyze this list:
The following dialogue was originally posted on my talk page. It has been moved here for clarity and for further comments, if any more comments are needed. Specifically, comments on how many stations the MTA forgot to count. Any feedback is appreciated. Kylo, Rey, Finn, BB-8, C-3PO, R2-D2, Poe, Han, Chewie, and Leia Consortium ( talk) 17:23, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
Also, if Lexington-63rd is indeed counted by the MTA as a single station, there will be 475 stations when the Second Avenue Subway opens, not 476 as I thought. We will see, since there would actually be 486 stations by MTA standards (489 when the SAS opens). Kylo, Rey, Finn, BB-8, C-3PO, R2-D2, Poe, Han, Chewie, and Leia Consortium ( talk) 17:29, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
There are some links to www.mta.info/* that have been broken for two years now. Any help to change them to web.mta.info/* would be greatly appreciated. I've started on some. Kylo Ren ( talk) 00:02, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Nearly four years ago, I went on a photographic rampage at Rockville Centre (LIRR station), as well as other parts of the Village of Rockville Centre. Among my pics was one of a sign at the station with the supplemental sign for Molloy College, and a little bit of offensive graffiti. Should I make a new version of that pic without the graffiti? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 22:36, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
I found something unusual while I was updating the article for the Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) station. This street view is from 2007 and has a large censored-out patch right next to the picture of the station entrance (and it is censored out from every other vantage point you can navigate to). There is no alternate street views from this vantage point, and you can't see footage from any other years, as it has been removed. By contrast, you can see footage all the way to 2014 on the surrounding streets. Does anyone know why? This is an unblurred view from almost exactly the same vantage point as the Google Street View is. Otherwise, if no one knows why that building on the right of the station house is censored, this is just an unusual occurrence. Kylo Ren ( talk) 03:26, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
See discussion started at User_talk:Epicgenius#Spaced_dashes by me. Continue here if more needs to be said. We're working toward implementing what the naming conventions have said for the last four years about spaces around dashes. Dicklyon ( talk) 18:38, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I was searching for sources on the MTA website for information about the R110As, and I found this interesting link [ [1]] that I think can be useful for many articles in this wikiproject.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 20:08, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
There is an article on the Q70 bus here, but it doesn't seem to have a picture. I see Q70 buses pass by my bus stop practically every day, but I can't take pictures of Q70 buses – or anything, for that matter – because I don't really have a suitable camera (I don't have my iPad anymore to take pictures with, and my phone has neither memory nor a good camera). Is anyone generous enough to take a picture of the Q70 and post it to Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia? Thanks in advance. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium ( talk) 19:19, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
I am forced to remove a category from the {{ NYCS time 2}} template. The reason is that the {{ NYCS trains}} template is based on counting spaces in {{ NYCS time 2}} (if there is a space in the service list, then it concludes that there are more than one service and returns the word trains, otherwise it returns the word train), and that category unfortunately adds more spaces. We have to solve this problem, till then please see my solution as temporary. Vcohen ( talk) 07:46, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
I just bought the New York City Transit Authority annual reports for 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963. This is a time period often looked over in the history of the subway. Once they arrive, I should be able to add references and historical information from them.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
I have created two animations to illustrate two traffic patterns. What's missing? What's wrong? Vcohen ( talk) 14:08, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hello all,
I am going to create a new category on commons for these files:
How can I name it? The names of the files themselves don't lead me to a certain consistent term... Vcohen ( talk) 15:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Done, thank you.
Vcohen (
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12:17, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Could someone more knowledgeable than I about the LIRR take a look at Special:Contributions/67.87.211.119? They've made some template-breaking edits of questionable value regarding Springfield Junction (Long Island Rail Road). Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 20:59, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Hundreds of thousands of pictures arrived last week from HABS via Library of Congress via Wikimedia Great Britain. Thousands are now in Commons:Category:New York City, of which perhaps over a thousand have to do with stations and similar transport topics. I have trickled a few into subcategories and a very few into appropriate articles, but there's plenty more. Jim.henderson ( talk) 00:20, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
It is official, the Montague Street Tunnels reopen in a matter of hours, which means dozens of articles need to be revised, including the obvious R (New York City Subway service) and N (New York City Subway service). The station layout diagrams for every station the R train serves need to edited too. Also needing revising are Template:NYCS Broadway south and Template:NYCS Fourth Montague. Any mentioning of the closure on the station articles between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street should probably be removed since it did not affect the stations in any way. Hope someone can make all these edits soon. The Legendary Ranger ( talk) 00:14, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
Some anonymous IP ( User:216.165.95.66) has been removing rolling stock from various subway line articles. Should these edits be accepted, or would it be okay to revert them? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 22:36, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej ( talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
There is an error in this map, in that the D train is shown as stopping at 14th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line). Can someone fix it? – Epicgenius ( talk) 19:47, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm sure some of you have seen my article on the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad, and yes, I was late with the station list. So what am I missing? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:46, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Comrades,
What station is this? I see an arrow pointing to the R, this makes me think it is the Fourth Avenue (IND Culver Line) station. However, in its article nothing is told about a temporary platform, but in the Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line) article only.
Thanks in advance. Vcohen ( talk) 07:52, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Another one. I am not asking to identify the station (it's Canarsie - Rockaway Parkway), but it would be nice to identify the car model. Vcohen ( talk) 20:52, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
And more. Are these R32s? Vcohen ( talk) 19:51, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
I am confused by this image, serving as the main image for the Chambers Street – World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) pair of stations. The station in the photo is titled Chambers Street, but its caption in the article says that the train is an E train. How can it be? Vcohen ( talk) 17:04, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello all,
Is this 181st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) or 181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)? Vcohen ( talk) 12:05, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello again,
Where is this? The photographer claims it's in NYC. Vcohen ( talk) 08:01, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
This is the old City Hall station. What do I see through the skylight? It seems to be the station's roof and a kind of building behind it. Is it possible to see this place from outside? Vcohen ( talk) 20:41, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Is this map on the MTA's website copyrighted? Epicgenius ( talk) 14:52, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
The following section talks about very serious problems with some NYCT wikipedia pages. Problem #1 (problem level: quite severe) This problem has many sub problems but, let me talk about this problem. Abut 2 to 3 months ago I edited the R160 subway car page, telling that the R160 does run at very extremely low numbers on the R line. Within 1 to 4 hours someone removed my comment saying that what I said was untrue, when I myself take the R train everyday and I have seen many R160's that run on the R line. I tried many things from adding images to other stuff and added a source at one point. Every time some one removes my edit saying irrelevant, not true, or photo shopped or video shopped, when the the media s I took my self were not. I have a feeling that a bunch of over obsessiveness users have this page watch listed and are very judgmental about every single edit. This could prove very bad for the Wikipedia environment. There were users threat are part of this Wikipedia project that did agree to what I had to say and that what I said was totally true, when I put my edits on the R-line Wikipedia page, they said they removed it only because it would be hard to find supported references. I thank those people who stayed and supported the truth, and had a valid reason for removing my edit. Since i am not a admin i can't do anything about the over obsessive users so here is the list of over obsessive users:50.14.142.33, 173.3.76.147, 67.81.210.130.(I really don't want to point fingers at other people but, this is what happens when I am angry). You can see the very bad obsessiveness, by the same and a few other users, towards many different users or calling the names like the f vandal when that person was having a true problem, in the history page of R160 subway cars between dates 2014-04-14 to present day. I feel something must be done, if someone thinks i am wrong they can talk with me on my talk page. I don't care about the edits that I made but, I care about how others feel hen they are not invited editing a Wikipedia page if there edits don't match the ideas of other users who have the page watch listed. Sorry, for this huge paragraph but, this is how big I think this problem is since the page will go nowhere if no one is able to edit it. Also, is there any source where I can prove the r train thing true? Problem #2(problem level:not that high at all) Every time in the 60th street tunnel connection queens bound I see countless number of divergence of tunnels and track that are walled up or look like unused, I don't know the use so can some one who knows the use add it into the 60th street tunnel connection Wikipedia page. I can see this also via the signals that actually have different tower lengths throughout the connection at countless number of points in both directions. there are other problems but, ill post them up latter. If you have any concerns about this post please contact me via my talk page. Thank You very much, sincerely, Doorknob747 01:20, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
Does anybody know about the tracks that they are making on the other side of the platform where the downtown bound F train stops at Lexington avenue? Doorknob747 18:41, 12 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs)
I'm taking a brief break from my vacation to reveal that I have images of railroad and subway stations prepared for uploading at the end of the month. And thankfully, they will include a replacement for Woodmere (LIRR station) this time. It will also include some Mount Kisco (Metro-North station) images as well. I'll finish the rest of the list some other time, especially after I get more of them, and drive home between Thursday and Friday. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:57, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
Who knows the reason for these cubbyholes at Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 18:15, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
Although it has been more than a year since I read about this but, I forgot about the name line of the service. I remember that I read that the service near one of its terminals merged with the seven line or the n line in queens( the elevated merge section of its tracks is still visible today. The rest of the line was demolished. I think I read that it ran past perpendicular under queens boulevard, and had a stop there. I think I also read it was a shuttle or trolley service which was discontinued and was replaced by a mta bus service that runs near its original route. It was underground at some points, and above ground at other points. I am not sure but I think it said that its other terminal end was near the metropolitan end of the m line in queens. Does any body know the name of this service? Doorknob747 23:50, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
The section would be named homeless. It wiill talk about homeless peopkle making it theire homes and making the stations full of garbage, and smeelly.m But, I fear opposition against, this since I thin some people might find it "offensive". Also there are no sources. Please comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 23:37, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
This station was part of the 5,4, or six. The special thing about the plat form was that when the train stops,before the doors open a platform extends from the end of the platform and train. Ater they both connect the door opens. Doorknob747 23:30, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
According to this source, the station will open February 24, 2015. It is based, apparently, on this source, which confirms no such thing, but says that there is incentive to finish and open the station by that date. Is it an acceptable source, or are there any more sources confirming a February 24 opening? – Epicgenius ( talk) 20:30, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Could anybody review and update the list of Street View links here? Some of them obviously show that an entrance has been eliminated, but I want to be sure to eliminate the link. Vcohen ( talk) 15:06, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Just a moment... I have found two more entrances that disappear once I try to replace their view to a newer one. Here they are:
Am I right we have to remove them as well? Vcohen ( talk) 21:58, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Could members of this project take note that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York is a state agency and not a city one, and also that the proper name for the agency is just plain "Metropolitan Transportation Authority" without any preceding "New York" -- although it's certainly OK to add "New York" if disambiguation is needed, as in "New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority" of "the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York".
It looks to me like every NYC Subway station article has at least one example of "New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority" in it. I've fixed a few, but it would be nice if members of this project could fix others when they're editing subway articles. Thanks. BMK ( talk) 22:43, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
Somebody wants to delete the official map. Vcohen ( talk) 12:06, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
During my journeys on the Harlem Line last month, I noticed the abandoned interlocking tower built by New York Central Railroad at Mott Haven Junction. Would it have been unwise for me to take some pictures of that tower as the train went by, or would the conductors and MTA Police have even bothered with me? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 19:33, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello all,
I created a new entry in the {{ NYCS const}} template for yard assignments and called it in all articles about NYCS cars. My source is thejoekorner.com. The values that I replaced in infoboxes did not change in articles, with only one exception: the source does not mention the Lenox Yard and distributes all the R62's between two other yards, so I commented it out in the template. Feel free to uncomment it back. Vcohen ( talk) 17:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Tonight I created the Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of LIRR stations, since I've seen similar categories for other stations in the country. Will it get more people to take those pictures? Don't ask me. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:03, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I vaguely remembered something about a specific mosaic at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse (New York City Subway) as I approached this mosaic during my recent trip to the New York City Tri-State Area, and it was a very specific mosaic with the acronym "MPS." Sadly, I forgot where I saw this before, let alone the meaning behind it. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 01:33, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
It probably is the initials of the artist that made the mosaic. M is the first letter of first name. P is the first letter of middle name. Lastly, S might be the first letter of the last name. Doorknob747 18:44, 12 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs)
Looking at the Subway station pictures that are needed, I've been considering which galleries to fill up on my next NYC trip. I'm already considering adding images for the 96th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) and Morrison Avenue – Soundview (IRT Pelham Line) galleries, but the limited number of pictures in an NRHP-listed station such as Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), has perplexed me over what kinds of images I should pursue. For example does this sign still exist? Also to get this entrance at Briarwood – Van Wyck Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), it seems like you'd have to get it directly from the Van Wyck Expressway if you get it at this angle. The last time I was there, I wasn't in a traffic jam, but the construction on the Main Street & Queens Boulevard interchanges could put a damper on capturing it. If it could be captured another way, or at another angle, I'd like to find out how it could be done. Beyond that, I have no idea what images the rest of you will be seeking this year. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Taking a picture of this entrance from this side wouldn't be good, because 1) you can't rely on the traffic being there and 2) you'd have to take a picture through a fence. It'd be better to take a picture of the opposite side, on the service road. Epicgenius ( talk) 03:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
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The following section talks about very serious problems with some NYCT wikipedia pages. Problem #1 (problem level: quite severe) This problem has many sub problems but, let me talk about this problem. Abut 2 to 3 months ago I edited the R160 subway car page, telling that the R160 does run at very extremely low numbers on the R line. Within 1 to 4 hours someone removed my comment saying that what I said was untrue, when I myself take the R train everyday and I have seen many R160's that run on the R line. I tried many things from adding images to other stuff and added a source at one point. Every time some one removes my edit saying irrelevant, not true, or photo shopped or video shopped, when the the media s I took my self were not. I have a feeling that a bunch of over obsessiveness users have this page watch listed and are very judgmental about every single edit. This could prove very bad for the Wikipedia environment. There were users threat are part of this Wikipedia project that did agree to what I had to say and that what I said was totally true, when I put my edits on the R-line Wikipedia page, they said they removed it only because it would be hard to find supported references. I thank those people who stayed and supported the truth, and had a valid reason for removing my edit. Since i am not a admin i can't do anything about the over obsessive users so here is the list of over obsessive users:50.14.142.33, 173.3.76.147, 67.81.210.130.(I really don't want to point fingers at other people but, this is what happens when I am angry). You can see the very bad obsessiveness, by the same and a few other users, towards many different users or calling the names like the f vandal when that person was having a true problem, in the history page of R160 subway cars between dates 2014-04-14 to present day. I feel something must be done, if someone thinks i am wrong they can talk with me on my talk page. I don't care about the edits that I made but, I care about how others feel hen they are not invited editing a Wikipedia page if there edits don't match the ideas of other users who have the page watch listed. Sorry, for this huge paragraph but, this is how big I think this problem is since the page will go nowhere if no one is able to edit it. Also, is there any source where I can prove the r train thing true? Problem #2(problem level:not that high at all) Every time in the 60th street tunnel connection queens bound I see countless number of divergence of tunnels and track that are walled up or look like unused, I don't know the use so can some one who knows the use add it into the 60th street tunnel connection Wikipedia page. I can see this also via the signals that actually have different tower lengths throughout the connection at countless number of points in both directions. there are other problems but, ill post them up latter. If you have any concerns about this post please contact me via my talk page. Thank You very much, sincerely, Doorknob747 01:20, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
on the /info/en/?search=New_York_City_Transit_Authority wikipage yoou will see a female moron thinking this is some kind of pu or some *********, for her to do this vandalism some admin please put security on this page, i did roll back vandal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 06:34, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
See Talk:King Street – Old Town Station. Sawol wants to move Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line) to Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line) per WP:NC-NYCS. I am saying that if one article is moved, then all articles should probably be moved. Epic Genius ( talk) 20:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
I've already posted this on the Fulton Street Line (elevated) talk page and got no response yet;
For a long time, I've found the opening and closing dates of the stations listed in that article very difficult to believe. The main issue has been various stations between Nostrand Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. The 1912 BRT Map and 1924 BMT map indicate Troy Avenue replaced the Albany and Sumner Avenue stations, and Hinsdale Street replaced the Eastern Parkway station. Those BRT and BMT maps also don't show any evidence of Troy Avenue station before the 1924 map, but I found some Brooklyn Daily Eagle articles showing a Troy Avenue station going as far back as at least 1889, and the only other Troy Avenue Station I know of is an old LIRR Atlantic Branch/Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station, which closed in 1878. I also realize that the Dual Contracts added that third track during the 1910s, which evidently had an impact on some of the stations mentioned. The only question here is, when was that project completed? Then, there's the issue of Clark and Tillary Street stations; As mentioned in the Western Electric reference, BRT was asking the New York Public Service Commission to let them close these and four other stations, but only ended up closing these two. Again the question is of when. Did they close them in 1901, when the BRT filed that request, or was it next year, or the year after that? None of the usual sources are telling me anything. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:14, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Comrades, is this picture permitted to be uploaded? It shows another picture exposed in a museum. Vcohen ( talk) 15:41, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Wait, how is everyone getting their information. There is a photo, presumably under typical copyright, in a private museum which also applies typical copyright. Who has evidence that this photo has a free license? Someone on Flickr took a photo of this non-free photo then put a CC license on their image, but that still does not avoid the copyright on the main photo. Everything associated with this photo should be deleted unless someone has proof that the original has a free license. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:02, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Another one. The formal license is OK. But still, is anything wrong? Vcohen ( talk) 21:50, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Here is a new attempt. This time it's the staircase only, without copyrighted photographs. Are museum exhibits permitted to be republished? The National September 11 Museum category does not contain images from the museum itself, I don't know why. Vcohen ( talk) 18:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
I saw a weird old train on the one line today showing the roll sign 20. The bullet was a gradient texture color with blue on the outer edges of the bullet and as you go to center the color became white. The 20 was in the back color. The train only consisted of five cars only. Boy did the train smell bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 18:26, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
An article seems to exist about the proposed AirTrain LGA. More sources and expansion may be needed. Epic Genius ( talk) 02:35, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm debating whether I should add places like the Mineola Intermodal Center and Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center to a new section on former MSBA/Long Island Bus transit center hubs to the Template:MTA RBO. Yay or Nay? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:37, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm planning a new S-Line template for the LIRR City Terminal Zone leading to Grand Central Terminal, despite the fact that it's at least 5 years away from being completed. Should I call it Template:S-line/LIRR left/City East Side or Template:S-line/LIRR left/City Grand Central, or something else? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
What is the buzzing sound coming from the conductors cabin I sometimes hear when I am in the last car of the train? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Can someone update the articles about New York City transit fares and MetroCard (New York City)? Fare increases to $2.75 go into effect tomorrow, but I don't have much time to edit nowadays. Epic Genius ( talk) 23:06, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
I just found out that somebody posted a train at Grand Central Terminal, which he misidentified as an M8. From what little I can see of the fleet number, it seems more like an M2.
On another topic, can we start to gather more images of M6's and create a commons gallery for it? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 13:03, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
What happened here des any one know what happened here that the polikce had to come and what it looks like iss that they shut down the entrancees to the columbus circle subway station, I thnik they took care about it by now but does anyone know what happended?
Doorknob747 ( talk) 17:33, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey, I just noticed today that some discussion threads from around a year ago seem to have been lost, appearing neither in the archives for this page nor the archives for the unidentified locations subpage. Seems like the method of creating the subpage (moving the main project talk page to the subpage location and then copying over the more general threads replace the redirect) might have screwed up the archiving bot temporarily. It also makes edit history searches near impossible, unless someone realizes that the edit history for this page is now the edit history for the subpage. I was able to find the thread I had in mind here, but that's not the only thread missing from the archives, and the edit history of the page is all sorts of screwed up. Guess what I'm saying is the method created a need for a histmerge. Any admins watching here that can see about that and maybe do some archive fixing? oknazevad ( talk) 18:48, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
The article for Mount Kisco (Metro-North station) says that it's 36.5 miles from Grand Central Terminal, and the MTA's website says the same thing. However, as I and many other photographers have shown, an old New York Central Railroad sign claims the distance is 36.7 miles to Grand Central. So, was there some improvement project since the NYC period that cut down on that extra 0.2 miles or is/was there an error on the part of the MTA or NYC? ------- User:DanTD ( talk) 22:26, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
see full description of video of what it is about! Doorknob747 ( talk) 03:22, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
According to this page, over 100 underground NYC Subway stations now have wi-fi. A list is available here, but it is too tedious to look through because it's a service-by-service listing. It would be appreciated if the corresponding articles could be updated accordingly. Epic Genius ( talk) 14:51, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
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Wow! The answer is nearer than we thought it to be. The MTA site says: "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal." How many underground stations are there in Queens? Vcohen ( talk) 20:08, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Can someone hear teach me how to redirect a talk page of a article to another articles talk page. I want to redirect Talk: NYCT subway to the talk page of the article that NYCT subway redirects to. Doorknob747 ( talk) 03:20, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
#redirect [[Talk:New York City Subway]]
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I do not know where to place these images that I uploaded. Also, I need help in adding categories to those images. More images and even a few videos to come! I do not mind if you guys rename image!
I lost the photo of that weird R48 1 train i was talking about. I was going to upload it today. :( Doorknob747 ( talk) 00:37, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Those images are also uncategorized. Doorknob747 ( talk) 05:01, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Is there a article on the new help point machines that the MTA is now installing on every station?
Doorknob747 ( talk) 04:56, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
I was wondering if this video should or should not go on the R160 article or the R train article? Doorknob747 ( talk) 04:50, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
To anyone who is interested, 2014 ridership is now online here. Epic Genius ( talk) 12:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello all. I have found and added two Street View spheres to the Fulton Center article. I'd like to give them different titles. As far as I see, they represent two different floors/levels of the Center, but I don't know their correct names. Vcohen ( talk) 10:25, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
One more. Is it the same as one of the previous two? Vcohen ( talk) 13:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Ladies and gentlemen, what does this image mean? Is the new Newark-bound platform of the WTC PATH station already in use? Vcohen ( talk) 13:05, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
I do not see one here on this talk page. Also, a to do list is a good way of seeing where and what this wikiproject members are mostly working on. Doorknob747 ( talk) 13:34, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Actually I discovered that almost ant station I go to has WiFi and some of the tunnels have wifi too. The only thing is it, comes up on the phone as protected with password. The wifi names are usually: (something)TransitSurveyWifi. I think that this was put in place before the public WiFi initiative was put in place because, 67Ave when it did not have public wifi, did show the the private wifi. I think that this wifi is for transit workers. Doorknob747 ( talk) 13:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
A source claims that "The construction of the station, which is to cost about $101 million, is expected to begin in mid-May." Till today the station has not been under construction? Vcohen ( talk) 09:44, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
All the bus route lists for former bus companies that were acquired by MTA need to be wikified. And the articles that don't have bus route lists (like the New York City Omnibus Corporation) need them. Is there anyone here willing to work on these? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 17:11, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
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Help me please. This map shows the station as two separate platforms, with two tracks each. So, where have these videos been filmed from? Here at about 1:27 I see two platforms and four tracks, and here at about 0:40 I see three tracks together visible from one platform. What is the real layout of the station? Vcohen ( talk) 19:34, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Is my diagram correct? (The middle part is meant to be much shorter than the other two, but my templates do not allow me to show that.) Vcohen ( talk) 11:34, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
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I just uploaded this image from Flickr to Commons. I know this location exactly, and I think there's a subway entrance on the left, but in the lack of a Commons NYC Public Transportation wikiproject, I can't be sure if it should be categorized in Commons:Category:New York City Subway entrances in Brooklyn. Epic Genius ( talk) 13:37, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2015_May_8#Template:D_.28New_York_City_Subway_service.29 for a relebant discussion of templates for deletion. The discussion is about the {{ BS-map}} for the C, D, and 4 trains. Epic Genius ( talk) 07:32, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Talk:DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)#Requested move 6 May 2015. Vcohen ( talk) 08:27, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Just a note to anyone here interested that {{ NYCS-bull-small}} has been nominated for merging with {{ Rail-interchange}}; the merge discussion is here. Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 08:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
Ladies and gentlemen, what does it mean? Is New York not a rollercoaster anymore? Vcohen ( talk) 12:32, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
where is the previous artwork (apart from the fact that it's painted over)?When it was painted over, the original painting was destroyed. Epic Genius ( talk) ± 02:00, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
I found a blatantly obvious incorrect location on NYCSubway.org, which I already addressed to them. There's a 1968 image that claims to be at the 57th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) station, but is clearly elevated. I just thought I'd give everybody here the heads up on this, and see if they can identify the real location. BTW, is there any chance this message would've been better suited for the Unidentified Locations talk page? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:24, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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What the hell is up with the line templates for the Harlem Line and Hudson Line? --Somebody seems to have replaced all the icons and broke them to pieces, messing up the infoboxes in the process. My efforts to revert the previous fixes (all of which were AGF) made things even worse! --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:38, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
(Posting here in case no one has watchlisted
the article talk page.) The
South Ferry – Whitehall Street (New York City Subway) article, in
§ Inner platform and the station layout table, suggests that the inner loop track is still used by terminating
trains on weekends, but the article's infobox and
Vcohen's diagram in
List of New York City Subway terminals § IRT suggest that the inner track is closed. Is the track open or has it been closed?
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Comrades, check my edit please. Vcohen ( talk) 09:27, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
The New Rochelle (Metro-North station) has frequently been getting some decent images, but they're often deleted on the grounds of copyright violations. Even if they're all true, somebody has to add free ones that have been similar to those that were deleted. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 04:14, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
I was thinking about starting a task force for maintaining the BS-map route diagrams that fall under the category New York City Subway line templates. ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:New York City Subway service templates could also be expanded with more service route maps. Epic Genius ( talk) 20:44, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Please tell me I'm right about this car being an R46. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 04:25, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
(Pinging Vcohen, Epicgenius, Useddenim and Lost on Belmont.) If anyone here is interested and has time, could you please help with converting the SL diagram templates from List of New York City Subway terminals into BSicon diagrams (I'm working on it currently at User:Jc86035/sandbox)? Thanks, Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 14:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
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03:36, 7 August 2015 (UTC)Comrades, is this an article or a disambiguation page? We already have articles about both stations. Why are all these descriptions and explanations on the page? Vcohen ( talk) 18:59, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Per our guideline WP:Broad-concept article: "A term with many related meanings should be presented as an article on the broadest understanding of the term, rather than as a disambiguation page merely listing variations on that meaning." How are our readers better served with a disambiguation page than with a short article describing the future complex of three stations with links to more detailed articles on each? Also here is a quote from the governor's recent announcement of the Laguardia Airport rebuild: "As part of his 2015 Opportunity Agenda, Governor Cuomo proposed creating an AirTrain option that directly connects LaGuardia to the New York City subway and Long Island Rail Road at Mets-Willets Point Station." [1] Clearly planners at least are envisioning the complex as eventually functioning as a unified station.-- agr ( talk) 03:37, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Comrades, do we have a more actual shot of red globe lamps for the New York City Subway article? The present one is too much outdated, it shows red lamps that are currently green, and a brown M bullet that is currently orange. Vcohen ( talk) 10:37, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
This is a notice about Category:New York City Public Transportation articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock ( talk) 18:15, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Not knowing where to address the issue, I learned through Google Street View that the former IRT Substation 14 still exists along West 96th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue. If I don't capture it this mid-September (which is becoming more than likely the month I'm going to be in the NYC-Tri State Area), would anybody else be willing to capture it, and maybe a few others? There are a few 1907-published diagrams of that old station, but I'd like something contemporary I can add to a future category. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 19:20, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Well, the day has finally come. I just found out that in spite of our efforts to split off image categories for Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line), there are now 200 images in that commons gallery alone. I mentioned in the unidentified images talk page that I wanted to split off a category for the bridge, and now I realize I have to do it now, before I take my road trip to NYC next weekend. I have no intentions of giving that category a generic name like "Ninth Street Bridge," so before I go, should I call the new category "Ninth Street Gowanus Canal Bridge," or "Ninth Street Bridge (Gowanus Canal)?" --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:55, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Has anybody here seen my Category:Predecessors of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation yet? I'm still considering a future navbox anyhow, though. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 06:03, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello all,
This is a sentence from the 34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line) article: "The installation of air-cooling systems means that the station will have ventilation towers instead of the sidewalk grates seen in most New York City subway stations." However, the system has other deep stations, such as 190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) or Clark Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line). How are they ventilated? Vcohen ( talk) 18:15, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Interesting source for this wiki coming your way. Has anyone else seen this? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 23:34, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
I propose that The Flushing Line and 7 (New York City Subway) articles be merged, with the superior detailed map in one be used along with the simpler geographic map in the other. Otherwise, the effort to improve the overall knowledge about the IRT line becomes more difficult(deciding which article gets what) Raryel ( talk) 17:30, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
I've begun adding timetables of the first and last trains to part-time services (e.g. B, C, 42nd St Shuttle). Epic Genius ( talk) 00:03, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
A move discussion is taking place at Talk:South_Ferry_–_Whitehall_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)#Requested_move_15_September_2015. Epic Genius ( talk) 19:08, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Here are two similar threads, so I've grouped them similarly. Epic Genius ( talk) 03:28, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
I appreciate AahdTahar's work in updating this map. However, there's an unsightly white rectangle that doesn't appear in any other map (like File:NYCS map 6.svg). Is someone able to fix it? Epic Genius ( talk) 03:01, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
The File:NYCS map M.svg image needs updating too, as Essex Street is now a terminal since around last summer. Roadrunner3000 ( talk) 20:32, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Also, someone with graphic design experience and not too much homework should probably update File:NYC subway-4D.svg as well. (Pinging the map's creator, @ CountZ.) Epic Genius ( talk) 00:14, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Also, I preemptively updated IRT Flushing Line and 7 (New York City Subway service). Epic Genius ( talk) 03:28, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
While talking about the opening of the new station, incline elevators were actively mentioned as a feature causing to delays. Now, when the station is open, where can I see them? Among all these photos ( this gallery has already been partially uploaded to commons, this one has not yet) is there at least one image of an incline elevator? Vcohen ( talk) 12:49, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
I have created a new article draft for the Program for Action article. Any help is appreciated. Epic Genius ( talk) 17:31, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Category:Pages using New York City Subway service templates is now in use, for templates that use any NYCS service templates. Epic Genius ( talk) 00:08, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Please see here. I'm proposing to rename Category:New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York. Epic Genius ( talk) 12:34, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
File:NYCS map J.svg needs updating. It no longer ends at Chambers Street. File:NYCS map M.svg now also ends at Essex Street. The current official map reflects this. Epic Genius ( talk) 19:22, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
I'm taking a break from my vacation to let everybody know that before this month is over, no station articles on the BMT Canarsie Line or BMT Sea Beach Line will be without a gallery. And those that have galleries will be expanded. In the Bronx, three more galleries will be expanded; Morrison Avenue - Soundview (IRT Pelham Line), Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) and Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) will be expanded. In Queens, I've got new images for Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), although not necessarily the ones I was looking for, and I've got some new stuff for New Rochelle (Metro-North station) as well as some non-railroad related sites in New Rochelle. I also have an old synagogue in Soundview, Bronx that's on the National Register of Historic Places which is now a church. Jim Henderson should know which one I'm talking about. All I need to do is work from a computer that doesn't prevent me from sorting out images in groups. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 23:02, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
There are many links on nycsubway.org that are going dead, as the website is merging all its content onto pages about the lines (e.g. this page for Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) is deleted, but you can still find the station description here). What should we do about the nycsubway.org links? Epic Genius ( talk) 23:20, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article New York City transit fares is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New York City transit fares until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. epic genius ( talk) 02:13, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
Here are several updates from the Cortlandt Street (IRT) construction: 9.10.15, 9.18.15, 10.16.15. Maybe somebody could use them in the article. Vcohen ( talk) 19:01, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
I am thinking of moving the trolley links in "External links" section to the dedicated article about the terminal, at Lowline (park). What do other editors think of this? epic genius ( talk) 16:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
I have helped make the Staten Island Railway article into a good article. Could someone help assess the article to help it become A class status. From my talk page
The article
Staten Island Railway you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:Staten Island Railway for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can
nominate it to appear in Did you know.
Epic Genius (
talk) 16:42, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you so much for helping! I appreciate it. --
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 19:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Also, what would it take to have the article become A class? --
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 19:27, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Kew Gardens 613: According to this,For WikiProjects without a formal A-Class review process, the proposal to promote to A-Class should be made on the article's talk page. To be granted, the proposal should be supported by two uninvolved editors, with no significant opposes. The review should also be noted on the project's discussion page.So open up a discussion at Talk:Staten Island Railway and then ask for consensus. You may also want to notify WP:NYCPT.
(Also, in case you're wondering, it may need a little more work to promote to FA-class. By "little" I mean a little more than a little.) Epic Genius ( talk) 19:54, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 15:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Is anybody going to work on any Staten Island-related trolley articles? Aside from the List of streetcar lines in Staten Island and the proposed Staten Island light rail, I don't see too much of anything there. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 13:39, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Apparently there's an abandoned South Bronx railway line running from Melrose Avenue/163rd Street to Southern Boulevard/141st Street. [2]. Anyone know what the name of this spur is? epic genius ( talk) 13:43, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
A new user named Michael0Latham has just started adding some new details to many Metro-North stations, but one in particular is supposed to be for the proposed Penn Station Access project at New Rochelle (Metro-North station), which currently has the western terminus at Grand Central, just like the existing New Haven Line. Perhaps we should add a new S-Line for that project and a better name. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:24, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Based on how the AfD is going, it does not look like the article will be deleted, so after it closes, would anyone object to me removing the entire Current fares section? It seems that is the biggest reason why the articled was nominated as it totally violates WP:NOTGUIDE and even without it, the article would still be good. The Legendary Ranger ( talk) 23:44, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
My wrist is still broken, but I'm going to give you people some details about my activities during the September 2015 photographic rampage, specifically on the Long Island Rail Road.
The day after the WikiWednesday, I got a pic of the former
Corona (LIRR station), although I almost lost the chance to get it, then I tried to get some extra pics of
Valley Stream (LIRR station) and eventually got the former
Hagerman (LIRR station), although I mistakenly took one of the grade crossing west of there. The next day, I snapped all pics of the stations on the
North Fork, and some others nearby. The day of my east end rampage, I got the second freight house at the former
Calverton (LIRR station), then snapped some additional
Railroad Museum of Long Island pics near
Riverhead (LIRR station). I later got not one but three former produce storage facilities at
Mattituck (LIRR station) and expanded
Greenport (LIRR station) On the way back from the Orient Pont ferry port (no, I didn't take a ferry), I was able to build a massive gallery for
Southold (LIRR station), but then I worked my way west through the sites of more former stations such as
Peconic (LIRR station), barely captured
Cutchogue (LIRR station) (I actually thought a nearby restaurant might've been part of it, for some reason), luckily snagged
Laurel (LIRR station), which I almost thought was an error of my attempt to seek
Jamesport (LIRR station), and finally grabbed the site of
Aquebogue (LIRR station). The same day, I drove around to the South Fork, and was lucky enough to get
Water Mill (LIRR station) and finally made a gallery for
Bridgehampton (LIRR station) along with the site of the former junction with the
Sag Harbor Branch. I know
User:Mitchazenia took one of Bridgehampton around the same time he took some of
Quogue (LIRR station),
Amagansett (LIRR station) and others, but he never posted it here. The commons gallery is open to you, Adam.
The day after this, I snagged some pics of the vicinity of the former
Eastport (LIRR station) but never got one of the station house. I was able to get an extra one of the
Speonk Trackside Café, though. The next day, I got a few from the former
Holbrook (LIRR station),
Holtsville (LIRR station) as well as
Manorville (LIRR station) after finding one pic of what I thought was Manorville Station turned out to be a long-standing private home. I even got the chance to expand
Stony Brook (LIRR station).
The day I finally took a bunch of pictures of
Carle Place (LIRR station), thus officially rendering all active LIRR stations fully illustrated. What I also wanted to do was take a train from Garden City Station and get some pics of
Stewart Manor (LIRR station) for it's pedestrian tunnel, then walk back to
Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) for it's brick parking lot, then take the train to Jamaica, and catch a J train to Richmond Hill where I could catch some ground-level views of the
former station, as well as the
RKO Keith's Theater. Unfortunately, Garden City station is where I ended up breaking my wrist... all because my damn ticket fell out of my pocket!!! Needless to say, those images of Nassau Boulevard, Stewart Manor, and Richmond Hill stations are still needed, not to mention former stations like
Mill Neck (LIRR station) and
Shinnecock Hills (LIRR station). I don't know if anybody here can capture them, but I know I won't be able to for at least several months. But hey, at least I was able to fully illustrate all the active LIRR stations. ---------
User:DanTD (
talk)
04:51, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Yesterday I removed a few statements which made the claim that 10 open gangway cars are part of the R-211 order on the R-211 order page. It has been reverted twice, once without explanation, once by somebody else, stating "It is in the source" I have seen no source which claims that the Open gangway cars are part of the R-211 order. The cited source makes no such claim.
Applicable quotes from the source: " New York City Transit proposes to invest $2.956 billion for 940 new 60-foot R-211 railcars and 10 new open-gangway prototype cars that will replace the R-46 class on the B division" "The proposed 2015-2019 Capital Program includes the purchase of 940 R-211 railcars, 10 open-gangway prototype cars and 1,391 buses" If we were to take this sentence as meaning the R-211 order includes open gangway prototype cars, that also would mean it includes 1,391 buses! In reality, it means neither. The 940 60-foot cars are the R-211 order, while the 10 open gangway cars and 1,391 buses are both other independent orders. They have different budget lines later on in the cited source too.
I have removed the source as it contradicts the claim, and have added a "cite source" tag to statements making the claim that these have anything to do with the R-211.
I want to be clear about what I am saying: I am NOT making the claim that the MTA does not intend to order 10 open gangway cars for the B division. I am making the claim that they are not connected to the R-211 order at all. I have seen not a single source which contradicts my understanding here.
Unless people protest, I will re-remove the statement in a few days if no source (which actually states these open gangway cars are R-211s) is added. 216.165.95.67 ( talk) 14:58, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Almost every NYC subway station article I come across has an external link (some of them have several) to a page on the Station Reporter website. It appears that that site has been deleted because it is no longer at stationreporter.net. Right now I'm marking them with {{ dead link}}. If the site moved to a new location (which I don't see in a couple of quick searches), the links need to be updated, otherwise, they should be deleted. Slambo (Speak) 18:10, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
I found a website about a proposed "Freedom Ticket" here. It looks like it belongs in the New York City transit fares, Long Island Rail Road, or Metro-North Railroad articles, but I am not sure exactly which, if any article, is this reference appropriate for. epicgenius ( talk) 22:06, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
Okay, who can identify any of these passenger cars from New Jersey Transit? I'm going to go out on a limb and say they're all GE Arrows, but I need some real proof either way. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 13:58, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
I've got a sandbox for the "Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line" trolley. Does anybody have any extra info they can add for it? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 06:32, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, any particular reason why {{ color}} is being used to color the stylized title of +selectbusservice on the Select Bus Service article? [3] I assume it is an attempt to include a stylized rendition of their logo. However, especially with the silver-colored "service", it is more difficult to read. I think these were some of the WP:ACCESS issues we were trying to avoid when consensus was made on Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Colors and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting#Color: not to color prose text like that. Thanks. Zzyzx11 ( talk) 01:18, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
The MTA plans to fully close 30 subway stations for 6 to 12 months for renovation in the near future. ( Source) Should this info be added to the articles about the affected stations now, or when they are closed? epicgenius ( talk) 00:32, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Once firm information is available - even if it's well before the closure - then it's worth updating. Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 02:23, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Aw, man! How do we categorize this? Somebody from MTA took a bunch of pictures from Corona with the title "CTA Mets Pizza Bet Delivery," involving the Chicago Transit Authority delivering Chicago Pizzas to a homeless shelter there. Judging from the geotags of those pics, the place is on 112th Street northeast of 111th Street (IRT Flushing Line), but has nothing to do with anything related to that station, or anything else involving the MTA. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:06, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
The article is in really bad shape, and I don't know where to start to improve it. If possible could someone help me fix it up. Thanks. -- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 00:58, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Several sections including fares, and the lines sections have barely any info and no sources. That should be fixed somehow.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 13:42, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
thanks!-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 14:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
I'd just quickly comment hat the lines section is intentionally brief as each of the lines has its own article, so only a short overview (per WP:SUMMARY) is in the main article. I'd also note that "Metro-North" is a hyphen, not a dash. oknazevad ( talk) 17:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
These images are categorized in the commons:Category:Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line) category.
I don't see the station in them. Does anybody see it? Vcohen ( talk) 13:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
For years I've bragged about the Google Street View of 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) from Gerard Avenue, and finally got my chance to get a picture from there in November 2014, despite the fact that it didn't live up to my expectations. However shortly after taking and uploading this picture, I thought of another possible view of the station, specifically one block west from Jerome Avenue itself. I was thinking a good ideas would've been to take it from the corner of Edward L. Grant Highway, and you wouldn't have to stand in the middle of traffic for this one either. Two other shots I have considered were at Walton Avenue, and above the western portal of the 167th Street tunnel under Grand Concourse, however those seem a little too distant to me. In the meantime, I still have an interior shot of a "Path Through History" poster at the station, that I've been keeping unposted out of WP:Copyvio fears. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 14:24, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Holy hell. Aside of the fact that this is too large, none of the NYCRR stations or Erie stations should even be in there. Most of these never saw Metro-North, such as Arden Erie, stuff north of Poughkeepsie, north of Wassaic, etc. Mitch32( I can have oodles of charm when I want to.) 20:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Anyway, I and an IP have gone ahead and cleaned out the non-MNRR clutter. Mitch32( I can have oodles of charm when I want to.) 23:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
This station has one platform in use and two not in use. I suppose the platform in use is on the right in the photo. Why do I see somebody's hand on the left platform? Vcohen ( talk) 12:02, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
It looks like a maintenance worker's glove to me, but I can't really make it out. epicgenius ( talk) 16:13, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I suggest this for the following reasons:
1. The page includes a substantial amount of information about the old wayside block signalling system in place throughout most of the system.
2. The rest of this page is about CBTC, and CBTC is not simply automation- it is a new signalling system which enables partial automation. CBTC in the MTA's current and planned installations still requires operating personnel onboard the trains.
3. There is no page for NYCS Signals, which is certainly a broader and more notable subject than an "automation", especially one which is not really happening.
To briefly summarize, Signalling as a whole is the topic that this page is currently describing, despite its title. This has been renamed before and reverted for no reason that I see.
(I have previously posted this on the Automation talk page, but it does not appear as if anybody goes there.) 2604:2000:C689:9700:A892:491F:B6AD:305F ( talk) 03:24, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Automation_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Requested move 22 January 2016. Thanks.
epicgenius (
talk)
04:08, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Main_Line_(NJ_Transit)#Requested_move_23_January_2016. Thanks.
epicgenius (
talk)
02:50, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
I'm sure some of you know I've been working on a navbox for the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation for a good year and a half. Does anybody feel like adding it to the main page, and editing the thing whenever necessary, as the rest of you suggested about the Template:NYC streetcar transit a while back? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 18:07, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Once the snow is cleared from the streets, highways and rails, is anybody going to expand the galleries of the Brooklyn Six? By that I mean Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line), Cleveland Street (BMT Jamaica Line), President Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), Winthrop Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line), and Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line). Also, in the Bronx, you've got Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line), Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line), and 174th–175th Streets (IND Concourse Line). Unless I snag these on my next NYC vacation (whenever that is), these stations should be put on the next Wikipedia Takes the Subways event, if another one is organized. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:34, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
There's now an article on this proposed streetcar line. Would anyone like to expand the article? epicgenius ( talk) 14:58, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
Someone else has initiated a review on the New York City Subway article, and I could use some help on meeting the reviewers requests. Thanks. -- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 01:24, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
The MTA's Flickr page claims that the New York City Transit Sign Shops are in Prospect Heights, however the geotag places the site at Nassau Brewing Company in Crown Heights. Something's not right here, and FYI, I was looking for evidence of the sign shop during my Brooklyn pic spree in September 2015. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
References
I've started a discussion regarding this article's title. Input is requested and welcome. oknazevad ( talk) 01:11, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Redding (Amtrak station)#Requested move 13 February 2016.
epicgenius (
talk) 18:31, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
epicgenius (
talk)
18:31, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
I have added the information about the change in N, Q and W service to many pages, but more pages many need the information. Thanks. Here is the link. [4]-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 18:39, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Adding the W Subway Line to the system will provide more choices to Queens and Manhattan customers who use the Broadway N SubwayQ SubwayR Subway Lines, as well as allow New York City Transit to prepare for a seamless transition and connection of service between those lines and the Second Avenue Subway. New York City Transit is proposing to hold a public hearing on this service proposal in spring, in order to implement it by fall.epicgenius ( talk) 18:56, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
For a while, we've had more images in the commons category for the East Side Access project, than the MTA commons category. Who knows of a way that it can be diffused? I'd prefer a category that's Queens-specific, but I'd be okay with another one on the Manhattan side too. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 05:45, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 21:13, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Maps#Need_help_updating_a_map_as_per_MOS:COLOR.
epicgenius (
talk)
16:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
You people know I'm still on the quest for M6 (railcar) images, so I'll have to resume asking about non-specific Metro-North EMU's.
There are certainly some others, but I can't decide whether I should post them or not. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 16:43, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what would exactly go inside of it, but information involving the subway cars, track layouts, features of the subway including new on the go kiosks, and various other technological features of the subway. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated. -- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 13:49, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
This was originally posted at User talk:Epicgenius:
Not debating the Chinatown location of Grand St subway station, however, do you really believe it's not in the neighborhood of the Bowery as well? Wikipedia's own entry on
the Bowery lists the neighborhood's borders as, "East 4th Street and the East Village to the north; Canal Street and Chinatown to the south; Allen Street and the Lower East Side to the east; and Little Italy to the west." Grand St subway station is on Grand and Chrystie which falls within the borders of the Bowery neighborhood as defined in the article. Additionally, if you look at
the borders of the Bowery neighborhood on Google Maps, you can see that Bowery station, Grand St station and 2nd Ave station are all within the neighborhood. Not arguing that these wouldn't crisscross with other neighborhoods, but if we're going to use our own and other commonly accepted definitions of the neighborhood's borders, I don't see how one could say they don't fall within the confines of the Bowery.
caz |
speak 20:53, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I'll hold off on editing Grand St and 2nd Ave subway pages until we reach consensus, but my view is that they should both mention that the stations fall within the neighborhood of the Bowery in addition to the other neighborhoods we currently mention.
caz |
speak 20:58, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I would like to have feedback on whether Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line), Bowery (BMT Nassau Street Line), or 2nd Avenue (IND Sixth Avenue Line) should be listed in the Bowery neighborhood. I think only the Bowery station should get such a listing, but I'm not really sure. epicgenius @ 21:05, 4 April 2016 (UTC) ( talk) 21:05, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I almost put this thread in the unidentified locations talk page, but since I already know the location is Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), I though I'd post my question about this blurry 6 train (at least according to the article) in the gallery. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 20:11, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
R142s and R188s don't run on the 6 line. Only R142As. This should solve your problem.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 22:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Westport_station_(Connecticut)#Requested_move_15_April_2016.
epicgenius, presented by reddit.com/r/funny (
talk)
00:39, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello all. I am going to create a category on commons for these images that show creating artificial reefs of old subway cars.
There is an article about such a reef, but that reef is made of Redbirds, while the images clearly show other models, this makes me think that the Redbird Reef is not the only one of the kind. In short, I need a name for the category. Vcohen ( talk) 06:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Comrades, how is this information board called in English? Vcohen ( talk) 18:26, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Has anybody seen my reformatted list of bus routes in the Jamaica Buses article? I'd like to encourage more reformatting of these lists. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 16:59, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
I am developing a draft about a proposed New York City public ferry system at User:Epicgenius/sandbox/2. Anyone is free to add sources as needed. Infinitely Awesome Epic Genius ( talk) 18:24, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
I have nominated the following NYPT articles for good article status:
epicgenius ( talk) 00:52, 27 April 2016 (UTC) (Amended. epicgenius ( talk) 01:02, 28 April 2016 (UTC))
Per this TfD discussion, I've substituted every transclusion of {{ NYCS-bull-small}} (or replaced it with {{ NYCS box}} where appropriate). Should the now-unused template be deleted or just have {{ deprecated}} put at the top to avoid breaking revision history? Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 14:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC) (Pinging Epicgenius, Vcohen and DanTD. Jc86035 ( talk • contribs) Use {{ re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 04:29, 15 May 2016 (UTC))
I just managed to get a dead website called " The Blue Comet.com" archived. Granted it has dead and outdated javascript attachments, but it's still useful for a lot of former New Jersey Transit lines and station, as well as others outside of the coverage of WP:NYPT. How many broken links to this website are still around? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 12:09, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
I am going to create a category on commons for this equipment. Does anybody have an idea how to call it? Vcohen ( talk) 07:33, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Colleagues, help me please to identify the instruments.
Thanks in advance. Vcohen ( talk) 17:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
Yesterday I found and uploaded a photo of a bridge that used to be part of the South Beach Branch. I have already inserted it into the article, but still have two questions. 1. Why does the article call it a trestle? A trestle is supposed to be a frame structure, but that bridge doesn't look like one. 2. Why does the article say it is in South Beach? Google Maps show the whole length of Robin Road in Arrochar, north of South Beach. Vcohen ( talk) 07:46, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
What year is this sign from? It shows the 9 (at Cortlandt Street?) and the brown M at Fulton Street. Does it still exist? Vcohen ( talk) 13:32, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
I didn't want to say anything about this until after my vacation when I was able to capture new images, but the current image for Yaphank (LIRR station) looks like a straight-up WP:COPYVIO, right out of the MTA's website. If I'm wrong, please let me know. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 17:26, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I have found a webpage where there is basically a database dump of all the currently-open NYC Subway and Staten Island Railway entrances. The link is here if anyone needs it. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium, now featuring BB-8 ( talk) 17:58, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
I have excellent news for the world since my recent June 2016 vacation: No New York City Subway station article has a gallery with a single image anymore. I can't say the same for
Staten Island Railway station images though, since I never even went to Staten Island... not even to drive down the
Staten Island Expressway as I drove to and from New Jersey to get to Queens. The Brooklyn Six (
Cleveland Street (BMT Jamaica Line),
Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line),
Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line),
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line),
Winthrop Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), and
President Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)), and the Bronx Three (
Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line),
Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line), and
174th-175th Streets (IND Concourse Line)) are all loaded with images now, and I was able to expand some at
DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line),
Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line),
Burnside Avenue (IRT Jerome Avenue Line),
Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line),
Court Square (New York City Subway) and
Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line). I even added some extra
Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) and
Broadway Junction (IND Fulton Street Line) images. Sadly, the abbreviated pillar signs at
St. Lawrence Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) and
Zerega Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) are gone (although
Castle Hill Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) still has one), and so are the old blue and white porcelain IRT signs at
Saratoga Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)... at least according to an MTA construction worker I talked to at Rockaway Avenue. Therefore I'm considering removing these from the
image request list.
On the
Long Island Rail Road front, thankfully, I was able to capture the former
Mill Neck (LIRR station) and expand stations like
Yaphank (LIRR station),
East Hampton (LIRR station), and
Stewart Manor (LIRR station). I even got a couple of shots of the brick parking lot at
Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) before the battery on my camera died and a local cop go suspicious of me briefly parking my car in their parking lot. Speaking of parking lots, I was able to grab some of the expanded one at
Brentwood (LIRR station), though one got dark, and another got blurry, so I didn't upload those. Unfortunately, three former stations I wanted, I couldn't get.
Hillside (LIRR station) house is surrounded by container trailers,
Bellaire (LIRR station) I drove right under, but never got a chance to snap anything of that one, and
Dunton (LIRR station) I couldn't even get near... and I know how I can get there too. On the other hand, I've got a few extra
Richmond Hill (LIRR station) images coming up, along with some non railroad and subway related Richmond Hill sites.
As for
Metro-North, I was able to expand
Larchmont (Metro-North station), but missed
Mamaroneck (Metro-North station), although I did get a couple of significant former
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway stations along the way in Larchmont and Port Chester. On the
Harlem Line, I got an extra
Hawthorne (Metro-North station) image that's barely like the existing one, finally got some shots of the older freight house north of
Mount Kisco (Metro-North station), and created galleries for
Goldens Bridge (Metro-North station) and
Croton Falls (Metro-North station).
Valhalla (Metro-North station)'s original station house is added to the gallery, the images I have for
Katonah (Metro-North station) might as well be duplicates of the ones that are already there, the ones I'm preparing for
Purdy's (Metro-North station) will require that I cover up some license plates in the parking lot, but
Brewster (Metro-North station) is going to be huge when I get through with it (and for the record, I never saw any
young brunettes with flip hairdos when I was there). Everything between the Yonkers City Line and south of
Tarrytown (Metro-North station) is now loaded, especially
Irvington (Metro-North station). There is
one image from
Hastings-on-Hudson (Metro-North station) that I should've captured, but I completely forgot about that one. I considered going to
Ossining (Metro-North station), but I didn't have enough time in my day for that one, and I thought about getting more for
Ludlow (Metro-North station), but I wanted something other than window shots. On the bright side, I was able to create a small gallery for
Morris Heights (Metro-North station) and spotted the actual platform and station entrance for the
Highbridge Maintenance Facility, although I didn't snap any pictures of the latter.
Well, perhaps unless I find a way to get up to NYC before the end of the year, this may be it for my train and subway station images. Some editors already know the reason for that. I'm leaning more towards concentrating on historic sites, roads, and other interesting sites, but I'm not going to completely stop working on railroad-related material on Wikipedia. ---------
User:DanTD (
talk)
14:00, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Remember when I asked about whether that lighted "To City/From City" sign at Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) was an old relic from the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway? Well, on my way to gathering images for Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) I stopped at Pelham Parkway station and asked a ticket agent about it,... --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 02:41, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
I don't where you got the idea that the unopened part of the Lexington – 63rd Street is a separate station. I think that this is incorrect.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 11:06, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
I will analyze this list:
The following dialogue was originally posted on my talk page. It has been moved here for clarity and for further comments, if any more comments are needed. Specifically, comments on how many stations the MTA forgot to count. Any feedback is appreciated. Kylo, Rey, Finn, BB-8, C-3PO, R2-D2, Poe, Han, Chewie, and Leia Consortium ( talk) 17:23, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
Also, if Lexington-63rd is indeed counted by the MTA as a single station, there will be 475 stations when the Second Avenue Subway opens, not 476 as I thought. We will see, since there would actually be 486 stations by MTA standards (489 when the SAS opens). Kylo, Rey, Finn, BB-8, C-3PO, R2-D2, Poe, Han, Chewie, and Leia Consortium ( talk) 17:29, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
There are some links to www.mta.info/* that have been broken for two years now. Any help to change them to web.mta.info/* would be greatly appreciated. I've started on some. Kylo Ren ( talk) 00:02, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Nearly four years ago, I went on a photographic rampage at Rockville Centre (LIRR station), as well as other parts of the Village of Rockville Centre. Among my pics was one of a sign at the station with the supplemental sign for Molloy College, and a little bit of offensive graffiti. Should I make a new version of that pic without the graffiti? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 22:36, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
I found something unusual while I was updating the article for the Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) station. This street view is from 2007 and has a large censored-out patch right next to the picture of the station entrance (and it is censored out from every other vantage point you can navigate to). There is no alternate street views from this vantage point, and you can't see footage from any other years, as it has been removed. By contrast, you can see footage all the way to 2014 on the surrounding streets. Does anyone know why? This is an unblurred view from almost exactly the same vantage point as the Google Street View is. Otherwise, if no one knows why that building on the right of the station house is censored, this is just an unusual occurrence. Kylo Ren ( talk) 03:26, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
See discussion started at User_talk:Epicgenius#Spaced_dashes by me. Continue here if more needs to be said. We're working toward implementing what the naming conventions have said for the last four years about spaces around dashes. Dicklyon ( talk) 18:38, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I was searching for sources on the MTA website for information about the R110As, and I found this interesting link [ [1]] that I think can be useful for many articles in this wikiproject.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 20:08, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
There is an article on the Q70 bus here, but it doesn't seem to have a picture. I see Q70 buses pass by my bus stop practically every day, but I can't take pictures of Q70 buses – or anything, for that matter – because I don't really have a suitable camera (I don't have my iPad anymore to take pictures with, and my phone has neither memory nor a good camera). Is anyone generous enough to take a picture of the Q70 and post it to Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia? Thanks in advance. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium ( talk) 19:19, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
I am forced to remove a category from the {{ NYCS time 2}} template. The reason is that the {{ NYCS trains}} template is based on counting spaces in {{ NYCS time 2}} (if there is a space in the service list, then it concludes that there are more than one service and returns the word trains, otherwise it returns the word train), and that category unfortunately adds more spaces. We have to solve this problem, till then please see my solution as temporary. Vcohen ( talk) 07:46, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
I just bought the New York City Transit Authority annual reports for 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963. This is a time period often looked over in the history of the subway. Once they arrive, I should be able to add references and historical information from them.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
I have created two animations to illustrate two traffic patterns. What's missing? What's wrong? Vcohen ( talk) 14:08, 4 August 2016 (UTC)