...for a second trip out of 5 already this week, my train this morning (6:20 Islip to Hunterspoint) delayed 25 minutes due to a disabled train somewhere at...
In a message dated 2/1/2006 8:49:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, phurrballe@... writes: ...for a second trip out of 5 already this week, my train this...
Don't worry about it, they'll kiss their own asses as usual, OTP may even go up if they had a long lunch and are feeling good about themselves. Some...
One fact that the LIRR doesn't even attempt to measure is "passenger experience" at stations. The LIRR publishes a shedule time - and most passengers hurry to...
As i sit here reading the posts i cant help wondering...it seems like the LIRR is kind of like the movie "Groundhog Day" where the same thing happens again and...
First of all, if you're deliriously happy riding to work, you got major problems. ;-) Second, a transit operation run by blind monkeys would be better than the...
Everyone I have ever met who has ridden both the LIRR and MNRR says MNRR is better. Their OTP is always higher despite operating in a more northern climate and...
Riding Metro-North daily is like a ray of sunshine compared to riding the LIRR. I've been doing it for over a year now and my biggest complaint is the lack of...
If you don't have anything meaningful to add, why bother replying? What signal problems are fake? Do you have any information to back up that claim? MJ ... ...
Ive ridden the new haven line to my sisters home in westport,connecticut many times,and even this line,which is supposedly the most problematic of MN,is still...
I don't think there is a simple answer (for MDBF). While they are both run by the MTA, they are two very different entities. The electric gear is the same,...
"as usual your comments are interesting and informative. one thing u mentioned is "standardize the work rules" how can that happen if there are so many...
hi mike, one other thing you forgot to mention in your previous posts: MNRR operates at far higher speeds than does the LIRR. case in point...my cousin...
Mike, maybe you can help with this one. A MNRR guy was telling me that they have so much equipment and so much track space in GCT that their trains (not...
The idling might make sense if the only difference was MTBF - time between failures. However MNRR gets more miles between failures. The actual indicator is...
Different unions is EXACTLY what makes it so difficult. MJ ... From: LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mr beach...
More down time also means more time for repair and maintainence. MNRR has time to fix the little problems that eventually become big problems. When the speed...
In a message dated 2/1/2006 11:19:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, yomf@... writes: However MNRR gets more miles between failures. The actual indicator is...
So if you run something 1000 miles in 3 days or 1000 miles in 14 days, that makes no difference? If there is more down time, there is less of a chance of...
I think a lot of it has to do with bad scheduling. Case in point: On Monday, I was on the 6:01 out of Penn. It left at least four minutes let, but I believe...
I didn't mention the speed difference (along with cleaner bathrooms that work) because I was trying not to "pile on" all of the benefits. Let's compare two...
That's not entirely true. MN runs (basically) the same EMU equipment with short distances. On the electric portion of the Hudson Line, there are 18 stops in...
By that logic, NYC Transit should have worse MDBF, but theirs is almost triple that of the LIRR. Steve Wechsler Sybase/SQL Server Database Administrator ...
Yes, I believe there are a few electric trains that sit in GCT during the day, but that (IMO) has a lot of that has to do with making and braking trainsets....
That's not entirely true. MN runs (basically) the same EMU equipment with short distances. On the electric portion of the Hudson Line, there are 18 stops in...
Another possoble difference--more tracks on MNRR. I know on the Hudson line there are 4 tracks all the way to Poughkipsie. MN shares the right of way with...
It depends on the car and it depends on the line, but most will break 30 at more than one point during their run. But even at 1 MPH, 140k+ between failures is...
One of the reasons why MNRR is generally acknowledged as being better than the LIRR is not because they are a quantum leap better than the LIRR - but that most...
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