First Day of R179 (M) Train Operation!

[@curiousobserver365-hg5dj]

the R179 looks so much cleaner on the M line compared to the previous R160’s Ngl 💯🔥

[@FuseguyisCool]

@curiousobserver365-hg5dj it does but the announcements tho 😭

[@gelatin3613]

they made a huge mistake making such a spliced announcement

[@FDNYResponder2024]

I think r179 might replace the R160 for the F and M.

[@KingofGamingAndTrains456]

Nice to see something that isn't an R160 on QBL for the first time since the R46's left in 2020.

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@KingofGamingAndTrains456 Right, but the R160s operate better tbh

[@camacakegd3714]

Since I go to college in Long Island, I haven’t kept up with MTA since the summer - wtf going on in NYC bro? 😭 I heard there’s an R179 F train too

[@oeleyinafe]

They are testing out CBTC operation on Hillside, Queens Boulevard, and Culver for its eventual operation via Eighth Avenue, Fulton, the Liberty Avenue Elevated and the Rockaway lines.

[@2235-j8l]

Oh the M had a glowup fr.

[@TransitFans]

This R179 looks squeaky clean on the M

[@YummyF0OD]

those slow announcements are killing it

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@YummyF0OD Indeed 😭

[@MTAEnthusiast2222]

What a downgrade those announcements are so slow and delayed on a busy corridor….. R160’s are much better since they have faster announcements, CBTC, digital advertising, etc….. Queens Blvd should stay 100% R160’s forever since they’ve proven incredibly reliable, and efficient on that corridor for the past 5 years.(Anyone who says otherwise is still mad about the 2019-2020 fleet swap between Coney Island and Jamaica.)

[@FuseguyisCool]

@MTAEnthusiast2222 Yeah, facts. R160s on the Delta would look nice though 😂

[@gioswing]

GODLY M TRAIN FR BRO

[@louisianafriesss]

Yall prolly only like the M now cause it has 179s 😂

[@ishrakkhan5541]

m train is not godly even with new car assignment lol

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@gioswing Nah, the E is lol

[@gelatin3613]

the F is the worst out of all QBL

[@ishrakkhan5541]

@@FuseguyisCool @gelatin3613 the E is actually one of the most useful and fastest lines in not just QBL, but the entire system LOL. The F can be the same, except in Brooklyn where it fails. If I were to choose what’s the worst on QBL, it has to be the R without any explanation. I’m sure anyone will agree.

[@Rflv26]

so the r179 will be leaving the a/c lines?

[@FuseguyisCool]

@Rflv26 definitely not. The R179 10 car will run on the A and the C and J will definitely continue to use 8 car R179s.

[@clydepk3067]

Apparently there is a 10 car set being set to Jamaica. Imagine r179 F!!!!?

[@Phineascharles10]

There's a lot of rumors that there gonna transfer the 10 car R179s to Jamaica yard and use them on the E F and R

[@amazing50000]

@@Phineascharles10 What a minute, the Jamaica Yard has over 1,200 R160 subway cars and yet Jamaica are going to even more with the R179s? Is the V Train coming back or something?

[@Phineascharles10]

@@amazing50000 no someone said that however I do find it hard to believe though more transfers might be happening though cause currently there is a 10 car r179 at Jamaica yard oos

[@amazing50000]

@@Phineascharles10 Ok got it.

[@FuseguyisCool]

@clydepk3067 yup. A 10 car set, 3248-3252 and I'm unaware of the other 5, was transferred to Jamaica Yard on Wednesday I beleive. But we have yet to see it run. My guess is definitely Monday into sometime next week...

[@rpm_asphalt9railfanner762]

Pro: The train is clean and new Cons: The next stop is announcement and how is it possible to ran to an CBTC route

[@clydepk3067]

R179s had cbtc for a while now

[@railfanner-MaxPlati]

CBTC has nothing to do with a trains announcements just fyi.

[@FuseguyisCool]

@rpm_asphalt9railfanner762 yes it is new but the R179s have had CBTC tech implemented in their cabs.

[@westwerwine829]

Well it's more shiny than having R160

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@westwerwine829 yeah, but R160 > announcements

[@gelatin3613]

im gonna have to find this r179 on the M

[@FuseguyisCool]

@gelatin3613 surprisingly it ran on Wednesday and yesterday but was taken OOS today, idk why.

[@rvouzs2x]

is this permanent?

[@shadow_ruisu]

Yes, the R211s are displacing the r179s on the A/C routes

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@rvouzs2x nah, the R179s are only here to test CBTC technology and perhaps, ATO.

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@shadow_ruisu no. R179 A 10 car will be here to stay. And R179 J and C 8 car will also be here to stay.

[@MikeyGamer8939]

Don’t forget the Z, too.

[@Fr3ddyFaz]

Dayum I looked cooked in the vid 😞

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@Fr3ddyFaz 😂

[@Fr3ddyFaz]

@ Bru I was the kid in red 😭😭😭

[@gioswing]

idc what anybody says abt the M

[@FuseguyisCool]

@@gioswing the M is meh, the R160s are good though.

[@rpm_asphalt9railfanner762]

Pro: The train is clean and new Cons: The next stop is announcement and how is it possible to ran to an CBTC route