Train Sim World 3 Ind Queens Boulevard Line: B Division Queens Trunk Main Line

Hi guys it's me Driverwoods #1787 and I present my NYC Subway suggestion the IND Queens Blvd Line. This is my first suggestion post for 2023

Contents

• Map
• Description
• Rolling Stock
  • DLC
  • Layers from other subway routes
• Service Pattern
• Pictures
• Videos
  • Train Announcer Voices
• Final Thoughts

Maps

Andrew Lynch vanshnookenraggen track map

Official MTA Weekday Map

Late Night official MTA Map


Description

IND Queens Blvd Line runs from 50th st 8th Ave to Jamaica 179th Street in Queens via 51st street IRT East Side Line Court Square and 74th street Broadway. Followed by Woodhaven Blvd Forrest Hills 71st Ave where the Yard tracks are located and Briarwood Van Wyck where the E train uses the Archer Ave Line opened in 1988 to its final terminal of Jamaica Center Parsons Archer Blvd while the F train runs to Jamaica 179th street opened in 1950. The route is 4 tracks from Queens Plaza to Jamaica 179th St while Queens Plaza to 50th St 8th ave is 2 tracks and is fully underground. The line was built from 1933-1988 including the 53rd st tunnel. The first stop in Manhattan is IRT East Side Line 51st IND Queens Blvd Platforms. The yard for the route is Jamaica Yard.
Rolling Stock

Since this will be made for TSW 3 all training levels will occur at the Training Centre Map does include R211T & R211A. All trains are equipped with Train Stop works the same VBB S-Bahn Berlin Fahrsperre seen on the requested train simulator Classic route S25/S26 Henningsdorf Teltow Stadt Heart of Berlin route followed by CBTC Siemens Trainguard MT and Deadman’s handle.
R160 Subway Car
R160A-2 Alstom

R160B Siemens

R160A-1

Built by Alstom in Hornell, NY and Kawasaki in Yonkers, NY from 2005-2010 these are numbered 8653-8712,9233-9802. R160B Siemens Units are 8843-9102. For the R160B Alstom, they are 8713-8842 9103-9232 9803-9852 9908-9912. Take from TTMG Roster Subway 2021. R160A-1 are 8313-8652 & 9943-9974. CBTC-equipped versions are 8313-8376 L & M trains.

DLC

R211 A & R211T
R211A

R211T go to Reddit NYC Rail
Both are made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries at their Yonkers plant. The key difference is that R211A lacks the gangway connector of the R211T which it has on all 5 cars two of those make 10-car trains. Propulsion is an Alstom ONIX Sydney Metro type. Number wise R211A is 4060-4499 while R211T are 4040-4059


Layers required for Pre CBTC QBL gameplay

R46 was Built by Pulman Standard from 1974-1978 and can be layered from IND 6th & 8th Ave lines & BMT Broadway Lines. These are 75 ft in length. The front is equipped with roll signs while the sides have LCD destination indicators. Comes in from Zeenoz’s 8th ave Line or 6th ave line

Layered From GT2s suggestion the BMT Nassau St Line and BMT Archer St Lines


R143 Built from 2000-2003 by Kawasaki Yonkers, NY uses R142A & R188 propulsion and has a strip map instead of the FIND Displays seen on R160A-1 8 cars and R160A-2 10 cars. Since it has Siemens CBTC installed this will run on the M train service alongside R160A-1 8313-8376 and others.


R32 was Built by Budd Company in 1964 at their Philadelphia PA GOH in 1988-1990 Numbers were 3348-3949. Will run on QBL Pre CBTC timetable with R46 alongside standard R160A-2s. 3360-3361 are museum train paint

Service Pattern

To make this busy as possible this must be done manually by Joe Burgess to avoid LIRR TSW issues. MTA schedules are displayed in 12hr am/pm format which must be converted to TSW 3 24hr format

From the MTA Website Subway section PDF

E train is Express from Queens from 05:53-23:38 then local from 23:50-05:38 in both directions. Some E trains Terminate and Start at Jamaica 179th St due to Jamaica Center Archer Ave's inability to turn around trains during Rush Hours

F train is always Express in the Queens Blvd Line 24/7

M train runs on the route on weekdays only from 05:14 to 20:38 in both ways

R train always runs on the route except for late at night where the E train takes over the local service. Last trip from Forrest Hills 71st Ave to Bay Ridge 95th st from 05:18 to 22:34. Note some Rush Hour Trips run on 2nd Ave line to 96th st-2nd Ave where crosstown M96 bus is provided towards 96th st IRT Westside Line

Pictures

50th st 8th ave Terminus of the Queens Blvd Line

Lexington Ave 53rd st also known as IRT East Side Line 51st. QBL final stop in Manhattan and is a transfer point for the IRT East Side Line

IRT 74th St Broadway also known as QBL Jackson Heights Roosevelt Blvd. Transfer Point to the 7 train and Q47 & Q70 sbs buses to LGA Airport

Forrest Hills 71st ave end of local M & R trains service

Jamaica 179th St F train terminal E train Rush Hours Only endpoint

Kew Gardens Union Turnpike E & F trains split point. Except for Rush Hours where select E trains run to Jamaica 179th st

Archer Ave Branch all are ADA accessible allowing Glasgow to Waverly via Falkirk High working lift feature.
Suthpin Blvd Archer JFK Airport this is the Subway station underneath the LIRR Jamaica Station
has two levels the Upper QBL and Lower BMT Nassau St Line. The picture is the Upper-Level QBL Archer Ave Branch

Jamaica Van Wyck First station on the E train non-Rush Hour service towards Jamaica Center Archer Ave actual terminus. The Mezzanine is above the tracks and skylights are now covered. Nycsubway.org has pictures of when the Skylights are in use 1988-2000s

Jamaica Center Terminus of the E J & Z trains both levels have provisions for extensions. This suggestion sees the upper level. For lower level see GT2 suggestion of BMT Nassau St Line

Videos
Forums have a Max video limit of 5. The first 4 Videos are from the Welcome to Experience channel which is why they can't be viewed here. As mentioned by GT2 on the BMT Nassau St Line proposal.
F train QBL

E train QBL

R train BMT Broadway & QBL

M train QBL & 6th ave

Train Announcement
E,M & R trains Catherine Cowdry some parts have been spliced by the F Train announcer Kathleen Campion. Other voices are Velinda Mitchell and Charlie Pellet known for the Stand Clear of the Closing Doors please voice. All are NYC Subway B division equivalent to German routes in-game announcer Ingo Ruff (Nahverkehr Dresden Bahnstrecke Dresden Chemnitz Werdau Tharandter Rampe Main Spessart Bahn Bremen Oldenburg Hamburg-Lübeck Ruhrgebiet). Video is an E train via the 63rd st tunnel built in the 1970s with a lower level used for LIRR GCT services since January 25th 2023.


Final Thoughts
IND Queens Boulevard should be made for TSW 3 as its first American subway route for various reasons. The first reason is that this will act as the American Equivalent to UK TSW 2 TSW 3 compatible Bakerloo line and secondly it fulfils the community request for an MTA Subway Route. Lastly, this will illustrate the NYC Subway operations 24/7 timetable with the services during the late night being comprised of a Single Local train E train which is express during daytime and evening and the 24/7 express service F train and the potential to merge with IND 8th ave and 6th ave lines and lastly BMT Broadway. Gameplay wise this combines the Bakerloo line underground gameplay south of Queens Park with the Express Track service of GWML London Paddington to Reading TSW 2020 and now TSW 3. Followed by the Branch services of Bahnstrecke Leipzig-Riesa-Dresden Nahverkehr Dresden Meißen S1 S-Bahn Dresden Großenhain Cottbuser Bahnhof RE15 & RB31 RE18 and Birmingham Cross City line Redditch and Bromsgrove services. As a bonus, DTG can sell this suggestion with 6th and 8th ave IND Lines BMT Broadway and Nassau St lines as an NYC Subway East River crossing pack. Overall, this is why IND Queens Blvd Line should be added to TSW 3 as its first American subway route for NYC and North America.