Talk:B (New York City Subway service)

Two Stations with Same Name
It says in the article that the has two stations with the same name, Seventh Avenue. I think that's wrong, but I'm not sure. Doesn't the Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn have service by the ? I know that the Seventh avenue station in Manhattan is correct, however. Maybe it used to be like that, perhaps a change in routing is to blame, but if you know the answer, please correct the article.

There is a 7th Avenue for the F, but it's not the same as the one on the B and Q. In other words, there are two "7th Avenue" stations in Brooklyn. 165.155.128.133 15:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Whoever is making any stupid Sept. 9, 2006 subway changes to these articles should stop! It is getting annoying, and is unverified. If the MTA doesn't say this, IT SHOULDN'T BE ADDED!!! --imdanumber1 22:51, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Duplicate Photos
Why is this duplicate photo continually added?



The R68A photo is very poor quality, overexposed with a strange sun streaks AND the exact same angle as the R68 photo. Can someone please take a better photo of an R68A serving the B to replace this one? Acps110 (talk) 16:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Dude, if you look carefully, they are not the same. Besides, one is an R68, while the other is an R68A.--Davidng913 (talk) 13:43, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

57th Street Terminal
The history section of the article seems to be missing the period (I believe beginning in 1968 and going at least through the 1970s, maybe 1980s) when the B terminated at 57th Street during non-rush hours and was extended to 168th Street only during rush hours. I believe during that period that at night it just ran as a shuttle in Brooklyn, but I am not certain. Rlendog (talk) 01:43, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Adding Line Reconstruction to History Section
Now that the reconstruction project is almost over, it should be added to the history section. When did the express service suspension begin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Level Crossing (talk • contribs) 02:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * We will just edit it in when it is actually over. No point of editing it early since it would probably be reverted by other editors as Wikipedia is about the current and not the predicted future.-- iGeM  iN  ix  02:52, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

"Sixth Avenue Express"?
Technically the B train is the "Central Park West Local/Sixth Avenue Express". Everytime I put the correct information in, someone takes it out. If you don't believe me, look at the MTA official B line page: http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/bline.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keither754 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Central Park West is not a trunk line. Please stop inserting it. Only the trunk line is the name of a service. Acps110 (talk • contribs) 22:24, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Please feel free to look at the MTA official B line web page:
 * http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/bline.htm
 * What the heck is a "trunk line"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keither754 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * A "trunk line" is the line that determines the color of the route bullet. For example, the B, D, F, M are colored orange because they run on the IND Sixth Avenue Line, the A, C, E are colored blue because they run on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, the 1, 2, 3 are colored red because they run on the IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line, and so forth. The Central Park West Line is part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line and therefore, cannot be considered a trunk line (otherwise, the B and D logos would be half orange, half blue). Also, other official MTA subway line pages show different designations than the service guide (which is what we go by for designation services), including the F train timetable, M train, R train and 6 express, so what makes the B different? Why do you keep editing this page, but not the others? The Legendary Ranger (talk) 00:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Just because something is not online does not make it unreliable
You reverted some of my additions to the article saying "useless and broken citation" and "trivial information with no reliable source." These are from service change fliers in my collection of transit memorabilia. These are as official as the documents uploaded to Joe Korman's site. Just because something s not online does not make it unreliable. Thank you for understanding. --Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 01:51, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

The citations I removed had no original url and could not be traced to a certain source. They had parameter issues. I apologize if I removed anything you intended to keep. Feel free to re-add citations you feel were necessary. I kept the Joe Korman cites, but removed the cites with a missing "url=" Thank you AmericanAir88(talk) 01:54, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

My point still stands. There are so many great resources in libraries and archives that have not been digitized and are not online. Would you just remove these citations? Also, if I add something to an article, I intend it to be there. --Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 01:58, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

I agree with your point. My mistake. Feel free to revert and add what you think is necessary. No arguments. Thank you. AmericanAir88(talk) 02:07, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

In popular culture section
An "in popular section" was added in this edit yesterday. I reverted hat addition because it not only lacked reliable sources but also was trivia. It was re-added today with sources, but I do not think it satisfies MOS:POPCULT:

"In season 3, episode 4 of Futurama—The Luck of the Fryish—Bender imitates a Brooklyn-bound B train while visiting "Old New York"."

MOS:POPCULT says: Cultural references about a subject should not be included simply because they exist. Rather, all such references should be discussed in at least one reliable secondary or tertiary source which specifically links the cultural item to the subject of the article. This source should cover the subject of the article in some depth; it should not be a source that merely mentions the subject's appearance in a movie, song, television show, or other cultural item.. My objection to this addition is twofold. First, at least one of the cited sources (a wiki) is not reliable, while the other source is a transcript and so is not a secondary or tertiary source. Second, I have watched this particular episode of Futurama before, and the episode literally "merely mentions the subject's appearance" (Bender pretended to be a B train stopping wherever he felt like). It is for these reasons that I've removed this section again. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:30, 29 June 2022 (UTC)