User:Kew Gardens 613/Bus and Railroad-Related Projects

This subpage is my list of bus and railroad-related projects so far. It will be expanded whenever I write a new page, or when I have a new idea for a project to work on.

Articles I've Created
Some of these were totally new, while many of them were just redirects that I turned into articles.

Articles that I am especially proud of are in BOLD

Long Island Rail Road
These articles have almost no information, and should be expanded when possible. These are all stubs, or were later merged into other articles. Proper citations should be used, and archives should be consulted for more information. There are copyright violations. I was a younger and less experienced editor then. If you can help edit them, it would be appreciated.

Main Line

 * Aquebogue (LIRR station)
 * Bartlett's (LIRR station)
 * East Yaphank (LIRR station)
 * Fire Place (LIRR station)
 * Hermanville (LIRR station)
 * Jamesport (LIRR station)
 * Laurel (LIRR station)
 * New Cassel (LIRR station)
 * Rockaway Junction (LIRR station) This used to be a redirect, but I made a page out of it.
 * Suffolk (LIRR station)
 * Wampmissic (LIRR station)
 * Westbridge (LIRR station)
 * Willow Tree (LIRR station)

Atlantic Branch:

 * Cedar Manor (LIRR station)

Far Rockaway Branch:

 * Far Rockaway–Lockwood's Grove (NY&R station)

Montauk Branch:

 * Promised Land (LIRR station)
 * Ridgewood (LIRR Lower Montauk station)

Long Beach Branch:

 * Wreck Lead (LIRR station)

Oyster Bay Branch:

 * North Roslyn (LIRR station)

Whitestone Branch:

 * Whitestone Landing (LIRR station)

Evergreen Branch:

 * Fifth Street (LIRR station)
 * Greenpoint (LIRR station)
 * Humboldt Street (LIRR station)
 * Myrtle Avenue (LIRR Evergreen Branch station)
 * Ridgewood (LIRR Evergreen Branch station)

Bushwick Branch:

 * Bushwick (LIRR station)
 * Metropolitan Avenue (LIRR station)
 * South Eighth Street (LIRR station)

Flushing Railroad

 * Maspeth (Flushing Railroad station)

Metro-North Railroad

 * Orange (Metro-North station)

MTA Regional Bus Operations

 * B82 (New York City bus)
 * Q3 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Q10 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Symbol support vote.svg Q17 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Q23 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Q25 and Q34 buses
 * Symbol support vote.png Q26 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Symbol support vote.png Q27 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Q37 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect – MORE HISTORICAL INFORMATION NEEDED
 * Symbol support vote.svg Q46 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Symbol support vote.svg Q64, QM4 and QM44 buses
 * Symbol support vote.svg Q69 and Q100 buses – With Tdorante10
 * Symbol support vote.svg Q70 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect
 * Q74 (New York City bus) – Convert from redirect – FIND MY IMAGE AND ADD IT TO COMMONS AND THE ARTICLE
 * Symbol support vote.svg Q79 (New York City bus)
 * Q99 (New York City bus)
 * Z & M Coach Company

New Jersey Transit

 * Harmon Cove station

New York Central Railroad

 * 59th Street station (New York Central Railroad) –with help from User:Cards84664
 * 72nd Street station (New York Central Railroad) –with help from User:Cards84664
 * 86th Street station (New York Central Railroad) –with help from User:Cards84664
 * 110th Street station (New York Central Railroad) –with help from User:Cards84664
 * Oscawana station
 * Symbol support vote.svg Park Avenue main line

New York City Subway

 * 221st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)


 * R127/R134 (New York City Subway car) – BETTER CITATIONS, AND MORE INFORMATION

Staten Island Railway

 * Symbol support vote.svg History of the Staten Island Railway
 * Mount Loretto Spur
 * Symbol support vote.svg North Shore Branch
 * Port Ivory (Staten Island Railway station)
 * South Beach Branch
 * Travis Branch
 * Woods of Arden (Staten Island Railway station) – MORE INFORMATION

Articles that I have helped with to achieve Good Article status
I have worked with on some of these articles with Epicgenius and Tdorante10 to make them Good Articles. Their work, and my work, is not necessarily only on the Good Article review process, but in preparing for the GAN. I have not nominated all of these articles. I also thank Epicgenius for the DYK nominations that he has done for several of these articles. Following the practice of Tdorante10, the articles that I am especially proud of are in BOLD. I will go back through these articles to address issues that should have been corrected in the GAR process, such as the use of ALLCAPS in citations, the use of SPS in limited applications, the incorrect use of citeweb for newspaper articles, lack of citations in infoboxes, missing issn, and url-access parameters, and other issues. Articles that need to be cleaned up to maintain GA status are underlined.

Long Island Rail Road

 * Brooklyn Manor station —Work of Tdorante10
 * Parkside station —Work of Tdorante10
 * Richmond Hill station (LIRR) — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review
 * Evergreen Branch
 * Kew Gardens (LIRR station)

Metro-North Railroad

 * December 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment — Work of Daniel Case; Daniel Case helped with the review
 * Park Avenue main line
 * Valhalla train crash — Work of Daniel Case; Daniel Case helped with the review

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

 * 370 Jay Street —Work of Tdorante10

New York City Bus

 * MTA Bus Time — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review

Routes

 * B46 (New York City bus) — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review
 * B54 (New York City bus) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Bx12 (New York City bus) — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review


 * Bx15 (New York City bus) — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review
 * M23 (New York City bus) —Work of Epicgenius
 * Q17 (New York City bus) — With help from Tdorante10
 * Q26 (New York City bus)
 * Q27 (New York City bus) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Q35 (New York City bus) — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review
 * Q38 (New York City bus) — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review
 * Q46 (New York City bus)
 * Q64, QM4 and QM44 buses —With Tdorante10
 * Q69 and Q100 buses —With Tdorante10
 * Q72 (New York City bus)‎ —Work of Tdorante10
 * Q79 (New York City bus)
 * Union Turnpike express buses —Work of Tdorante10

New York City Subway

 * 14th Street Tunnel shutdown —Work of Epicgenius
 * New York City Board of Transportation—Work of Tdorante10
 * New York City Subway
 * Signaling of the New York City Subway

Lines

 * 42nd Street Shuttle
 * 63rd Street Lines
 * Archer Avenue lines
 * BMT Fourth Avenue Line
 * BMT Franklin Avenue Line
 * IND Culver Line — Work of Tdorante10
 * IND Queens Boulevard Line
 * IND Sixth Avenue Line — With Epicgenius
 * IND World's Fair Line — Work of Tdorante10
 * IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
 * IRT New Lots Line
 * Steinway Tunnel —Work of Epicgenius

Services

 * 7 (New York City Subway service) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 9 (New York City Subway service) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * B (New York City Subway service) — Nominated by AmericanAir88
 * JFK Express
 * E (New York City Subway service)
 * M (New York City Subway service)
 * R (New York City Subway service) — Nominated by AmericanAir88

Stations

 * 25th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 45th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 53rd Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 59th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 77th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
 * 86th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 145th Street station (IRT Lenox Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 169th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * 181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
 * 181st Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) — With Epicgenius
 * 190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
 * 191st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
 * Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line)
 * Bay Ridge–95th Street station — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Bay Ridge Avenue station — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Bergen Street (IND Culver Line) — Work of Tdorante10
 * Broad Channel (IND Rockaway Line) — Work of Tdorante10
 * Broad Street station (BMT Nassau Street Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Broadway Junction (New York City Subway)
 * Bowling Green station — With Epicgenius
 * Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway) —Work of Epicgenius
 * Court Square–23rd Street (New York City Subway)
 * Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station
 * Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)
 * Flushing–Main Street (IRT Flushing Line) — Work of Tdorante10; Nominated by Epicgenius
 * Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
 * Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street station — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Grand Avenue–Newtown (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
 * Grant Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) — Work of Tdorante10
 * Harlem–148th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
 * Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line) —Work of Tdorante10 and Epicgenius, with additions by me
 * Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway)
 * High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) —Work of Tdorante10 and Epicgenius
 * Hunts Point Avenue station
 * Jackson Avenue station (IRT White Plains Road Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
 * Lexington Avenue–63rd Street (63rd Street Lines)
 * Liberty Avenue station — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Norwood–205th Street (IND Concourse Line)
 * Nostrand Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
 * Parsons Boulevard station
 * Prospect Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) — Epicgenius helped with this review
 * Roosevelt Island (IND 63rd Street Line) —With Epicgenius
 * Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line) —Work of Epicgenius
 * South Ferry/Whitehall Street (New York City Subway)
 * Sutphin Boulevard station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
 * Union Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) Epicgenius helped with this review
 * WTC Cortlandt (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Expansion

 * Program for Action —Work of Tdorante10 and Epicgenius
 * Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway

Staten Island Railway

 * History of the Staten Island Railway
 * North Shore Branch
 * Staten Island Railway

Streetcars

 * Brooklyn–Queens Connector —Work of Epicgenius

Staten Island Railway

 * Staten Island Tunnel

Long Island Rail Road

 * Bellaire station
 * History of the Long Island Rail Road-plenty more to do

Metro-North Railroad

 * Barnum station

Lines

 * IRT Dyre Avenue Line
 * IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
 * Second Avenue Subway

Subway cars

 * R110A (New York City Subway car)
 * R179 (New York City Subway car)

Stations
Various station articles, adding references and updating them based on changes in service patterns.
 * 72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)
 * 96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)

Articles that I want to become Good Articles
Some of these articles would require little work to be done, but others would need historical information filled in or would require additional references. Some are very close to being GA quality and therefore I will/have nominated them to push them over the edge, for others it is clear what needs to be done (better sources, additional historical information), and for others, they will complete a set of articles (like stations on the IND Queens Boulevard Line).

New Jersey

 * Access to the Region's Core
 * Hudson–Bergen Light Rail
 * Secaucus Junction

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

 * Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 * Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Staten Island Railway

 * Arthur Kill station

Metro-North Railroad

 * Harlem Line



Long Island Rail Road

 * Grand Central LIRR terminal
 * History of the Long Island Rail Road
 * Jamaica (LIRR station)
 * Long Island Rail Road

Lines

 * Rockaway Beach Branch

Buses

 * 165th Street Bus Terminal
 * Bus depots of MTA Regional Bus Operations
 * Bus lanes in New York City
 * MTA Regional Bus Operations
 * Select Bus Service

Routes

 * Hillside Avenue buses
 * M14 (New York City bus)
 * M23 (New York City bus)
 * Q10 (New York City bus)
 * Q99 (New York City bus)

New York City Subway

 * History of the New York City Subway
 * New York City Subway stations

Lines

 * Chrystie Street Connection
 * IND Eighth Avenue Line
 * IND Fulton Street Line
 * IND Rockaway Line
 * IRT Eastern Parkway Line
 * IRT Flushing Line - Restart work that was lost
 * IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
 * IRT White Plains Road Line

Services

 * 1 (New York City Subway service)
 * V (New York City Subway service)
 * W (New York City Subway service)

Subway Cars

 * New Technology Train
 * R32 (New York City Subway car)–This is somewhat of a stretch, but these are my favorite subway cars, and I think that it is doable. It will take a lot of work though.

Stations

 * 15th Street–Prospect Park station
 * 36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
 * 59th Street–Columbus Circle station
 * 63rd Drive–Rego Park station
 * 67th Avenue station
 * 68th Street–Hunter College station
 * 96th Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
 * 103rd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
 * 125th Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
 * 125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
 * 168th Street (New York City Subway)
 * Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station
 * Briarwood station
 * Carroll Street station
 * Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street station
 * Clark Street station
 * DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
 * Dyckman Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
 * Eastchester–Dyre Avenue station
 * Elmhurst Avenue station
 * Fort Hamilton Parkway station (IND Culver Line)
 * Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street station
 * Grand Central–42nd Street station
 * Hoyt Street station
 * Intervale Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
 * Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway)—Include information about impact of the 7 station and E F M R station on the surrounding community/development, about the two stations construction and the various projects that integrated them into one station complex, about bus/airport connections, and about station renovation projects
 * Jamaica–Van Wyck station
 * Lexington Avenue/51st Street station
 * Mets–Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)
 * Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station
 * Seventh Avenue station (IND Culver Line)
 * Shepherd Avenue station
 * Van Siclen Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Articles that I want to become Featured Articles

 * 42nd Street Shuttle
 * History of the Staten Island Railway
 * Kew Gardens station (LIRR)
 * New York City Subway
 * Staten Island Railway

Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Create the following article:


 * History of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Staten Island Railway
Create the following articles
 * Clinton Avenue station (Staten Island Railway)
 * Staten Island Railway rolling stock
 * Add sources to History of the Staten Island Railway to corroborate Bommer's claims; add information from the book I took pictures of at SI Museum archive
 * Expand the South Beach Branch article

New York City Subway
Create articles for all closed subway/elevated stations


 * Evergreen Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
 * 230th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Correct dates of the openings of subway stations (BMT Brighton Line), and add references to the articles as many don't have any.


 * Add information on design of stations-tiling, dimensions-platform length/width, materials used, mezzanine descriptions, information on the station's construction, location of station-when it was chosen, platform extensions, station renovations, changes to stations, impact on adjacent neighborhood-development/street changes, fare control areas/token booth(s), changes in ridership

Create the following articles:


 * Manhattan Bridge subway closure
 * 1970s—1980s subway crisis
 * Unification of the New York City Subway
 * Transportation in New York City during World War II?
 * Utica Avenue Subway
 * History of the IND Queens Boulevard Line
 * Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program
 * Details start of the Capital Program, major projects/focuses as part of them; how they got funded, dealmaking

Add information on the line articles; expand them and put in credible sources

Expand New York City Transit fares


 * Add information on historic transfer policies, fare policies, impact of rates of fares (5 cent fare), opposition to fare hikes,

Improve station complex articles such as:


 * Canal Street (New York City Subway)
 * 59th Street–Columbus Circle station — Add IRT history-platform extensions, proposal to convert to an express stop; IND history-center platform; construction of the station; Coliseum proposals to rebuild station with funding; closure of underpass, entrances; service history, add information on interlocking; connection of stations-free transfer

Major rewrite of the elevated line articles-add historical information-newspaper clippings/books

Expand:

Add information on design of subway stations-mezzanines, depth, stairway locations, tiling/mosaics
 * 60th Street Tunnel Connection
 * Early history of the IRT subway
 * More information on design of the IRT, route selection, station spacing, tunnel-construction type, length of stations, signaling, infrastructure-i.e. tracks, width of trains/tunnels, tunnel design-no catwalks initially
 * Independent Subway System
 * Route selection-compete, parallel the BMT/IRT, no transfer connections/avoiding i.e. Downtown Brooklyn/Crosstown,
 * Design-flying junctions, straight lines, subtle curves-i.e. 53rd Street, huge stations 600-660 feet long, i.e. passage between 34th and 42nd, signal design, 60 foot cars, large mezzanines, many entrances
 * Cost of construction/delays, difficulty of construction
 * Impact on surrounding areas, creation of streets/widening for construction, what was done with extra land
 * Holding back of opening of 8th Avenue Line to find an operator-decision for city to operate it
 * New York City Subway rolling stock
 * Change in how railcars are designed-history section, i.e. materials (steel, wooden, etc.), changes in design-seating layout, strength, evolution, door placement, propulsion/braking-decision-making, i.e. 67 vs. 60 feet, width, top speeds
 * Signaling of the New York City Subway
 * Add information on timer signals/changes in the 80s/90s that led to accidents, information on signal modernization/changes, IDENTRA
 * Installation of signaling-changes in signaling design-installation local tracks IRT, later expansion to other locations-express tracks
 * Information on block lengths, changes made to it, impacts on capacity
 * BRT history
 * Buying of different rail companies-information on those companies, purchases, why they were purchased, how they were integrated, improved-grade-separated, stations upgraded, service improved, electrified
 * Dual Contracts
 * Massive expansion to include impact on the creation of the city/development/zoning, growth of neighborhoods, streets built, etc.
 * Details of extensive negotiations, i.e. 722 miles, Peter Derrick
 * Physical description of changes, modifications, i.e. Myrtle Avenue Line, third track, additional staircases
 * Cost/progress on construction work, delays i.e. Nassau
 * Details of lines built-dimensions-height/width, type of construction-elevated-two vs. three track
 * Stop spacing on new lines, selection of route location, i.e. Flushing Line into cornfields, why other routes were not included
 * Impact on the finances of the IRT/BRT- bankrupting five cent fare after WWI inflation
 * Chrystie Street Connection
 * Proposals for the line, underuse of the Manhattan Bridge
 * Importance for the system-integration of the BMT/IND
 * Details of construction, changes track layout, station design
 * IRT Nostrand Avenue Line – With subway extension proposals, information on water infiltration problems at Newkirk/solution, station renovations-platform extensions with added exits
 * IND Crosstown Line — Information on route history, dating to BRT proposals, proposals for a Lafayette Avenue subway by the IRT/BRT, route alignment selection/station design-overbuilt, transfer connections, tons of exits; compete with other lines

Add information on cost of line construction, property takings, proposed alternate routes,

Information on infrastructure of the subway-rail-regular/continuously welded, lighting of stations, substations, third rail, changes in signal design, pump rooms

MTA Regional Bus Operations
Create additional bus articles


 * M34 and M34A buses
 * Q16 (New York City bus)
 * Q30 (New York City bus)/Q31 (New York City bus)
 * Q75 (New York City bus)
 * Q76 (New York City bus)
 * Q77 (New York City bus)
 * Q48 (New York City bus)
 * Q48 (New York City bus)

Redo


 * B61 and B62 buses

Create Bus routes in Queens article from List of bus routes in Queens, with expanded history section to form the basis of the article


 * Description of start of bus/surface transportation in borough, addition of routes-different companies, regulation, Department of Plants and Structures, creation of roads, zone system, route changes, free transfers

History of buses in New York City


 * Start of them, their regulation-fares, stop locations, routes, changes in routes, bus design, fare collection

Expand streetcar articles, add sources

Expand and improve Bus lanes in New York City

Metro-North

 * Expand the Penn Station Access article with historical background, corridor improvements and project information
 * Add information on the history of the New Haven Railroad, i.e. ICC led to disinvestment
 * History of Hudson/New Haven Lines

Redo the following articles:


 * Union Station (New Haven)

Create the following articles for the Penn Station Access project
 * Hunts Point (Metro-North station)
 * Parkchester (Metro-North station)
 * Morris Park (Metro-North station)
 * Co-Op City (Metro-North station)

Create the following articles:


 * History of Metro-North Railroad

Long Island Rail Road

 * Create all remaining abandoned Long Island Rail Road station pages and improve the Long Island Rail Road article
 * History of the Long Island Rail Road
 * Add more information on line improvements-high-level platforms, concrete platforms, electrification, grade crossing elimination, platform extensions, signaling upgrades, changes in service patterns/stopping patterns (train lengthening), changes in station locations-abandonments
 * Add history, from ERA Bulletins, newspaper clippings, etc.
 * Lower Montauk Branch article
 * Expand the Elmhurst (LIRR station) article
 * Expand the Republic (LIRR station) article

PATH (rail system)

 * Use my PATH newsletters to add history for the 1980s and 1990s
 * Information on proposed Plainfield extension
 * Create 28th Street station (H&M) article
 * Create 19th Street station (H&M) article

New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

 * Create articles for all stations, information on their design, the design of the line-electric, grade-separated, straight, beautiful stations, selection of lines-route alignment
 * Create Module:Adjacent stations/New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
 * Expand article with information from books I have-Harwood, Arcara, Bang, add information from Hathitrust/Google Books/newspaper clippings
 * Create an article on rolling stock
 * Create an article on the Westchester Northern

Tasks

 * Update neighborhood maps
 * Add citations for track layouts
 * Add citations from subwaynut
 * Swipe line histories from relevant articles and make sure each subway station article has its own separate history section
 * Update ridership figures in the body of the text
 * Expand citations with MDY dates and correct Cite Web to Cite News