New F Train!

I was waiting for the F subway at 15th Street/Prospect Park Brooklyn this morning and a brand new train came in!  Apparently they were testing it, it had the automated announcements and everything:

To keep people from boarding, they were opening the doors on the wrong side (I shot this photo through the window on the platform side):

 

Off it goes!  I hope to see these on the tracks for real very soon!

Update on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 04:12PM by John Huntington

Wow, the F train is popular, this entry has been linked from Gothamist and Brownstoner and as of 4:14pm Monday there have been 737 unique visitors to this page!

Update on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 09:01AM by John Huntington

Wow, now this entry has also made it onto the Kensington Brooklyn blog, and there are as of this morning more than 1050 hits on this entry!

Comments

[John R]

You made it to Gothamist! Congrats... http://gothamist.com/2008/11/08/new_f_trains_on_the_way.php

[Michael]

I saw the old F trains in the Transit Museum yesterday, really.

[courtley]

i was in one of those. they are a bit more quiet than the regular trains and they tell you what stops coming up next

[Kitrigger]

Forget shiny new trains. Lets get MORE FREQUENT trains for the F line. Why do I have to stand at Jay Street for 10-15 minutes waiting for one F train while five or six A & C trains go by. Then the F platform fills up and I can't even get on the already crowded train.

Or maybe it will go express from 7th Avenue to Church Avenue and i'll have to get off anyway to wait for the next train because I get off on Ft. Hamilton Pkwy

And what's up with those "Due to an earlier incident, F trains are running but the next train is at Broadway Lafayette 7 minutes away"

One more rant before I go:
My A train pulls into Jay Street and there is an F already in the station. The conductor clearly sees this train pull in but closes the doors just as I'm about to get off which makes me miss it by 8 seconds. Now I have to wait 10 minutes for the next one (see above rant)

Thanks

[Pamela]

I actually like the seating arrangement on the old trains better. Am I the only one??