Timetable Test

Bunched trains · New York · Sat Oct 10

Two D trains 2 min apart

At 174-175 Sts, toward Norwood-205 St, between 1:59 am and 2:01 am. The schedule called for a train every 20 min.

Line
D train
Station
174-175 Sts (station D08)
Direction
toward Norwood-205 St
Train before
train 1D 0021+ STL/205, passed 1:59:39 am
Train after
train 1D 0037+ STL/205, passed 2:01:39 am
Gap
2 min (120 s)
Scheduled gap
20 min
Collector
running the whole time

Scheduled against seen

Each tick is a train at 174-175 Sts toward Norwood-205 St. The two trains either side of the bunch are labeled.

ScheduledSeen1D 0021+ S1D 0037+ S1:30 am1:45 am2:00 am2:15 am2:30 am2 min gap

What the MTA feed said

The MTA feed reports each train's next stop. A train has passed 174-175 Sts when its next stop moves past it.

SnapshotTrain 1D 0021+ STL/205 (before)Train 1D 0037+ STL/205 (after)
1:58:09 amnext stop 174-175 Stsnext stop 167 St
1:59:09 amnext stop 174-175 Stsnext stop 170 St
2:00:09 amnext stop Tremont Avnext stop 170 St
2:01:09 amnext stop 182-183 Stsnext stop 174-175 Sts
2:02:09 amnext stop 182-183 Stsnext stop Tremont Av
2:03:09 amnext stop Fordham Rdnext stop Tremont Av

Showing 6 of 6 snapshots in the gap. The full record, every train on the line minute by minute, is in 2026-10-10-d-bunch-93699.json.

Check it yourself

Scheduled times come from the MTA's supplemented GTFS schedule for Sat Oct 10. Positions come from the MTA feed, polled once a minute. The raw records above are exactly what MTA's servers returned. How the numbers are worked out.