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There should also be signs indicating a lower level. Did you know that the E train stops at the lower level at 50th & 8th Ave? I did not know that. Heck, I didn't even know there was a lower level. I stood around like an idiot for 30 minutes and all C trains kept pulling in to the station. The signs say "E" but on the same board there is the exit sign to the street. Then I decided to walk towards the end of the platform and lo and behold! A staircase to a lower level! When I got downstairs the signs said "C" next to the street exit. If there's one thing that the MTA is great at, it's confusing people!
@ Penn station last year , i used one of the Entrances that i had never used before so it threw me off in terms of the direction so when the next 3 train entered the station i went Downtown instead of uptown.
I got hit by a train before when someone prank pushed me onto a train that just pulled in. I bounced off luckily and got a giant bruise on my arm. A very giant bruise!
Tourist?
I've been riding the subways longer than some of you have been alive.
And there is just no reason in Hell we should have to guess the direction a train is going to come from, other than the lazy, incompetent, unimaginative MTA.
I will try checking for the colored lights again and see if thay make any sense. (Last time I looked, both directions were RED!?????)
If there's one thing that the MTA is great at, it's confusing people!
I think they give their employees classes specializing in it.
I think the RED-GREEN system MAY work. My first try was JUST missing the E train yeaterday (in the F-only station, natch, at 63rd and Lex) and I checked the lights...both red. But after a few moments the one in the forward direction turned green and "there was great rejoicing in the land." If it works consistently I will be very pleased.
I think they give their employees classes specializing in it.
I think the RED-GREEN system MAY work. My first try was JUST missing the E train yeaterday (in the F-only station, natch, at 63rd and Lex) and I checked the lights...both red. But after a few moments the one in the forward direction turned green and "there was great rejoicing in the land." If it works consistently I will be very pleased.
Agreed KefirKing.
I have been riding the subways for years, And honestly never paid any attention to the lights. It uses the red stop green go like traffic above? Interesting.
Tourist?
I've been riding the subways longer than some of you have been alive.
And there is just no reason in Hell we should have to guess the direction a train is going to come from, other than the lazy, incompetent, unimaginative MTA.
I will try checking for the colored lights again and see if thay make any sense. (Last time I looked, both directions were RED!?????)
The signage in the subway is horrible in general--and its confusing at times to everyone, natives and tourists alike. The MTA seems completely uninterested in improving it though, they are spending too much money to pay bus drivers to sit around playing cards.
The signage in the subway is horrible in general--and its confusing at times to everyone, natives and tourists alike. The MTA seems completely uninterested in improving it though, they are spending too much money to pay bus drivers to sit around playing cards.
As long as this type of thing goes on at the MTA, don't expect improvements in anything.
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