Re: New York Subways [Was: Re: Stuttgart Suburban Train ]

["Quaider" <quaidy@hotmail.com>]

Services are timetabled (in pamplet form, and on their website) and there
are MANY routes, but in effect if you are using a line in Manhatten they are
so frequent you don't need a timetable. Must agree that despite complexity,
it is a very easy system to use, with large signs at the entrance to each
platform and hanging above each platform at track level with detailed
information on what trains stop there. No expensive indicator systems, just
easy to replace (when service patterns change) and informative signs. Large
coloured route numbers/ letters. Never left in mystery as to where to go. A
lead Sydney could take....


"Mitch" <webmaster@nos-pam.mitch.zzn.com> wrote in message
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> New York subway, when I visited in the chilly -6ºC Winter 98.
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> $1.50 per token which allows any travel on Manhattan (and beyond maybe)
> OR a Metrocard which is like a credit/debit travel card
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> You plop your token in or swipe your card and go through a turnstyle.
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> Head down to a platform, either up or down town. You pick a train (there
are
> only 5 or so where i was getting on) which are marked very clearly on the
> front with their letter/number.
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> Doors open, you get on - one decker train with seats against the walls.
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> Doors close, automatically? while a doorbell sounds to warn people and if
> anyone is smooshed, they open again and close.
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> You reach your stop, squeeze out and you go through a turnstyle.
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> As far as I know, there are no timetables because the services are so
> frequent and there are only a couple of different routes.
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> Mitch
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> Neil O'Connor <noc@nospam.acslink.net.au> wrote in message
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> > Last week I was in Stuttgart Germany and rode a suburban train from Rhor
> > to Herrenberg. Excellent train and service! Things I liked:
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