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Category Archives: Making Sense of the NYC Subway
Helpful Tips For Riding The NYC Subway
The New York City Subway is one of the most complex and busiest subway systems in the world, up there with Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Moscow. How do we New Yorkers do it every day? (Well, most of us … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Series, Making Sense of the NYC Subway
Tagged growth, MTA, NYCT, population, rails, ridership, subway, tips, trains, tricks
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Reasons Trains are Delayed
As New Yorkers, we have all ridden the New York City subway and realized that as dynamic and expansive of a system we have, there are going to be delays and hiccups. It’s almost as routine as showering and shaving … Continue reading
Delayed Because of Train Traffic
“Ladies and Gentlemen, we are delayed because of train traffic ahead of us. We apologize for any inconvenience.” This is quite the loaded phrase, and many people hear it, on non-tech trains and tech trains alike, but more so on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Series, Making Sense of the NYC Subway, NYC Subway, US Transit
Tagged Ave of Americas, crosstown, Culver, delays, Lex, MTA, New York, NYC, NYCT, passenger trains, Queens Blvd, subway, train traffic, trains, transit, underground, work trains
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Please Use All Available Doors
This is a phrase used by subway conductors very often to let passengers know that the train doors are about to close and you need to be either on or off the train. Most subway trains in New York City … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Series, Making Sense of the NYC Subway, NYC Subway, US Transit
Tagged 10-car, 60-foot, 75-foot, 8-car, A division, B division, cutout, doors, Metro, MTA, New York, New York City, NYC, NYC Subway, NYCT, phrases NYCT uses, please use all available doors, subways, trains, transit
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New Series: Making sense of the NYC Subway
This time around, I have decided to not only continue the Top 5 or 10 lists, though I have Writer’s Block at the moment, I shall start a new series, which will hopefully explain certain phrases heard down in the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Series, Making Sense of the NYC Subway, NYC Subway, Rail Travel, US Transit
Tagged announcements, brooklyn, delays, fares, Manhattan, MTA, New York, NYC Subway, NYCT, Queens, service, subways, the Bronx, trains
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