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The rats can tell the difference between a regular subway train and the garbage train? LOL

Seriously, how about the rats inside the bag? How do the crews know when they lift it they're not going to get bit? Do they wear protective gear?

This is a serious question. Over the past month or so I've caught an uptown No.1 train from the W.23rd St station several times, usually late in the evening. Since I'm headed for the shuttle at Times Sq I like to get on the head car (usually several other people do this too at 23rd St.). Lately ther...

I was thinking of this thread Saturday night when I decided to make an impromptu tour of the HBLR. I went from Hoboken to Lincoln Harbor and return, then down to 22nd St and back to Newport-Pavonia. I bought two one way tickets, one at Hoboken and one at 22nd Street. Paying $1.75 to ride up to Linco...

You know what they need - and I'm very surprised they don't have it - a single-trip card with connection to HBLR. But the smartcards are coming, right? The machines at WTC do have round-trip cards. But not single ride. The Port Authority runs a good service, but does anyone besides me find them some...

what's annoying to me about using a pay-per-ride MetroCard on PATH is you wind up with an odd amount left on your card. Last time it happened I decided to ask an NYCT station clerk at the Penn Station A-B-E booth if she could "even it out" for me. She said that the difficulty is, if you ad...

I was thinking more of an entranceway on the south end of the concourse, not extending the PATH tracks. Maybe a pair of escalators and a brightly lit corridor leading to the present underground train area. Located somewhere around - I guess Tk 16 - near the entrance to the ferry. Mostly to seperate ...

I'm posting this comment here since this is being discussed. I'm an occasional rider of HBLR, usually from Jersey Avenue to Hoboken. I find the service is pretty good. I too have sometimes gotten off at Newport-Pavonia to get an Uptown PATH train but unless I'm in a real hurry I prefer Hoboken. Part...

jnewman wrote:I usually go out of Broad St. Elizabeth.

Jnewman I read your message where you mention the express trains whizzing past your station while you're stuck waiting for a local. I'm curious what station you ride from. I don't think you said. Tommy

Silverliner I think WMATA has a policy requiring operators to run manual one day a week. It was one of the recommendations the Natl Transp Safety Board made following the Shady Grove collision and derailment of a few years back. That's interesting about PATCO cars having a start button. I didn't kno...

I read that the operator of the lead train, the one that got out of control and rolled backwards, has been fired "due to his actions." But none of the news stories I read explained what those actions were. Does anyone know? This accident is so unusual. I can't think of another incident whe...

I've ridden the R6 to Cynwyd and it's a fun ride. I like the ascent up the flyover at 52d Street. Last time I saw it, it departed Suburban Station on one of the stub tracks, 6 I think, and I'd like to catch it there. The two trains I saw were both one car and barely half full. As someone mentioned, ...

Tom I couldn't find the press release in the headline listings for the board's decision to build a Newark Airport link. Do you recall the date? I wonder if they will ever revive the plan of some 30 years ago to extend PATH beyond the airport to Elizabeth and then west along the old CNJ right of way?...