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I couldn't agree more regarding MTA vs. London Tube! The tube has slightly less passengers/year and fewer stations overall, but it provides a much better user e

by mino 11y ago

I couldn't agree more regarding MTA vs. London Tube! The tube has slightly less passengers/year and fewer stations overall, but it provides a much better user experience despite being older and with greater engineering constraints (the deepest tracks are 60m below ground) [1]. WiFi is already in virtually all stations since years. > Part of that is because they don't run 24 hours allowing maintenance to take place at night This has changed with five lines now operating 24/7 [2]. [1] http://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2015/08/infographic-1logo.jpg http://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2015/08/infographic-1log... [2] https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/images/nighttubemap-.gif https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/images/nighttubemap-.gif

jon-wood 11y ago
Night service is currently only running on Friday and Saturday nights, although if I remember correctly that's due to a dispute with the driver's union, rather than TfL wanting to have some nights for maintenance.
- mino 11y ago
  My understanding is that the "weekend only" is just a first phase, and they will extend the service 7 days a week during the course of 2016. Assuming they find an agreement with the Unions, I guess...