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> actually operates 24-7 Good one. They routinely shut down lines and stations for hours/days at a time. The L got shut down between Bedford & 8th Ave for the
by spyspy 9y ago
> actually operates 24-7
Good one. They routinely shut down lines and stations for hours/days at a time. The L got shut down between Bedford & 8th Ave for the entirety of Memorial Day weekend. Even when lines are running perfectly, at night they only run once every 30-60 minutes. To riders the changes feel arbitrary and are impossible to predict. I've been stuck dozens of times in random places because I tried to use the wrong line at the wrong time. The only real way to know there's a problem ahead is to have the privilege of riding that line on a regular basis and reading the signs they post. If you look around almost every station will have posters denoting some change that's ongoing or coming up.
- davidf18 9y agoActually, in much of the system there is a great deal of redundancy so one track can be shut down for maintenance using weekends and 10 PM to 5 AM. For example there are often parallel local and express tracks (6 local, 4,5, express or 1 local and 2, 3 express or C local and A express). Also entire train lines frequently run in parallel a few blocks from each other. See: http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html
- rrdharan 9y agoI'm not saying I haven't been caught inadvertently as well, but FWIW they actually do a pretty good job of posting all this information on their website. And in fact Google Maps does a decent job of scraping it as well. You just need to remember that when Google Maps wants you to go to Jay St. Metrotech instead of High St it might not just be because it thinks it's 300m closer.