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I remember a few years ago reading an article about how in some parts of the NYC system it's impossible to know where the subway car physically is from a centra
by triggercut 8y ago
I remember a few years ago reading an article about how in some parts of the NYC system it's impossible to know where the subway car physically is from a central control room. This has other impacts, like not being able to reliably update the forward station on arrival.
- cowmoo728 8y agoYes - at some of the stations the people directing the trains only know when it has left a station, and when it gets to the next one. Some of it is still controlled with vacuum tubes and switchboards. The person featured in this video ruffled quite a few feathers when it was released: https://youtu.be/Mjx3S3UjmnA https://youtu.be/Mjx3S3UjmnA