3 ms·

Pretty sure PATH was doing something similar even in 2015 - 2017. I remember multiple times being annoyed by a short train that would block a station for 10 mi

Pretty sure PATH was doing something similar even in 2015 - 2017. I remember multiple times being annoyed by a short train that would block a station for 10 minutes in the late morning. Police would get off, go upstairs, then come back with presumably money. Maybe I was mistaken why they were there but that was always my impression. I am sort of surprised they stopped picking up cash this way since it always struck me as smart because no one could necessarily know when they were coming, could vary pick up times, advantage of grabbing money and disappearing into the tunnel.

krisoft 4y ago
> struck me as smart because no one could necessarily know when they were coming But a train is a big, unique thing, and it takes very predictable paths. There are so many ways to track a train. Insiders in the rail company giving you tips, lookouts reporting from the place where the train is parked usually or at trackside, disturbances in the timetable of other trains. Attaching tracking equipment by insiders or intruders. > could vary pick up times Why is that an advantage for trains? Can’t any armoured truck do the same?
- LarryMullins 4y ago
  > lookouts reporting from [...] trackside, This could even be done openly without attracting attention, since railfans hanging out next to tracks waiting for trains are common.
savoytruffle 4y ago
That's interesting to hear since many years ago I took PATH trains at all hours of the night and never saw such a thing. There's a lot fewer PATH stations (13) than NYSubway (472, which I believe is the most stations on such a system in the world) so it might be easier for PATH to use overland money trucks, especially in NJ.