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I haven't been on an Amtrak in about six months, so it may have changed, but where were you boarding? Was it New York? Boarding in NY is slow and structured, bu
by jjice 2y ago
I haven't been on an Amtrak in about six months, so it may have changed, but where were you boarding? Was it New York? Boarding in NY is slow and structured, but when I've boarded in Back Bay (Boston), Portland (Maine), and Providence, it's the better way that you've mentioned.
They make everyone rescan tickets for the North East regional in NY also, if you're just passing through. It's a bit annoying, but I wonder if the traffic getting on and off is too great in NY to be able to do that. I have no clue, though.
- Ericson2314 2y agoYes their practice elsewhere is better. Amtrak seems to think that lazzaiz-faire platform ingress/egress doesn't scale to NY Penn, but that's exactly backwards — it's not letting people circulate freely which doesn't scale. Also, fun fact, if you don't go in the main hall Amtrak waiting area at NY Penn, you can board the platform whenever you want. But it's hard to figure out what platform/track to go to in advance — hiding that information is how they discourage this.
- craftkiller 2y agolaissez-faire
- Ericson2314 2y ago:) Evidently I previously convinced Android to add my misspelling to the dictionary. Yikes!
- TimK65 2y agoMany times I've stood in front of the displays in the Exit Concourse at Penn. As soon as they post the track for your train, you can just go downstairs to the platform.
- bobthepanda 2y agoBut that just makes the whole single file procedure even more dumb because it doesn’t catch everybody and it’s easy to avoid.
- nicwolff 2y agoSemi-secretly you can skip the lines at the escalators in Moynahan's big train hall and just go down to the mezzanine and right to the platforms.