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How many station platforms have you been to? https://s3-prod.crainsnewyork.com/Subway%20Mind%20the%20Gap%2014th%20St%205%20train%208.59.JPG https://s3-prod.cra

How many station platforms have you been to? https://s3-prod.crainsnewyork.com/Subway%20Mind%20the%20Gap%2014th%20St%205%20train%208.59.JPG https://s3-prod.crainsnewyork.com/Subway%20Mind%20the%20Gap%... https://i.redd.it/gap-at-sheepshead-bay-v0-14ea8irudhvc1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a781173cc39e84974811494dd97440020da8a47 https://i.redd.it/gap-at-sheepshead-bay-v0-14ea8irudhvc1.jpg... https://images-prod.gothamist.com/original_images/90BA6BA3-A9AE-4D14-92C3-A16726D9CCD3.jpg https://images-prod.gothamist.com/original_images/90BA6BA3-A... https://api-prod.gothamist.com/images/346940/fill-1200x650%7Cformat-webp%7Cwebpquality-85/ https://api-prod.gothamist.com/images/346940/fill-1200x650%7...

nine_k 1y ago
Wow. I used to use the Union Square station every day, but never took a 5 train from there. A sad surprise :(
Ericson2314 1y ago
That is matter of repair, not a platform built to the wrong specifications
- wahnfrieden 1y ago
  Why
  - Ericson2314 1y ago
    I'm not really sure how to answer that. It is just a known fact that the subway platforms are all supposed to be level with the train floor. Platforms can sink and otherwise decay over time. Many of the stations are quite old. Low platforms, by contrast, are nowhere near the height of the train floor.
kkysen 1y ago
These pictures show level boarding (minimal vertical gap), they just have horizontal gaps. To the extent that there are some small vertical gaps, that is intrinsic to wheels, which change radius over time as the wheel is worn away. The horizontal gaps should be fixed, though. You'd need gap fillers for them on curved platforms.
- wahnfrieden 1y ago
  The photo showed a 5.5" vertical gap which doesn't seem level or minimal to me > 14th Street–Union Square northbound 4 trains have a 5.5-inch vertical gap, 59th Street–Columbus Circle northbound B trains have a gaping seven-inch horizontal gap, and Times Square–42nd Street eastbound 7 trains have both: a 5.5-inch vertical gap and a five-inch horizontal gap https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/mta-subway-platform-gaps-lawsuit.html https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/mta-subway-platform-gaps-laws...

nine_k 1y ago

Wow. I used to use the Union Square station every day, but never took a 5 train from there. A sad surprise :(

Ericson2314 1y ago

That is matter of repair, not a platform built to the wrong specifications

wahnfrieden 1y ago
Why
- Ericson2314 1y ago
  I'm not really sure how to answer that. It is just a known fact that the subway platforms are all supposed to be level with the train floor. Platforms can sink and otherwise decay over time. Many of the stations are quite old. Low platforms, by contrast, are nowhere near the height of the train floor.

kkysen 1y ago

These pictures show level boarding (minimal vertical gap), they just have horizontal gaps. To the extent that there are some small vertical gaps, that is intrinsic to wheels, which change radius over time as the wheel is worn away. The horizontal gaps should be fixed, though. You'd need gap fillers for them on curved platforms.

wahnfrieden 1y ago
The photo showed a 5.5" vertical gap which doesn't seem level or minimal to me > 14th Street–Union Square northbound 4 trains have a 5.5-inch vertical gap, 59th Street–Columbus Circle northbound B trains have a gaping seven-inch horizontal gap, and Times Square–42nd Street eastbound 7 trains have both: a 5.5-inch vertical gap and a five-inch horizontal gap https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/mta-subway-platform-gaps-lawsuit.html https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/mta-subway-platform-gaps-laws...