Hopefully we can also have ones with benches for people who aren't ticketed passengers (and also actually solve the underlying issue with Penn, which is that the platforms suck)
Yeah honestly this makes the issue worse. Entering a LIRR train from that hall rather than Penn means you're walking down a giant, empty platform underground for a least a minute before you even see your train.
yeah that'll be awful on the peak nights of the year, or anytime there are last-minute cancellations. the lack of NJT signage is going to cause issues too
Well you just straight can't get to NJT through this new train hall. NJT is only through Penn, this train hall is for Amtrak and LIRR only. Which, yeah, is going to cause massive issues when the city resumes its normal programming in 2023 or whenever.
yeah, and putting up even one sign that says "NJT ACROSS THE STREET AT PENN STATION" would probably reduce the amount of yelling by confused Giants/Jets fans who need to get to Secaucus by at least 20%
Lmaoo of course they leave all that out of their segment. I'm just a dumb outsider who saw the video and though "neat train hall, let's see what the NYC folks actually think about it" and here we are lol
Yup, it's all shiny and no actual usability. But that's par for the course with these kind of projects—they're more for lining the pockets of the contractors than the actual commuters. We'd have been much better off spending the $1.6 billion we spent to build this mostly useless train hall and instead just improve/clean some subway stations, or hell even just install elevators in some more subway stations. Spend the money electrifying the non-electrified parts of Metro North past Croton-Harmon. Or even finally retire the R32s still being used on the subway (that are from 1964!!!!). Lots of things to spend money on that doesn't involve building a shiny new train station that doesn't solve any problem that currently exists.
Hopefully we can also have ones with benches for people who aren't ticketed passengers (and also actually solve the underlying issue with Penn, which is that the platforms suck)
Yeah honestly this makes the issue worse. Entering a LIRR train from that hall rather than Penn means you're walking down a giant, empty platform underground for a least a minute before you even see your train.
yeah that'll be awful on the peak nights of the year, or anytime there are last-minute cancellations. the lack of NJT signage is going to cause issues too
Well you just straight can't get to NJT through this new train hall. NJT is only through Penn, this train hall is for Amtrak and LIRR only. Which, yeah, is going to cause massive issues when the city resumes its normal programming in 2023 or whenever.
yeah, and putting up even one sign that says "NJT ACROSS THE STREET AT PENN STATION" would probably reduce the amount of yelling by confused Giants/Jets fans who need to get to Secaucus by at least 20%
Lmaoo of course they leave all that out of their segment. I'm just a dumb outsider who saw the video and though "neat train hall, let's see what the NYC folks actually think about it" and here we are lol
Yup, it's all shiny and no actual usability. But that's par for the course with these kind of projects—they're more for lining the pockets of the contractors than the actual commuters. We'd have been much better off spending the $1.6 billion we spent to build this mostly useless train hall and instead just improve/clean some subway stations, or hell even just install elevators in some more subway stations. Spend the money electrifying the non-electrified parts of Metro North past Croton-Harmon. Or even finally retire the R32s still being used on the subway (that are from 1964!!!!). Lots of things to spend money on that doesn't involve building a shiny new train station that doesn't solve any problem that currently exists.
We could get that 80% less polluting number up to like 95% with fully electrified rail...
Yeah, but think of the poor construction companies that need to eat! Surely a train station is more important.