From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 7:11:50 AM UTC-5, Nick Sandru wrote:   
   > On 09/02/2014 03:15 PM, conklin wrote:   
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   > > [...]  I thought that the bad food was the least   
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   > > of the problems in the modern Penn Station.  No/ bad AC is a far greater   
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   > > bother.  The waiting room reminds me of the IRT #2, minus the bubble gum on   
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   > > the floor.  The call for the DC trains is like a cattle call with so many   
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   > > people lined up you can't even GET to the waiting areas.   
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   > Add to that the crowding in the morning hours - especially when two full    
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   > NJT trains arrive at the same platform one after the other and discharge    
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   > 2000+ passengers in the same time. The stairways in the west end of the    
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   > platforms are closed for rebuilding. It may take 10 minutes to get from    
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   > the train to the concourse over the remaining 2 or 3 stairways or    
      
   NJT sounds like First Class service compared to Metra-BSMF. They run a Sunday   
   train with standing passengers and TWO closed cars, and of course the platform   
   ceiling drips "street ooze" regularly at CUS after rains. Dodgeing street ooze   
   is a great morning    
   challenge when walking up the platform on track 2.   
      
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