From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 9/3/2014 8:28 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Nick Sandru  wrote:   
   >> On 09/02/2014 03:15 PM, conklin wrote:   
   >   
   >>> [...]  I thought that the bad food was the least   
   >>> of the problems in the modern Penn Station.  No/ bad AC is a far greater   
   >>> bother.  The waiting room reminds me of the IRT #2, minus the bubble gum on   
   >>> the floor.  The call for the DC trains is like a cattle call with so many   
   >>> people lined up you can't even GET to the waiting areas.   
   >   
   >> Add to that the crowding in the morning hours - especially when two full   
   >> NJT trains arrive at the same platform one after the other and discharge   
   >> 2000+ passengers in the same time. The stairways in the west end of the   
   >> platforms are closed for rebuilding. It may take 10 minutes to get from   
   >> the train to the concourse over the remaining 2 or 3 stairways or   
   >> escalators. It's even worse when an Amtrak regional arrives at the same   
   >> platform at the same time as an NJT train - one of the escalators is   
   >> going downwards to the platform for the passengers that have to get on   
   >> the Amtrak train, so that it can't be used by those that have to go up   
   >> to the concourse. In the afternoon the NJT waiting area in the east end   
   >> (towards 7th Avenue) is often so crowded that you can barely get through   
   >> to the gate for your train - I missed my train on more than one   
   >> occasion, so I generally avoid it.   
   >   
   > There was news, again, that they're going ahead with the post office plan.   
   > Why don't people protest, as it addresses none of the problems   
   > you've raised?   
   >   
      
   The only advantage that I see is that it will move many of the Amtrak   
   passengers across the street, and there will be more room for NJT   
   passengers in the current Amtrak waiting room.   
      
   That space will probably never be visited by many NJT passengers because   
   of its out of the way location.  I will probably go over there once when   
   it's done to see it, but otherwise I do not see why I would ever go over   
   there, even to ride Amtrak, especially if they continue to post track   
   assignments in the current space.  The only exception I would make would   
   be to use the Metropolitan Lounge when I have a roomette on the Lake   
   Shore.  I generally board the Florida trains at Newark.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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