From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   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?   
      
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