QM1to6Ave Posted February 26, 2015 Share #1 Posted February 26, 2015 This is an interesting story. Certainly a very cool experience, though I wonder if the C/R will get in trouble for this. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/02/mysterious-subway-people-not-going-to-hogwarts.html http://gothamist.com/2015/02/25/secret_g_train_portal_whoa.php New York transit Twitter was all aflutter today with the fascinating story of two women who riders saw climb out through a secret door in the G train, apparently only to disappear into the darkness of the tunnel. As one witness put it, "That's some Harry Potter shit." The incident had subway riders buzzing about what secret passages and portals might lay beneath our fine city, so I did some research and put forth a theory that was confirmed by an MTA spokesperson. Spoiler: What really happened iskiiiinda boring. Here's what G train riders say they witnessed last night: I dug through this official MTA report of the G line from 2013 and found that tower operators — the MTA employees who operate the "traffic-control and mechanical interlocking machines" that make sure the trains don't crash into each other — have a field office located at the Bedford-Nostrand stop, right where last night's passengers saw the women climb off the train. So I ran the following theory by MTA and NYC Transit spokesman Kevin Ortiz: Instead of witnessing two women passing through a wormhole between G train stops and into another dimension, riders witnessed two tower operators being dropped off at the MTA field office between the Myrtle-Willoughby and Bedford-Nostrand stops. Ortiz wrote back, "You would be correct." Unfortunately, this explanation is way more boring than "Harry Potter shit," and I admit that by placing this rational theory in the hands of the MTA, they may be using me as a pawn to convince riders that the subway does not have its own Platform 9 3/4. It's truly impossible to know. After all, if you can witness these miracles underground, surely anything can happen in the New York City subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted February 26, 2015 Share #2 Posted February 26, 2015 Not the first time it happened, if the train was already there why walk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted February 26, 2015 Share #3 Posted February 26, 2015 I'm quoted in that gothamist article :-P The first posit of the correct theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted February 26, 2015 Share #4 Posted February 26, 2015 Bedford-Nostrand tower has been there since the 1930s, and is manned on a DAILY basis. Why would the conductor get in trouble? Tower stops are a regular procedure, and fall under the "taking the safest path" rules. It happens up to 4 times a day, and is one of a number of towers which are located in tunnels or between stations and have an employee platform. This is yet another example of bored hipsters making up stories to try to stir up trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted February 26, 2015 Share #5 Posted February 26, 2015 Why is this even news? Hipsters never heard of Occam's razor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted February 26, 2015 Share #6 Posted February 26, 2015 This is yet another example of bored hipsters making up stories to try to stir up trouble. Who said they were trying to stir up trouble, and what other examples do you possibly have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted February 26, 2015 Share #7 Posted February 26, 2015 Who said they were trying to stir up trouble, and what other examples do you possibly have? Is everything with you always an oppositional argument? And if you want hipsters making trouble, this is a fairly good place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted February 27, 2015 Share #8 Posted February 27, 2015 Is everything with you always an oppositional argument? And if you want hipsters making trouble, this is a fairly good place to start. Only when people make odd generalizations. So, in defense of the claim that hipster blog Gothamist is stirring up trouble, you quoted aforementioned blog Gothamist criticizing hipster artists for stirring up trouble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted February 27, 2015 Share #9 Posted February 27, 2015 Bedford-Nostrand tower has been there since the 1930s, and is manned on a DAILY basis. Why would the conductor get in trouble? Tower stops are a regular procedure, and fall under the "taking the safest path" rules. It happens up to 4 times a day, and is one of a number of towers which are located in tunnels or between stations and have an employee platform. This is yet another example of bored hipsters making up stories to try to stir up trouble. Why is this even news? Hipsters never heard of Occam's razor? So everyone in the city works for the MTA and/or is a railfan, and they are supposed to know everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted February 27, 2015 Share #10 Posted February 27, 2015 Only when people make odd generalizations. So, in defense of the claim that hipster blog Gothamist is stirring up trouble, you quoted aforementioned blog Gothamist criticizing hipster artists for stirring up trouble? He's not calling Gothamist out for the story. He's calling out the people riding the train who felt it was worth "reporting" not to the authorities, but to Gothamist. The same types who chose (in the article about littering as performance art) to defend their "art" (quotes for a reason) when questioned about it. Gothamist is just a blog, it's not the one that originated this "story" - that would be the person who claimed these "elderly" ladies (so...over 35?) who clearly "weren't" MTA employees...were doing something "suspcious" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted February 27, 2015 Share #11 Posted February 27, 2015 So everyone in the city works for the MTA and/or is a railfan, and they are supposed to know everything. No, everyone is not supposed to react like this when there are logical answers. People need to reconsider thier priorities. Two ladies are let off a train is news, but Tom Hiddleston can walk into a coffee shop in New York in his Loki costume and nobody says anything.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted February 27, 2015 Share #12 Posted February 27, 2015 Why is this even news? Hipsters never heard of Occam's razor? Im so glad someone mentioned occam's razor. As I quoted to co-workers earlier "the solution to most mysteries is actually painfully mundane" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted February 27, 2015 Share #13 Posted February 27, 2015 He's not calling Gothamist out for the story. He's calling out the people riding the train who felt it was worth "reporting" not to the authorities, but to Gothamist. The same types who chose (in the article about littering as performance art) to defend their "art" (quotes for a reason) when questioned about it. Gothamist is just a blog, it's not the one that originated this "story" - that would be the person who claimed these "elderly" ladies (so...over 35?) who clearly "weren't" MTA employees...were doing something "suspcious" Totally Pwnd..... Some folks just cant keep their traps shut period.... Great Post Subway Guy as always... BTW this is getting good laughs from fellow RTO employees on Facebook... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted February 27, 2015 Share #14 Posted February 27, 2015 No one ever said it was suspicious or even implied it was. Seriously, not everyone in the city is in the now-how like us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted February 27, 2015 I had no idea this was a regular thing, cool to learn about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted February 27, 2015 Share #16 Posted February 27, 2015 Totally Pwnd..... Some folks just cant keep their traps shut period.... Great Post Subway Guy as always... BTW this is getting good laughs from fellow RTO employees on Facebook... Pwnd? What are you, 12? SubwayGuy may be right, but the comment I was responding to wasn't clear whether it was criticizing Gothamist for running the story or the people for tweeting about it. And many fellow members of the forum have been criticizing Gothamist as a "hipster blog" stirring news too, so it's a partially right point at best. I don't understand why people are responding so angrily. So what if the general public wasn't aware of towers? Nothing malicious happened, no employees were criticized, and people learned a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted February 28, 2015 Share #17 Posted February 28, 2015 Pwnd? What are you, 12? SubwayGuy may be right, but the comment I was responding to wasn't clear whether it was criticizing Gothamist for running the story or the people for tweeting about it. And many fellow members of the forum have been criticizing Gothamist as a "hipster blog" stirring news too, so it's a partially right point at best. I don't understand why people are responding so angrily. So what if the general public wasn't aware of towers? Nothing malicious happened, no employees were criticized, and people learned a little. Ha who is angry? Let's kill the tough guy keyboard talk please... The PWND remark was in general looks like you have selective reading It's still getting laughs on facebook people on message boards don't get me angry they aren't worth it to be honest.... As for this thread I see no hostile replies either so what are you looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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