Some Subway Stations feel like Ovens.

[Broadway Local 482]

When I was going to staples, I took the to Bay Ridge-95th Street Station and it is so hot, that I sweat in less than 1 minute. That station is a toaster oven. Also when I took the train via the to 36th Street, man, it is hot in that station too like a microwave oven while I was waiting for the to Bay Ridge-95th Street, even when it is winter. If you are in a subway station that is a toaster oven, reply what station you are in?

[Roadcruiser1 286]

I am glad I have my 18th Avenue elevated West End station. In the summer it's good but in the winter it's freezing but it's better then being in a tunnel.

[Broadway Local 482]

Elevated subway lines are better than the underground subway. No stations has air conditioner in underground. That is because it shares gas or air to outside.

[BJSm 2]

Try Broadway-Nassau; easily the hottest station in the system due to no direct surface connections.

[Broadway Local 482]

Try Broadway-Nassau; easily the hottest station in the system due to no direct surface connections.

I know. Try Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street/Flatbush Avenue (, LIRR station. It is cooler in that station.

[GojiMet86 4,971]

Ever stayed waiting for the Broadway trains at 34 St./ Herald Sq? It's hell.

[Broadway Local 482]

Ever stayed waiting for the Broadway trains at 34 St./ Herald Sq? It's hell.

Yeah, I did. I take the there and when I was waiting for train back home, there are delays. Probably because someone was holding doors. I hate heatness caused by a heat wave.

[INDman 414]

Blame A/Cs for hot stations, they blow HOT air into the tunnels and stations.

[Roadcruiser1 286]

The should Air Condition all the subway stations. They should start on the Sixth Avenue Line.

[Broadway Local 482]

Blame A/Cs for hot stations, they blow HOT air into the tunnels and stations.

True that. West 4th Street Station, really?

[Broadway Local 482]

The should Air Condition all the subway stations. They should start on the Sixth Avenue Line.

Can't. This is because it brings the cold air outside, even when it is an elevated station.

[INDman 414]

The should Air Condition all the subway stations. They should start on the Sixth Avenue Line.

 

That is the worst idea ever, do you know how much it would cost to do that? Even if the system was free, it would cost too much to run.

[Roadcruiser1 286]

Hey if Second Avenue ever gets built it's going to have air conditioning, climate control, and platform screen doors. When it's done I would love to get a ride on Second Avenue.

[Grand Concourse 2,690]

Because it's built from scratch, that's why they can have climate control. The GC-42nd St station on the Lexington Av lines cost a few mil and doesn't really do a good job. Throwing money around isn't going to change much. You just have to put up with it like ppl have for decades.

[Fresh Pond 5,371]

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The only 2 stations that have AC (that I know of) is Grand Central on the & South Ferry on the

[R32 3838 1,858]

Blame A/Cs for hot stations, they blow HOT air into the tunnels and stations.

 

Yep, especialy those NTT's, They Blow the hotest Air,

[R160 35]

Grand Central has A/C? Since when? (And why don't I feel it?) :eek:

[SubwayGuy 2,321]

The should Air Condition all the subway stations. They should start on the Sixth Avenue Line.

 

Can't. A/C condensers generate hot air. It's a fact of how an A/C unit works. Your home unit does it, the one at the doctor's office does it, and every unit on a subway car also does it. Can't air condition the stations because that hot air needs somewhere to go. The station A/C (trying to cool) will also constantly be fighting with the train A/C (dumping hot air in stations after cooling trains) which is an inefficient use of energy and resources.

 

Not only that, but the subway system is not enclosed which is necessary to air condition anything. Vents provide street ventilation, tunnels open at portals, and many stations are elevated also. The reason the vents exist is to allow hot air to rise out of the stations. They also serve to ventilate the stations so that fresh air can cycle in and out. There are also ventilation shafts throughout the city which release REALLY hot air high into the city where it won't affect people on the street.

 

Asking for anything more than what already is just wastes a lot of money with little to no benefit. Grand Central is "air conditioned". Stand on that platform 10 feet from the A/C unit and see if it does anything. Go down there on a 100 degree day and I'll bet you're still sweating bullets.

[LRG 217]

Grand Central has A/C? Since when? (And why don't I feel it?) :eek:

 

It's not necessarily air-conditioned, it's artificially air-cooled.

[PATCOman 196]

Just about every subway station is hot in the summer, even though some are worse than others.

[MTARegional Bus 247]

14th street is like a pizza oven.

[Joe 781]

Holy shit, I was on the Broadway Line platforms at Herald Square and I was sweating my balls off.

[agonyisfun 1]

Atlantic avenue-Pacific Street before all the renovation used to feel like I would be in one of those World Wrestling Entertainment Inferno Matches they used to have back in the day

[Eric B 1,073]

Can't. A/C condensers generate hot air. It's a fact of how an A/C unit works. Your home unit does it, the one at the doctor's office does it, and every unit on a subway car also does it. Can't air condition the stations because that hot air needs somewhere to go. The station A/C (trying to cool) will also constantly be fighting with the train A/C (dumping hot air in stations after cooling trains) which is an inefficient use of energy and resources.

 

Not only that, but the subway system is not enclosed which is necessary to air condition anything. Vents provide street ventilation, tunnels open at portals, and many stations are elevated also. The reason the vents exist is to allow hot air to rise out of the stations. They also serve to ventilate the stations so that fresh air can cycle in and out. There are also ventilation shafts throughout the city which release REALLY hot air high into the city where it won't affect people on the street.

What they need then, is to have fans in the vents to suck the hot air out In the stations). Especially when it has cooled outside, and the heat is still trapped underground.

[rr4567 173]

Times Square - 42 St. A thermometer read 102 degrees.