FamousNYLover Posted September 2, 2011 Share #1 Posted September 2, 2011 I was on 14:39 Huntington Train yesterday and I was in front car which had no restroom. When train left, I ask someone sitting across the seat and he said sure. I went to use restroom at next car. After I change my clothes to Rider Rebellion t-shirt, when I went back NYPD sitting by door told me, I was not suppose to go through cars, but he didn`t give me a ticket or fine and since I had my backpack being watch. Is same subway car violation policy applies on LIRR/MNRR also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted September 2, 2011 Share #2 Posted September 2, 2011 IINM, it isn't against policy on the railroads to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
via White Plains Road Posted September 2, 2011 Share #3 Posted September 2, 2011 I was on 14:39 Huntington Train yesterday and I was in front car which had no restroom. When train left, I ask someone sitting across the seat and he said sure.I went to use restroom at next car. After I change my clothes to Rider Rebellion t-shirt, when I went back NYPD sitting by door told me, I was not suppose to go through cars, but he didn`t give me a ticket or fine and since I had my backpack being watch. Is same subway car violation policy applies on LIRR/MNRR also? Not that I know of b/c my friends and I asked the C/R can we walk to the next car and she said yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted September 2, 2011 Correction. It was 14:29 Hicksville train due to Hurricane Irene Recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 2, 2011 Share #5 Posted September 2, 2011 Conductors regularly announce over the PA that you'll need to walk forward or back in order to get out at your desired station. Hear it all the time on the LIRR as well as MNR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted September 2, 2011 Share #6 Posted September 2, 2011 Likely its allowed. On the MNRR on the New Haven line,I always hear when the AC is out in one car to move to another and that is announced while the train is in motion. Also on the railroads,their is more protection between the B cars.Unlike the subway where there is just a pantograph gate in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted September 2, 2011 Share #7 Posted September 2, 2011 It's prohibited. But nobody enforces that and the conductors encourage it. Having done so both between singles (C3's), A ends and B ends, I think it's fine and safe. Commuter trains don't jostle up and down as much as the subway cars. The A ends are a bit scary, especially in the rain, but if you're able bodied it should be no problem. For the elderly it would be a safety risk (conductors could just assist), as well as the fact that the end car doors are VERY hard to open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R42 M Train Posted September 2, 2011 Share #8 Posted September 2, 2011 A Metro North Conductor said that goin between cars is prohibited whne the train is in motion but you can go when the train is stopped. I moved between RR cars multiple times. Its also not allowed to ride in the Shoreliner vestibule but you know how many times I've been and have seen people ride there due to an overcrowded train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted September 4, 2011 Share #9 Posted September 4, 2011 On SEPTA RR, crossing cars is a NO-NO unless guided by a conductor otherwise MNRR, NJT, and LIRR let passengers cross cars. (Mainly for the bathroom and short stations.) I wonder if the LIRR cop was an ex-septa because he shouldn't of said a damn thing to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted September 4, 2011 Share #10 Posted September 4, 2011 On SEPTA RR, crossing cars is a NO-NO unless guided by a conductor otherwise Really? SEPTA has LOTS of short stations, I guess the rear cars on many trains are empty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted September 4, 2011 Share #11 Posted September 4, 2011 Really? SEPTA has LOTS of short stations, I guess the rear cars on many trains are empty... Aren't SEPTA trains shorter, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeBall Posted September 6, 2011 Share #12 Posted September 6, 2011 Walking between cars is discouraged while train is in motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted September 6, 2011 Share #13 Posted September 6, 2011 Aren't SEPTA trains shorter, though? Off peak yes, but many rush hour trains do run with 4-6 cars, one with 7. Most stations are low level 3 to 5 cars. So the last car won't platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted September 6, 2011 Share #14 Posted September 6, 2011 I don't know about the legality of it, but it's done on the LIRR like mad (moreso than MNRR, IMO).... regardless if the train is stalled or in motion..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted September 6, 2011 Share #15 Posted September 6, 2011 I don't know about the legality of it, but it's done on the LIRR like mad (moreso than MNRR, IMO).... regardless if the train is stalled or in motion..... I tend to refrain from it while passing through the ugly switches around Jamaica, Penn, and Atlantic Term, but other passengers often don't understand why I'm standing there, clearly wanting to go to the next car, but waiting. The C/R's encourage it, they don't make the announcement about fewer cars until just before the station and they hold the doors for people. And BTW, how is the typical passenger supposed to know what car he/she is on??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted September 10, 2011 Share #16 Posted September 10, 2011 Really? SEPTA has LOTS of short stations, I guess the rear cars on many trains are empty... They lack bathrooms and the trains only need like one car opened on many line cuz no one ride Regional Rail. There's buses and other cheaper forms of getting around Philly, I'm the only nutjob who depends on it. Aren't SEPTA trains shorter, though? About 1/3 the size of a MNRR train, tho all Express carry about the same amout of cars as a MNRR. (SEPTA's nazi rule about crossing cars is not waved on expresses with Silverliners but expresses with Comets/Shoreliners it is.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted September 14, 2011 Share #17 Posted September 14, 2011 It's prohibited. But nobody enforces that and the conductors encourage it. Having done so both between singles (C3's), A ends and B ends, I think it's fine and safe. Commuter trains don't jostle up and down as much as the subway cars. The A ends are a bit scary, especially in the rain, but if you're able bodied it should be no problem. For the elderly it would be a safety risk (conductors could just assist), as well as the fact that the end car doors are VERY hard to open. For LIRR maybe, But Metro-North it is legal. Tho not recommended to cross while in motion. They pretty much allow people to move so the car wouldn't fill up. Plus for customers to access restrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted September 14, 2011 Share #18 Posted September 14, 2011 For LIRR maybe, But Metro-North it is legal. Tho not recommended to cross while in motion. They pretty much allow people to move so the car wouldn't fill up. Plus for customers to access restrooms. As a person who chooses to ride the LIRR over the train, they dont really enforce it, but rather, they encourage it for optimum space within cars. They do encourage it for restroom use as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted September 15, 2011 Share #19 Posted September 15, 2011 As a person who chooses to ride the LIRR over the train, they dont really enforce it, but rather, they encourage it for optimum space within cars. They do encourage it for restroom use as well. Does NJT have some sort of rules for crossing cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted September 17, 2011 Share #20 Posted September 17, 2011 Does NJT have some sort of rules for crossing cars? Nope...They let you stand in the vestibules if you wanted to. U have to see sometime the crowed Arrow trains with like ten people stacked in vestibule alone lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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