bobtehpanda Posted December 4, 2016 Share #801 Posted December 4, 2016 Question: is loud conversation and oversharing in public also prevalent on Metro-North, or is this a specifically Long Island thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 4, 2016 Share #802 Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) Question: is loud conversation and oversharing in public also prevalent on Metro-North, or is this a specifically Long Island thing? Depends on the car... Overall Metro-North trains are civilized, especially the peak hour trains. For the weekends, what I do is take the semi-express trains that skip all Bronx stops save Marble Hill. Those will have more people on it from Westchester and Riverdale and will be more civilized, as they don't stop in the South Bronx. The reverse trains during the mornings tend to have ghetto folks riding and they have to be reminded about being quiet if they're in a quiet car. One of the reasons I favor raising the intermediate fare. Overall if I had my choice I'd take Metro-North any day over the LIRR. The LIRR is like a more expensive subway. The Hudson Line is the best. The Harlem line can be far too crowded with tourists and such which can lead to it being loud, and the New Haven line... The express trains that skip Fordham tend to be more civilized than anything else. The people getting on at Fordham are something else... Pushing and shoving like they've never been on a train before like savages. Edited December 4, 2016 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted December 5, 2016 Share #803 Posted December 5, 2016 Depends on the car... Overall Metro-North trains are civilized, especially the peak hour trains. For the weekends, what I do is take the semi-express trains that skip all Bronx stops save Marble Hill. Those will have more people on it from Westchester and Riverdale and will be more civilized, as they don't stop in the South Bronx. The reverse trains during the mornings tend to have ghetto folks riding and they have to be reminded about being quiet if they're in a quiet car. One of the reasons I favor raising the intermediate fare. Overall if I had my choice I'd take Metro-North any day over the LIRR. The LIRR is like a more expensive subway. The Hudson Line is the best. The Harlem line can be far too crowded with tourists and such which can lead to it being loud, and the New Haven line... The express trains that skip Fordham tend to be more civilized than anything else. The people getting on at Fordham are something else... Pushing and shoving like they've never been on a train before like savages. People in Fordham need to walk to the front of the train. The MNR riders are generally civilized. I rode it at 10PM and it wasn't very loud, the LIRR on the other hand......I could ride it at 12 Noon and it still will be people drunk and loud heading to Penn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted December 5, 2016 Share #804 Posted December 5, 2016 People in Fordham need to walk to the front of the train. The MNR riders are generally civilized. I rode it at 10PM and it wasn't very loud, the LIRR on the other hand......I could ride it at 12 Noon and it still will be people drunk and loud heading to Penn That's because the LIRR's clientele consists of boorish suburbanites who think that they should be screaming dinner table conversations on the train. Money doesn't buy class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted December 7, 2016 Share #805 Posted December 7, 2016 The people getting on at Fordham are something else... Pushing and shoving like they've never been on a train before like savages. Oh, what you see is nothing. Ride on a midday Stamford local in the summer when people are going to Rye Playland. People in Fordham need to walk to the front of the train. Yeah, that's why they widened the damn platform in the first place, so that all those people can spread out. A lot of them do, but there's still people that crowd into the middle cars of the train... even at 6AM!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 7, 2016 Share #806 Posted December 7, 2016 Oh, what you see is nothing. Ride on a midday Stamford local in the summer when people are going to Rye Playland. Yeah, that's why they widened the damn platform in the first place, so that all those people can spread out. A lot of them do, but there's still people that crowd into the middle cars of the train... even at 6AM!! I try to work around that by taking express trains as much as possible. They really need to add service on the Harlem line on weekends. The crowds are ridiculous. If they're going to market Botanical Garden the way they do then have enough trains to get people to and from. People standing all over the place, and there's barely enough room for folks to get off. Now with Melrose and Tremont getting hourly service on weekends, I expect crowding to worsen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted December 8, 2016 Share #807 Posted December 8, 2016 People in Fordham need to walk to the front of the train. The MNR riders are generally civilized. I rode it at 10PM and it wasn't very loud, the LIRR on the other hand......I could ride it at 12 Noon and it still will be people drunk and loud heading to Penn LIRR atmosphere and MNR atmosphere is so different. I've never been on a PW train that was quiet. But most MNR trains I've been on were pretty quiet, with the exclusion to one train I took during a Yankees game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 8, 2016 Share #808 Posted December 8, 2016 LIRR atmosphere and MNR atmosphere is so different. I've never been on a PW train that was quiet. But most MNR trains I've been on were pretty quiet, with the exclusion to one train I took during a Yankees game. The Yankees game trains... Forget it... The most obnoxious people... I also hate that they make the express trains stop there too because they become insanely crowded. They would be better off having special trains just pick up the passengers there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted December 8, 2016 Share #809 Posted December 8, 2016 They would be better off having special trains just pick up the passengers there. They do have special trains..... just not for your Hudson Line Also, you'll want to avoid MN on the 28th of December. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 8, 2016 Share #810 Posted December 8, 2016 They do have special trains..... just not for your Hudson Line Also, you'll want to avoid MN on the 28th of December. Oh I know.... Regarding December 28th, what happens then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78 via Stew Leonards Posted December 8, 2016 Share #811 Posted December 8, 2016 is Metro North or LIRR hiring anytime soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted December 8, 2016 Share #812 Posted December 8, 2016 Oh I know.... Regarding December 28th, what happens then? Pinstripe Bowl at the stadium, with a 2pm kickoff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 8, 2016 Share #813 Posted December 8, 2016 Pinstripe Bowl at the stadium, with a 2pm kickoff. Ahhh... Luckily for me we'll be having a few 4 day weekends this month, plus I plan on using some of my vacation days to add to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 8, 2016 Share #814 Posted December 8, 2016 While we're talking about the MNRR and the LIRR, something that has been happening of late has become an annoyance. Some of these guys checking tickets are not doing their jobs. I flash my pass to the first person and they don't punch the zone I'm going to and put it on my chair, so then the next guy comes yet again asking for my ticket less than five minutes later. The next time it happens I'm not showing my pass and I'm going to file a complaint because they're supposed to be checking the tickets accordingly instead of BSing and chit chatting. I had two workers just standing near me talking endlessly about utter nonsense. I was tempted to move but stayed where I was. Completely inappropriate. I filed a complaint. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTransitMan4608 Posted December 9, 2016 Share #815 Posted December 9, 2016 While we're talking about the MNRR and the LIRR, something that has been happening of late has become an annoyance. Some of these guys checking tickets are not doing their jobs. I flash my pass to the first person and they don't punch the zone I'm going to and put it on my chair, so then the next guy comes yet again asking for my ticket less than five minutes later. The next time it happens I'm not showing my pass and I'm going to file a complaint because they're supposed to be checking the tickets accordingly instead of BSing and chit chatting. I had two workers just standing near me talking endlessly about utter nonsense. I was tempted to move but stayed where I was. Completely inappropriate. I filed a complaint. Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 9, 2016 Share #816 Posted December 9, 2016 Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app It happens more often then not. Seems like everybody is doing their own thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pringle5095 Posted December 9, 2016 Share #817 Posted December 9, 2016 It happens more often then not. Seems like everybody is doing their own thing. It seems to be easy to evade fares these days with these BS MTA workers. If fate evasion is up I wouldn't be surprised frankly Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 9, 2016 Share #818 Posted December 9, 2016 It seems to be easy to evade fares these days with these BS MTA workers. If fate evasion is up I wouldn't be surprised frankly Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I would agree. What annoys me is I see people get on the train and hide in the bathroom to avoid paying, and then the folks with passes, we get hounded because the ticket collectors are too damn lazy to use seat checks like they're supposed to. Once I take my pass out of my wallet and show it, I expect to be left alone for the rest of the ride, but this has happened to me several times where the first person that checked knows I'm a regular and doesn't bother with a seat check, and then their colleague comes along a few minutes later after I have put my wallet away asking for tickets yet again, and they use seat checks. There's a ton of inconsistency across the board. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubaionBx12+SBS Posted December 10, 2016 Share #819 Posted December 10, 2016 Should Metro North use double decker trains like LIRR and NJT do to offer extra capacity? I'm a huge fan of double decker trains on commuter services, especially if the agency in question wants to be stingy and not offer low headways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted December 10, 2016 Share #820 Posted December 10, 2016 I think the LIRR should get rid of Zone 3and make everything in NYC Zone 1. This will give the people less incentive to transfer at Jamaica to the subway. It will also allow Eastern Queens rider to have a cheaper Fare and faster commute. However I do believe that The Zone 1 fare should be reduced a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted December 10, 2016 Share #821 Posted December 10, 2016 Should Metro North use double decker trains like LIRR and NJT do to offer extra capacity? I'm a huge fan of double decker trains on commuter services, especially if the agency in question wants to be stingy and not offer low headways. Can Park Av fit double decks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Bus Posted December 10, 2016 Share #822 Posted December 10, 2016 Can Park Av fit double decks? Only two tracks can, I'm not sure if it's the other or inner that can accommodate them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 10, 2016 Share #823 Posted December 10, 2016 If anything they could just open up more cars. There are several trains running with cars that are closed off. The 20:37 train to Greystone is an example. Most riders using that train get off at Spuyten Duyvil. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsadam Posted December 10, 2016 Share #824 Posted December 10, 2016 Does anyone have any info about the M9s? All I can find is from last year. When are they coming in? Will they get rid of the gross yellow front on LIRR trains? But seriously you MNR guys are lucky with your blue and red trains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted December 11, 2016 Share #825 Posted December 11, 2016 The yellow is still in front. Look here for more information. http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/161026_1315_CPOC.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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