Subway Stations To Avoid

A reader writes: “I’m sending this out in hopes that I can warn some fellow NYers — there are no trains running downtown at the 8th Street R station at night and the MTA apparently has no intention of warning anyone. I was in the station for like 20 minutes waiting with a big group of people, just watching express trains go by, before a kindly conductor actually stopped the train to let us know that no R trains would be there till morning. There was no signage, no red tape, nothing. And of course the attendant at the booth had been laid off long ago, I’m sure. We were told that we could get a fare compensation but were quite rudely denied at 14th street. I spoke to a woman outside the station who said that the same thing happened to her last night. I can’t imagine how much fare the MTA is getting out of this deal by just letting entire nights go by where people are swiping their cards and getting no service. After leaving in a total rage, I regretted not making a sign myself to try and save some future riders the disservice….hopefully this does something!”

Consider yourselves warned.

Photo by wallyg, from Flickr.