Monthly Archives: January 2008

People Give It Up for the Acid Man

6 p.m. yesterday, mostly full 6 train heading up to GCT. A beggar enters the car between 28th and 33rd. “Excuse me…” the spiel begins in a vaguely Hispanic accent. The man makes his way through the crowded car, carrying … Continue reading

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100 NWP Spots Up For Grabs

The MTA has acquired a new parking lot at North White Plains, and is offering spots to the 150 souls stuck on the waiting list. The new spots are at 525 North Broadway and 50 Haarlem Ave, just north of the … Continue reading

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“RayTrain” Deflowered En Route to Subway

My faith in humanity took a serious blow the other day. A little old lady did it. She done me good, too. She got me in the kind of way where one moment you are lifted up and feel this … Continue reading

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Sketchy Stuff: Drawing Your Fellow Subway Riders

Our experience with art has pretty much been limited to attending gallery openings until the chardonnay ran out and that Keith Haring/apartheid poster we had in college. So we’re hardly an art critic, but we must admit we were particularly … Continue reading

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Jimmy Sneakers Prefers the Bus

We’d like to introduce you, dear reader, to a fresh new voice in metropolitan-area commuter bloggery. Once dubbed “one of the most hilarious writers about sports ever” by a mid-level media critic (we’re totally serious), Jimmy Sneakers puts pen to … Continue reading

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Trainjotting First Anniversary Party: Thurs, Feb. 7 at Pershing Square

Alert Page Six! Trainjotting has settled on a venue for its first anniversary party. It went something like this: We stopped by Pershing Square, located right across 42nd from Grand Central’s main entrance, asked for the manager, and told him … Continue reading

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MTA: Here’s Mud in Your Oculus

Ambitious MTA plans for a Long Island Railroad link to Grand Central, the westward expansion of the 7 train and a sparkling, glass-domed subway station known as an “oculus” are in jeopardy, according to William Neuman in today’s NY Times. Cost … Continue reading

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Surprise Winner in 2007 Metro-North Satisfaction Poll

Sneaking up like an on-time 8:20 morning train into Valhalla, the Harlem line was the winner in Metro-North’s 2007 annual customer satisfaction survey. Fully 99% of Harlem line customers reported they were “satisfied” with service, two ahead of the Hudson Line. … Continue reading

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What the Kids are Googling

First off, thanks to Gothamist for sending some 1,100 hip New Yorkers our way to read about PeterFromPort’s misadventures in misogyny on Amtrak and LIRR. 1,100 hip New Yorkers…to bad we don’t have, like, ads or something.* Speaking of strangers … Continue reading

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Billie Cohen Hits the Bar Car

NY Times reporter Billie Cohen, who’s commuting from a different corner of the New York metropolitan area every day this month, tipped a few with the regulars on the New Haven Line bar car. “There was beer everywhere, a crowd … Continue reading

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