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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Jan 13 17:18:58 2015, in response to Re: Penn Station, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Tue Jan 13 16:05:22 2015. Thats a problem that didn't happen at GCT. They had a staff of "Gatemen" (officially ushers) that kept those heavy Iron gates closed before boarding time.The train departure tracks were well posted in advance, for every train had an assigned track. This (in theory)was to keep the crowds on the main concourse instead of gathering on the platform. This was to allow passengers coming into GCT to de-train without platform congestion & be directed (ushered) to the nearest open gate.. In addition the heat on the platforms a few cars up often went as high as 130 degrees. Often folks would go around a closed gate, walk down the platform in that heat (summertime), have the train equiptment arrive late & often fall out from the heat. And if they didn'go down, they'd miss their train if there was a last minute track change. I wonder if the old Penn Sta had a similar gate system |
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