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Posted by BronxOest on Fri Nov 6 21:39:47 2015 I question this as a commuter. There are various emergency gates and the floor-to-ceiling exit-only turnstiles along the arrival platform at Broad Street. Do they serve a purpose? As far as I can tell, they serve only to slow us all down when we're trying to exit crowded trains and everybody wants to squeeze through at the same time.Why have fare control at a discharge-only platform? The only answers I can imagine, in descending order of logic, are: 1) For G.O.'s if there's a need to run trains from the Nassau Street line into Brooklyn, for example as a shuttle when the Lex is out. OK, this might make some sense, but since there aren't any incoming turnstiles, I don't think that reason holds water. 2) They are vestiges of the years prior to 2010 when the M used to run from here southbound to the West End Line. OK, but, how much do these turnstiles and gates cost to maintain? If there's no other reason for keeping them besides the fact that removal would cost money, that's lame. Keeping them up probably costs money too! 3) They're there because that's just how it's done. In NYC, Subway platforms have to have fare collection devices, even where there are no fares to collect. That reason would be even more lame. 4) They prevent the homeless from coming in through the out door and coming down and living in the tunnels. Ehhhh, well, they'll figure out other ways to do that. If that's the reason, I don't think it works. Are there any other exit-only platforms in the subway system? Are they handled the same way? |
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