Mitchell Slepian·3d agoAre All Subway “Characters” Actually Crazy?Most of us have ridden NYC’s subways and other railways-the Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Metro-North, NJ PATH, and NJ Transit. Some of us…
EO·Oct 29The Person Who Knows the Tile PatternYou can spot them on a platform without a word. They aren’t checking the sign. They already know the train is four minutes out, because…
Jerry Nelson·Oct 17Seven Days in Santiago and One Card from the Bank“Nothing is stuck to it,” she said.
Kristy Shenandoah·Oct 8novapeakbloom.com ScamMy former colleague spent nineteen years as a city subway signal technician, crawling through tunnels after midnight to keep the trains…
EO·Sep 17The Nickel That Outlasted Two World WarsOn October 27, 1904, someone stepped up to a turnstile at City Hall station, dropped in a nickel, and rode the brand new IRT subway uptown…
Japanese Life·Sep 11Tokyo Has Two Separate Subway Companies. Locals Don’t Even Know Which One They’re Riding.Tokyo’s subway map looks like one unified system, but it’s actually run by two completely separate companies: Tokyo Metro (9 lines) and the…
