Comments on: arrival schedules boost metro rail experience

By: HBC

HBC — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:32:22 +0000

These were working this morning at Union Station and they were no longer in military time!

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:12:04 +0000

No they are not working. I rode the subway yesterday (July 9, 2008) and those signs are not working. The MTA sucks big enchiladas.

By: Brigham

Brigham — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:58:28 +0000

* and what doesn’t.

By: Brigham

Brigham — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:57:01 +0000

I’m hoping Metro is just tweaking the system right now to see what works (obviously their first trial run) and what does.

I agree with a lot of you that Metro should ditch the military time format and switch to either the 12-hour format or just plain tell me when the hell the next train is going to come in MINUTES REMAINING.

Someone please tell someone you know that works at Metro to get it right!

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:52:25 +0000

Brigham: You are correct, the Red and Blue lines operate 24/7 in Chicago. The other lines operate well into the night, I want to say until 2 or 3 am if I am not mistaken.

By: Scott Mercer

Scott Mercer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:41:08 +0000

As of June 24th, the time information is not on the boards, and in fact tonight the entire display at Union Station was frozen and displaying a Microsoft Windows error message!

Nice work MTA!

By: ksep

ksep — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:45:57 +0000

berlins subway system also runs 24 hours.

By: Brigham

Brigham — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:25:50 +0000

Chicago actually has two lines (the Blue and the Red I think) that run 24 hours right? And I thought Copenhagen’s subway is 24 hours too. I could totally be bullshitting though.

By: Rich Alossi

Rich Alossi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:34:49 +0000

I’d like to see some 2:00, 2:30 or 3:00am service on Metro trains at least on Fridays and Saturdays, if only to cut down on the number of people driving home drunk

By: LAofAnaheim

LAofAnaheim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:32:52 +0000

That’s true Stephen. I was in Boston, Philly, and DC just last month, and trains there stop around midnight. At least LA’s goes until 1 am.