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cocktails5 t1_iy3cle5 wrote

Reply to comment by FarFromSane_ in A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: 'Wow, I Can't Even Sit Down?' by psychothumbs

Only taken the train there once, but it wasn't at all obvious when I got there where I should be going. So I got in line with everybody else when they announced the track number.

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SnooWoofers5193 t1_iy55lri wrote

I actually didn’t know I was allowed to go down there if not through the line? U can?

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dilpill t1_iyc3eic wrote

They do not want you to and actively try to stop you by closing some platform doors, but it’s still possible.

The reason for it is that the platforms are so narrow that allowing boarding passengers to wait there would make it slower for passengers to disembark.

One or two people who figure out the trick doesn’t pose that issue, but you’ll never hear official approval of it.

I do it every other time or so depending how resourceful I’m feeling. It used to be way easier when there was an arrivals board in the waiting area!

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