Archive for June, 2006

Why is there always a problem with the V train?

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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 by ripper

Yesterday it was “due to a police investigation at 34th and 6th”, the train got rerouted to 8th Ave. Today, “All V trains are suspended.” When it rains? ‘No V service.” WTF?
This sucks because the train runs right under my building at Madison Ave and is the most convenient, especially in the heat and cold […]

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    Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 by ripper

    trusty website says 15-30 minutes. everything is on standby for 40 mins ago

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    Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 by ripper

    Talking to my friends around the Washington DC metro area, commuting is quite a challenge this week…by car or by train.
    My one friend said she was sitting on the Metro train for god knows how long trying to get into DC yesterday. A few of the stations near the Potomac flooded. They pumped them out […]

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    Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 by ripper

    This morning as I was boarding the shitty RVL to get to work, I hear someone behind me saying excuse me. I took my headphones off and turned around to some guy who asked me if the train went to Roselle Park. As soon as his mouth opened, I thought someone through shit at my […]

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    Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 by ripper

    once again…Due to Amtrak power problems, rail service is temporarily suspended between Newark and NY Penn Stations.

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    Monday, June 19th, 2006 by ripper

    It just gets better and better out here on the trains. Tonight there was a bomb threat at the Nwk Int’l Airport stop. All train service came to a complete stand still until we were given the all clear to proceed. Even then the trains were not allowed to stop at the airport. Then on […]

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    Thursday, June 15th, 2006 by ripper

    Need help commuting. As much of a “Joisi Girl” that I am, I have no clue how to get around in NY by subway. Could someone please tell me the easiest and fastest way to travel between Penn Station NY and Grand Central Station without getting lost somewhere in Brooklyn. I know my feet could […]

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    Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 by ripper

    I was driving home last Friday on Reston Parkway, which is a major three-lane road around here. First, I had to move out of a lane that was moving really slow. I soon realized that the reason was some moron on a bike puffing his way uphill. And not near the side of the road, […]

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    Saturday, June 10th, 2006 by ripper

    On my way home on Thursday night (RVL 6:23 out of Newark) a middle-aged couple sat across from me in a 2-seater. The train pulls out of the station and this gray-haired guy and dyed blonde woman start groping each other like they’re in their own bedroom. It got to the point I thought she […]

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    Friday, June 9th, 2006 by ripper

    Yesterday, on the M&E 5:18 OM Dover Express out of NY Penn Station, we missed a stop. The train expresses between Secaucus and Millburn. We came to a halt just past Millburn, waited for a few minutes, then BACKED-UP to the Millburn station. No announcements were made about why we backed up, until we pulled […]

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