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Entries Tagged as 'Commuting Horror Stories'

Wife Stabs Husband In The Butt At SoNo Metro-North Station

August 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Cheryl Madison of Bridgeport was arrested on charges of second-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace for stabbing her husband on the South Norwalk Metro-North platform Saturday night.
Witnesses said the husband had been lambasting the wife for her behavior at a block party they had attended earlier, and that Madison had made a thrusting motion [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Crime · Fairfield County

GPS Thefts Out Of Control In Stamford, Greenwich

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I could not live without my Garmin Nuvi GPS unit.
When I originally got it, very few people had aftermarket GPS systems - now I see them stuck on windshields all over Fairfield County. Starting with the Nuvi, GPS systems got a hell of a lot easier to use, and are now about half the price [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Crime · Fairfield County · Gadgets · Greenwich · Mobile Gear · Stamford

Stamford Metro-North Station Losing 800 Parking Spaces (!)

August 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I live close enough to the Stamford Train station that I could use it to save a little time by grabbing one of its many express trains once in a while - but I don’t.
First off, the exit for the Stamford Metro-North station is the *first* exit where I-95 traffic officially comes to [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Fairfield County · MTA · Metro-North · Stamford

Asst. Conductor Sends Metro-North Riders Into Transfer Limbo

August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

StationStops reader ‘Abby’ writes of her recent horror story on Metro-North:

Yesterday evening (August 11th) my elderly mother and I were traveling from Grand Central Terminal to Redding, CT. We boarded the 6:42pm train out of GCT, planning to transfer at South Norwalk for the Danbury line.
The Assistant Conductor punched our tickets. He was a heavyset [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Conductor Conduct · MTA · Metro-North

Subway Station Evacuated at 53rd and 7th Ave

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Smoke and fumes from a burning escalator motor at the subway station at 53rd and 7th Ave (B, D, E Lines) caused several people to go to the hospital for respiratory problems yesterday morning, and the station was evacuated.
A food cart vendor near the station entrance reported seeing 10-15 people running out of the station [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · MTA · New York Subways · Safety and Accidents

The Funniest Metro-North Humor You Will Read Today

August 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Please, please read this, I will take full responsibility if you do not laugh out loud.
Christopher Walken blogs about his first time riding Metro-North in 10 years…
Props to Conductor Bobby, who originally posted this on his blog, Derailed.

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Humor

Metrocard Machines Took Money, Gave No Cards - Systemwide - For 2 Days

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Evidentally MTA just fixed an issue with the MetroCard machines where they were taking money out of people’s accounts, but not giving them cards - for two days!
According to MTA, the money will reappear in your account if you were affected - riiggghhttt…..
I guess the MetroCard machines work similarly to the recent fare hikes - [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Fares · MTA · New York Subways · Service Advisories · Trains