06-25-2019, 07:31 AM
Taking it this morning, it seems the departure time information is still not up and running. There was an announcement about "delays in the system" on the platform: my train was on time, but after I got off there was a train arriving in the same direction only about three minutes later.
The walkability to the stations is quite bad, the more I think about it. The GRH example seems egregious. So are several others, to varying actual impacts.
At Northfield, the only official exit (I guess) is at the north end of the platform, only walking east. Officially, you are supposed to snake around. In practice, when a train arrives and passengers disembark, they walk up the middle of the platform, around a guard wire (either on the tracks or not) and, if walking west, either stand awkwardly behind (I mean on the train side of) the crossing arms or duck under them. The whole exercise looks and feels pretty ridiculous.
The walkability to the stations is quite bad, the more I think about it. The GRH example seems egregious. So are several others, to varying actual impacts.
At Northfield, the only official exit (I guess) is at the north end of the platform, only walking east. Officially, you are supposed to snake around. In practice, when a train arrives and passengers disembark, they walk up the middle of the platform, around a guard wire (either on the tracks or not) and, if walking west, either stand awkwardly behind (I mean on the train side of) the crossing arms or duck under them. The whole exercise looks and feels pretty ridiculous.