Originally Posted by
Analise
For those who work downtown and midtown....the subways go where the people work. They converge as a great convenience so that people don't have to go far to catch their subway home. For the planners, it might seem logical to have the subways go where the people go.
The planners also, with great insight, planned subway lines with both local and express stops. Talk about a convenience!
Absolutely. Express v local has got to be the greatest invention of the NY subway. When I lived in the city, I used to get from uptown to downtown in 20 minutes flat. Such a luxury!
Originally Posted by
rjque
I've spent very little time in London and have already been stuck between the stations on crowded trains enough to know that I would never want to rely on the Tube for regular transit. The NYC subway, on the other hand, has been tremendously reliable. NYC all the way.
The Tube is inconsistent - some lines are like clockwork (the Central and Piccadilly - usually - Lines) and are incredibly reliable. Others (basically every other one, but especially the Northern and District Lines) are slightly dodgier.
The brilliant thing about the Tube is that if you're delayed for more than 15 minutes, LUL are legally obliged to refund the cost of your journey and do so in the form of an electronic voucher sent to your residence within two weeks or so. This is really only practical for those of us who live in the UK, but man is it practical.