Originally Posted by
NYCommuter
So often you can just walk around the line and the door to the platform, such as boarding through the lower level at NYP or walking through an open door to another track. Are there any consequences?
I've boarded from the lower level at NYP probably 50 times, and I don't know of any negative consequences.
One single time, on a sold-out train, did an Amtrak employee on the platform approach me for skipping the line, but I still was able to get on after waving my ticket and telling her my destination.