Originally Posted by
travelmad478
Wow, you are so right. All the more reason to use the mezzanine boarding strategy at NYP, and if at all possible, never board a train at all in PHL!
I have never really understood why ticket check exists at some stations, when it is so inconsistently used. At WIL they never do it; at NYP they do it upstairs but not downstairs; at WAS they do it for coach passengers but not if you are boarding from the Acela lounge; and so on.
Lately every time I've boarded an Acela from the lounge, to my great dismay I've had to fish out my tickets for someone standing by the door to the track. Seems that they didn't want to miss out on the fun of checking those who were already checked just so they could get into the lounge.