Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Probably something informal setup by local staff to deal with a problem not addressed in a systemwide manual.
Hate to ask but is Amtrak back at Grand Central? Last time I checked/rode to/from NYC, NYP was the only stop in NYC.
As for Newark, never stepped off the train there so don't know the station setup. Fewer boarding pax perhaps? Is there a vagrancy problem or how else do they keep the undesirables out?
Also didn't observe the boarding/platform access control process at LA Union as we got the redcap shuttle.
Newark is one of Amtrak’s top-10 (or maybe even top-5) stations. It’s located in a kind of rough area. No lining up before boarding.
Amtrak uses Grand Central from time to time, typically when track work is being done on the line to Penn Station.
Making people who approach the platform from the south line up for tickets to be checked, but not doing anything to people who approach the platform from the north, shows the insanity of Amtrak’s “line up for no valid reason” procedures.