Train problems
Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:02:04 pm

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During my train ride home, I heard an announcement about a route change. There were no printed notices about this change, and no announcement was made to explain if this was a change for all trains or if it was only for the one that I was on.. I decided to get off the train and wait for the next one, hoping that it would not be rerouted, but it was too.

This ordinarily is not a significant problem. I can usually transfer later and eventually get to where I want to go with only a slight delay, but I discovered that the transfer was not an option today. By the time I got to the transfer point, train service on my line had been suspended in both directions. There was also a police officer blocking access. Typically, pink tape blocking the entrance is sufficient. I am not sure why the police officer was necessary. The police officer did not offer any explanation about what happened. The station agent also did not. I had to walk home.

I usually see something in the news when something like this happens, but I did not find anything. There was a knife fight in a train station earlier today, but that was at 5AM, and I was able to get on the train at 11:30AM. A crane fell in downtown Manhattan, but that wasn't close enough to the train line to affect it. I don't know what happened.