It's hard to accurately capture the suckiness of commuting to New York City these days. There are fewer trains, fewer seats, grumpier people and more schmutz on the seats than ever. I saw a guy literally just sit there as the ceiling dripped on his head - there was nowhere to go and he may have lost the will to live. AND THEN the New York Times reported today...and I can barely bring myself to say this for fear of the jinx...that the very first of the sparkling new M-8 commuter trains left the Stamford station today at 10:30am.
Ok so they are two years late and s l o w l y filling up the tracks, but (allegedly) there will be 80 new cars making up 10 trains by the end of 2011 with 380 sometime-er-other after that - no later than late 2013.
The Times' description seems too good to be true. There will be light, space, electrical outlets for all, comfortable seats and a "pleasant, clean odor" - you don't say??!! Colors and shapes are modern. Windows are bigger. And if that's not enough to make you swoon, bathrooms are free of stink cooties! It's a magical, magical time, citizens.
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When the LIRR finally upgraded its rolling stock, the difference was like night and day. Gone were the freezing, pee-smelling trains with torn seats and scratched-out windows. The new double-decker spaceship cars were amazing. Not only could you clearly hear the automated messages, they even had LED signs announcing the next station.
I can't wait to ride on a new M-8. It just sucks that Connecticut waited so long to start replacing its aging fleet. It sucks even more for the long-suffering commuters who have had to pay increasingly higher fares for increasingly bad service.
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