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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Mar 3 11:03:30 2011, in response to Re: ***2010 Annual Subway Ridership Statistics***, posted by f179dj on Thu Mar 3 06:55:19 2011. I used to use the LIRR QUeens Montauk Branch a lot when it still ran, and I would get off at either Glendale, Fresh Pond, or LIC. We got to know the conductor pretty good, who was usually the same guy on that train. The stations operated a little bit like flag stops, at Jamaica, he would ask what station you were getting off at, and in many cases, many of the stations would just be a slowdown like rolling through a stop sign if no one was getting off, and no one was there waiting to get on. Near the end, the conductor would see us and ask us after Jamaica, "So, Are you guys getting off at The Cemeteries, In the Pile of Weeds, or staying with us to The End today"....LOL, and translated, that meant are you getting off at Glendale (The Cemeteries), Fresh Pond (In the Pile of Weeds), or staying on to LIC (The End) with us today..... |
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