BART slowdown - rush hour today, Wed Aug 8 - No Announcments - no apparent reason
Train took 59 minutes actual travel time to get from North Berkeley to Glen Park (scheduled time is 36 Minutes).
Frequent holding at stations for several minutes despite train being VERY late. No evidence of any work being done on the tracks this train traveled on. So why can't Bart be run like a REAL railroad? Why should we pay the General Manager the outrageous salary he/she gets, when the system operates so poorly? No announcements of an accident, or fire or any major disaster, or even a train out of service (which, if BART were a REAL railroad, would have been pushed onto one of BART's non-existent sidings.)
Today they had a switch go
Today they had a switch go down just after Macarthur station. Because of this down switch, they had to hold trains at every station leading up to Macarthur while a track worker moved the switch back and forth so that trains could go through.
if BART were run like a REAL
if BART were run like a REAL railroad, you might be stuck on the train for several hours...
Unions.
Unions.
Aliens.
Aliens.
What is the mysterious
What is the mysterious "equipment failure" that seems to plague BART especially when the weather is above 70 or below 65 degrees?
The mysterious equipment
The mysterious equipment failure is a function of temperature as well as the age related phase that the equipment is in.
Equipment in phase 1 fails due to "infant mortality" because it is new.
Equipment in phase 3 fails because it is old and worn out.
Phase 2 is the 24 hour period between phases 1 and 3.
I never pass up an opportunity to help promote a better understanding of these difficult technical issues. ;-)
Passengers holding train
Passengers holding train doors open seems to contribute to the equipment problems. I've seen passengers do this numerous times. I'm speaking as a passenger myself. The individuals who do this seem to think that the world revolves around them, so of course the train should hold just for them. Then the doors can't close and the train has to be taken out of service.
People, please remember that the train doors don't work like elevator doors!
Holding of a train door
Holding of a train door should not damage the train. I took the NY subway for years, people there would hold doors ALL THE TIME. The MTA at one point had a campaign against it, and there was never any mention of it damaging the trains.
You're right. It doesn't
You're right. It doesn't permanently damage the train. What it does do is make it temporarily impossible to close the train door without the attention of a maintenance person. I saw this happen right in front of my face about a year ago.
Someone tried to board the train just as the doors were closing. The passenger got through the door safely. However, one panel of the door was jammed open and could not be closed. This was the front door of the front car of the train, so the train operator saw exactly what happened. It was obvious to me that this passenger knew that the doors were closing but decided to rush onto the train anyways.
Well, then the BART trains
Well, then the BART trains are defective. People hold NYC subway doors all of the time - and they do not break, permanently or temporarily, as a result.