7:44AM:
7:40AM.
Queens Plaza.
Queens-bound rush hour.
E train is delayed by *17 minutes* according to the notice board.
M train rolls up.
Departs, and it goes Local.PRO TIP @MTA @NYCTSubway: if you want to operate a public transit network make the M go EXPRESS next time#kthx
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
7:53AM:
delay initiated ~7:14AM
7:53AM and still posted…
(HINT: EXPRESS) pic.twitter.com/gUVAgop7qw— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
8:05AM:
been stuck at 63rd drive for ~10 minutes now…
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
(note this timestamp, 8:05)
8:08AM:
F EXPRESS just blew by, so the EXPRESS track is now operating and the LOCAL is sitting still.
what's up @MTA @NYCTSubway?— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
8:10AM:
E train just blew by.
c'mon @MTA @NYCTSubway I just have to go two more stops – YOU CAN DO IT!! pic.twitter.com/d5IJfFuRPs— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
(5 minutes since posting stuck at 63rd, which I didn’t post until about 10 minutes after realizing we weren’t moving at all)
8:12AM:
Doors finally closing.
THANKS!— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
(so ~17 minutes waiting at this one station, during which time multiple EXPRESS trains blew by that were formerly 17 minutes delayed)
8:17AM:
@MTA @NYCTSubway stuck again! stalled between 63rd Ave and 67th Street stations, "because of heavy train traffic ahead" — but we just sat at 63rd for nearly 20 minutes, who is "ahead" of us on the LOCAL track?
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
(5 minutes to go halfway between two stops and stuck again)
8:18:AM:
another F train just blew by.@MTA @NYCTSubway please advise.
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
8:23AM:
now sitting in the station at 67th Ave – c'mon just one more stop @MTA @NYCTSubway — LET'S DO THIS!! pic.twitter.com/c5gouMv5IX
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
(11 minutes to go one stop, 63rd -> 67th)
8:25AM:
listened to an entire Odysseus synthwave mix at 41:31 long (started listening *after* departing Queens Plaza) – still stuck underground
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
8:32AM:
Forest Hills now – you did it @MTA @NYCTSubway you correctly operated a subway system!
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
(9 minutes to go one more stop)
8:33AM:
just under 1 hour to go from Queens Plaza to Forest Hills – excellent work! pic.twitter.com/KRz9G5hnsZ
— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019
Unbelievable.
I can’t wait to wake up tomorrow…
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