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NEW YORK CITY HEAVY RAIL
Quiet, Desolate Station |
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An F train is ready to depart from the rather forlorn
Smith-9th Sts. station on
its route through Brooklyn. Fewer and fewer heavy rail systems use two-person
crews to operate a train, but such is standard on the New York City system.
The motorman waits at each station for the appropriate signal from the
conductor that door-closing activity has been completed and that it's safe
to proceed.
MTA is experimenting with a mostly-automated, single-man crew on the
L train (old Canarsie Line), and hopes that its success will lead to
expansion to other lines over the next couple of decades. |
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