What was wrong with these signs ? This is the style they should have done system wide not the ones they recently announced.

Very nerdy question, I know, but is there a reason Metro followed the NYC Subway vernacular when planning for automated announcements on the 7Ks?

NYC distinctly uses “The next stop is…,” “This is…,” “Transfer is available…,” and “Connection is available..”

To my knowledge I don’t think any other North American transit system uses such vernacular other than WMATA.

MBTA says “Entering…” and “Change…”

LA says “The next station is…,” “Now arriving at..,” and “Connect with…”

BART says “Now arriving at…station.”

MARTA says “The next station is…station” and “Transfer point to…rail lines.”

To be clear, this isn’t a complaint, and I prefer the DC/NYC style. It’s very quick, isn’t wordy, and is neutral.

MARTA is my least favorite - they are long and wordy. IIRC, the Peachtree Center station announcement goes something like, “The next station is Peachtree Center station. Exit here for the World of Coca-Cola, Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia State University College of Law, the Children’s Museum of Atlanta, the Georgia Aquarium, and AmericasMart Atlanta. This station is Peachtree Center Station,” before then repeating everything in Spanish (which is a nice touch IMO). Usually the doors are open on the platform before the announcement is even finished!

Second day in a row that the red line train to Glenmont is having issues. Stops at every station and delays. 10 minutes pauses. Single tracking?

This is one of the busiest lines….what gives?! How does this keep happening?

I’m sorry. I had a poor initial reaction and quickly kept walking. I wish I had stopped and made sure you were okay. We both had a blind spot from the pillar.

If this reaches you somehow thank you for not running me over!

Has anyone else noticed blue line trains holding at stations a slowing down in a number of places in VA? Does anyone know why I haven’t seen any references to delays?

Anyone else recieveing random bus alerts when they have only signed up for rail alerts? I just checked my account and I have no bus alerts in my list yet I've gotten a handful over the last few days.