If you're a regular commuter on the F train then this headline has real meaning. We can all recount our misery at hearing those words. For the uneducated, when you hear (and can understand) the conductor announce that the F is no longer going over the F line but instead switching to the dreaded G line, Hoyt/Schermerhorn is the first stop you'll get a chance to start fixing your commute. It can be misery if you don't know your back up route. You can always tell the uninitiated. Their eyes start scanning for a map and suddenly they're not afraid to talk to the person they’re crammed up against. They have two options: just follow the herd and hope everyone else knows where they're going; or stay on the train and see where the heck the G goes. Nowhere good if you're wondering. The G is the Brooklyn to Queens local.
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12 December, 2005 • Express Train
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excellent.
Nice image, and a nice story to start the day.
Can they acutally do that? I mean re-routing the F to the G? This must be a disgrace for all the people aboard (unless there is a good reaosn to do that - like a smoke condition or sth). Anyway, as usuall, great photo, great moment captured here, especially the guy standing in the middle of the door way- he looks like a guard of some kind, or at least a very self-confident person ;)
reagrds,
Peter.
Love the shot, looks like the kind of the door. And boy do I love it when trams/trains are "inconveniently" rerouted.
straight cold lampin. awesome moment you got.
I'm not a regular commuter, but I have experienced this traumatic phenamenon. Fortunately, I was with friends who knew how things worked, so didn't have to worry too much. Beautiful phoot. Really like the framing. The subject in the middle has a great posture. :)
Not sure I'd want to get on at this stop; this guy looks like he wouldnt move for many people. Great story. It seems to be quite a skill knowing all you know about the subway.