- If a motorman runs past a danger signal, what will happen?
An automatic trigger, placed on the track, will apply the air
brakes of the next train and avoid a collision.
- If a fuse burns out in the front car, will traffic be hindered?
Only for a minute or two; the rear cars also have motors, which
will be used to push the train on a siding until the damage can be
repaired.
- How long does an express train stop at a station platform?
One quarter of a minute is the schedule.
- If you are at the Post Office and have an engagement in Washington
Heights in half an hour, how can you keep it?
By taking a subway express to 145th Street and Broadway - a 25
minute trip.
- How often will local trains run in the tunnel?
One in every 3 minutes from 5:30am until Midnight, and at
intervals from 5 to 10 minutes between then and morning.
- If you are in Times Square and must catch a train at the Grand
Central Station, how long will it take you to get there?
Subway trains make it in three quarters of a minute.
- What is the fastest way to reach any given point along the subway?
Take an express train to the nearest express station and there
change to a local train.
- Will the tunnel be an aid to quick travel to points far from the
line of the subway?
By paying two fares, one can decrease the time to almost any
part of the city, taking a tunnel train part of the way and then
transferring to a surface or elevated line.
- What will happen if the lights go out in a train?
The passengers will be transferred and the train sidetracked for
repairs.
- When will the interior decorations of all the stations to 145th
Street be completed?
Within a fortnight.
- Will the subway decrease the crush on the east side elevated lines?
Apparently not; the tunnel does not benefit east side passengers
very much unless they are bound for points below 42nd Street and near
4th Avenue. [This is the same problem we face today! --Webmaster]
- If the motorman should die, what would become of the train?
It would stop automatically.
- Is subway travel injurious to the eyes?
A well known occulist says that looking at the rows of white
columns is very straining. Therefore, don't look at them.
- When will the rest of the tunnel be ready for operation?
The company promises to open the east side line as far as Lenox
Avenue and 145th Street on November 3rd. The Bronx and Upper
Washington Heights sections probably will be ready in the
Spring.
- If there is an accident in the tunnel, who turns off the power?
Any platform guard or trainman or track employee.
- After an accident, who has power to have the current turned on again?
Only the Vice President, General Manager or chief operating
official in charge at the time.
- What will happen if there is a fire in the subway?
The company declares that fire is hardly a possibility, but if
there is one the power will be turned off at once and adequate
standpipes are available at frequent intervals, as well as alarms that
may be rung in by any employe.
- What is the significance of the green and red lights on the
express tracks?
The green lights mean a clear track; red lights are danger
signals.
- If you are on a platform at which both local and express trains
stop, how are you to distinguish between them as they approach?
The two upper lights on the front of the express are always red;
those on the local are white.
- Will every passenger get a seat?
There are straps in the cars for overcrowded times.
- How is the tunnel ventiliated?
The designers have calculated that the frequent exits and the
many fast-moving trains guarantee plenty of fresh air without the aid
of artificial ventiliating machinery.
- Is there any danger of the Subway being flooded in a heavy storm?
All the tunnel walls are waterproofed, and the entrances are
protected.
- If a passenger rides past his station by mistake, what should he do?
He can go to the next express station and cross to a returning
train without emerging to the surface.
- Does a passenger enter and leave the station by the same stairway?
At most of the stations there are separate entrances and exits,
all conspicuously labeled.
- What is the maximum speed of trains?
The expresses make 45 miles per hour under certain sections of
Broadway.
- Does the subway give transfers to the surface or elevated lines?
No.
- Which are the express stations?
Brooklyn Bridge, 14th Street, 42nd St and Park Avenue, 72nd
Street and Broadway, and 96th Street and Broadway.
- Is the tunnel connected with the Grand Central Station?
There is a street exit just outside the station, but the city
was unable to make an arrangement for a direct connection.
- If there is an accident that shuts off the third rail current,
will the lights go out?
The operating and lighting currents are entirely separate. [Note
that this refers to the station lighting,
obviously... --Webmaster]
- Do express trains run further north that the last regular express
station at 96th Street?
They run as locals from 96th Street to 145th Street.
