Due to budget constraints last summer, the MTA had to move forward with a doomsday budget that left numerous bus and subway lines being discontinued or rerouted. While much of the expansive subway system’s signage was changed, some things managed to slip through the cracks and reflect the previous subway lines that no longer exist at locations.
For instance, according to the drain pipes at Queensboro Plaza, the W train still makes stops there when the train line no longer exists (please don’t think that we’re suggesting that money be wastefully spent to change this).
Also, nearly all of the Braille signage has incorrect information at the affected subway stations. We’re surprised that we’ve never come across aggravated blind person waiting for the M train at Court Street.
Lastly, as of late September, which was months after the W train was discontinued, N trains were making announcements for a connection to the W train at Whitehall Street at 5AM.
All of this merely adds to the real life bizarro world that sometimes exists on the subway, and we’re fine with it.
