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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by elliottlan on Thursday May 23, 2019 @03:57AM (#19989519)
I heard that people live in the tunnels in New York - is that actually a thing?

If yes, could this be people brazenly deciding they need to get from A to B, climbing aboard at A and stopping the train wherever B is?

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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by g_sch on Thursday May 23, 2019 @09:42AM (#19991676)
A few people used to live in the Amtrak tunnels on the Hudson River side of Manhattan. There was a documentary made about them [0]. They were evicted, and the tunnels fenced off, in the late 1990s.

I would be quite surprised if anyone was living in the subway tunnels. Compared to the Amtrak tunnels, they are much narrower. Additionally, people were living in the Amtrak tunnels during a time when the tunnels were unused or seldom used by train traffic. In contrast, subway tunnels see lots of traffic 24 hours a day.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Days_(film)

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