So I took the 540 today and it is by far the slowest train ever. It's supposed to get in at 621. The LIRR made an announcement at 638 saying 'sorry for the inconvenience but we are running 10 minutes behind.'
Well. I'm no mathematical genius...but it seems to me that they are more than 10 minutes behind.
Apparently there is congestion and now we are stopped.
At one point it was 625 and I looked out the window to see the Best Buy and thought I was passing Baldwin...which would've been acceptable. Then I realized...we were only in Valley Stream.
It's now 643 and we are stopped in Freeport. So according to my calculations (again...I'm no mathematical genius) that seems to make the train 20+ minutes behind.
I'm so glad the LIRR on time performance report was what - 90 something percent? Then they said 88%? Yeah. Keep going down LIRR. Not even close and clearly you cannot calculate how late your trains really are.
Also. I love how they let stop us to let a late eastbound train pass us...we're late too...thanks for making us later.
Time of Arrival: 650
Late: 29 minutes
Can't wait to see what LIRR records on this one.
Awesome.
