Patrick A. wrote:... Now if the 8th Ave line (A/C/E) exits funnel people into the West End concourse, you'd certainly get more foot traffic.
My memory is fuzzy, but do you mean that you come out of the station heading east into the start of the LIRR concourse, and have to turn left and do a Uturn to go under the subway to get to the west side concourse? (see this map - which shows the LIRR concourse going over the subway entrance/exit to get to the west side councourse, but i think it is the subway that is on top. ).
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Also this picture which is maybe(?)
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(Looking west towards the sidways C and E in the previous link?) Not sure about all of this - it has been a while....
The real problem I see for NJT riders coming from the IND is, is where do you find out if your train is on tracks 5-11 (accessible from the west end concourse), or on tracks 1-4, where you have to go back to the next concourse east (the Amtrak area) to get to your train?
Is there any kind of new display for this coming out of the subway before you go down the west end concourse?
JS