by Trainmaster5
Checked with a Train Service Supervisor and the situation has basically remained unresolved. Since I'm on the IRT,using R142 equipment, the storm doors are unlocked at all times in normal operation. The only time they would be locked is to prevent entering an unsafe or unsanitary condition. There is a new rule making it a violation of law to walk between cars except when the train crew or NYPD gives the OK. The supervisor said the old BMT-IND situation regarding 75 ft. cars remains the same but the new law applies to that division as well. It is now against the law to walk between the cars. This applies to all types of equipment in the BMT,IND, and IRT.