Last night I took the 5:19 train from Penn Station to Wantagh - 3 stops, with the first one being my town of Merrick. Halfway through the ride, they stopped at Jamaica for 4 of 5 minutes, like they were looking up directions. Then they made an announcement that the train would be making 4 additional stops, including St. Albans. When they approached St. Albans, the conductor told us that this station was only platformed at the first four cars, so those wanting to leave at St. Albans would have to walk up. After the stop, there was a sheepish announcement to ignore the previous story. By now it must have occurred to them that nobody would be getting off at Rockville Centre, Baldwin or Freeport because that's not where the train was going when it left Penn Station. 
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Trains are still an adventure in the 21st century, but for all the wrong reasons.
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