Talk:Harlem–125th Street station

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We need some sharp-eyed people to fill in the blanks in the media section. Harlem-125 has appeared on Law and Order and I'm certain it's been used in quite a few films, but never properly identified. Ddama

Great article. If you can, can you please update the near by stores that are in that area. CJB415 (talk) 19:20, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Receive/discharge passengers

The article makes an unreferenced claim that, except for off-peak local trains on the Harlem and Hudson Lines, northbound trains stop at the station only to receive passengers while southbound trains stop only to discharge passengers. How does this work? Does Metro-North forbid passengers from disembarking from northbound trains? Pburka (talk) 04:07, 6 November 2013‎ (UTC)

This assumes that during the rush hours, the trains are too crowded to discharge/load passengers from/to Grand Central and only allows non-intra-borough passengers. Of course, this is WP:OR. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 02:34, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, then, it's stating that people generally choose not to or have difficulty embarking or disembarking at the station? We should remove the statement, then, as it's not only WP:OR, it's misleading. Pburka (talk) 02:42, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

...yeah, let's do that. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 03:25, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

It is not in any way OR or misleading, it is an accurate description of the station note in every Hudson and Harlem line schedule folder. Now weather or not they are able to effectively police the policy is a different story, but to remove the note based on personal assumption is original research by synthesis. Leave it as is. oknazevad (talk) 05:11, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Please provide a reference to a reliable source. Even if it's not WP:OR, it's not WP:V without a ref. Pburka (talk) 12:34, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Space in title

Why was this page renamed to have spaces around the dash? In this use, the dash plays the role of a hyphen, so should not be spaced (see MOS:HYPHEN) and it looks very odd. Pburka (talk) 00:25, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Per WP:MOSDASH it shouldn't be. I'm moving it back immediately. oknazevad (talk) 02:34, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Reading timetables / track assignments

When doing the track assignments, it is important to consider what is being assigned.

For example, at Harlem-125 St, the usual assignment is that off peak, tracks 2/4 go South and tracks 1/3 go North. However, due to off peak construction, track 2 can go towards GCT and track 1 away from GCT peak. During rush hour, track 1 goes in the peak direction, track 2 goes inbounds, track 3 goes outbounds, and track 4 goes in either direction. In addition, the branch lines on the New Haven Line are not marked correctly. For example, the Danbury branch has four direct trains each direction. See specifically on the main line timetable that there is no branch service from Waterbury to Grand Central and see train #1882 (listed lower down as “To Danbury” on the main timetable which states Greenwich at 8:43 PM.Theoallen1 (talk) 14:53, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't know what you're not seeing. There are two tables showing direct service to both, with Waterbury in the bottom right corner of the timetable. The only branch directly used on the main table is the New Canaan. Cards84664 (talk) 15:22, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

The Waterbury branch timetable shows “C” for all trains, which means connecting service.

That would make sense, but both branches carry the same train numbers. How can that be explained? Cards84664 (talk) 04:58, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

One example is second AM rush hour train from Danbury, train #1819, goes from Danbury to South Norwalk, then stops at Stamford and Grand Central. The train #1923 goes to Bridgeport, then on the main line timetable, expresses to Stamford where it ends, and a transfer is available to the train (from Danbury) to Grand Central. The other trains (1497, 1561, 1574, 1581, and 1588) are main line trains to or from New Haven.Theoallen1 (talk) 01:44, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

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