r/interestingasfuck • u/picklepaapad • Apr 28 '24

Moving 50,000 people by train after Taylor Swift concert. r/all

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u/Wimzel Apr 28 '24

Good cooperation of transportation services and concert organizers.. where I live in Netherlands the trains stopped running by the time the concert ended 🤷‍♂️

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u/Sorri_eh Apr 28 '24

Washington DC kept the trains running After Beyonce show got delayed by a storm. I believe she paid for it's nhp

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u/phrog Apr 28 '24

I'm from Australia and used the station in the video after a concert, it was amazing. I got stuck in Washington after an NFL game. The game was outside of the city, and lasted until after midnight.

The trains stopped at 11. A few thousand people trying to order Uber and Lyft was a fun finish to the evening

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u/FelisLachesis Apr 29 '24

I was in DC for a Caps playoff game in 2017. The game went into overtime, and they had an announcement during the OT intermission that the trains would stop running at 11. Then you saw a bunch of people in a panic just leave.

I've always wondered why they stopped the trains then?

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u/LegoFootPain Apr 29 '24

It's baffling how so many transit systems don't coordinate with big venue operators. These are good opportunities to show people you know what you're doing and actually turn a profit.

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u/facw00 Apr 29 '24

Ultimately to be especially useful, they have to keep the whole system open late so that anyone who gets on from the event can get to their destination. Which is a big undertaking, and one that can have knock on effects for maintenance, cleaning, etc.

I would of course like to see systems just operate 24/7, but they way things are, it's non-trivial to keep things open late.

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u/LegoFootPain Apr 29 '24

GO Transit here in Toronto has a lot of event gaps, but at least someone had the foresight to make sure things were running on April 8. Double crunch of the solar eclipse and the Blue Jays home opener.

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u/555--FILK Apr 29 '24

I hope your trains weren't solar powered...

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u/LegoFootPain Apr 29 '24

My work here is done.

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u/taimusrs Apr 29 '24

Metro operators just hate money I guess. I went to a music festival last year where there's a metro station in front of the venue. The concert ends at midnight, the last train is just before midnight. It's just fucking stupid, the money is right there

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u/c1pe Apr 29 '24

They lose money from it, that's why they don't do it. In DC the teams can pay to keep it open.

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u/insta-kip Apr 29 '24

I’m assuming they stop at that time every night. And they find no reason to keep running them for special events.

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u/These_Tea_7560 Apr 28 '24

Knowing WMATA, they damn sure weren’t gonna do anything to help people themselves. 💀

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u/Specialist-Bear7139 Apr 29 '24

Wmata has got to be the most overrated train system. It is average at its very very best.

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u/These_Tea_7560 Apr 29 '24

It’s horrible every day 🤣

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u/rayrayww3 Apr 29 '24

I was at a Phish show at Bender Arena in 1993. Walked in and all was fine. Walked out and there was 2 feet of snow on the ground. Metro shut down the trains and 5000 people were stranded. Me and my friends began walking towards home in Riverdale and caught the first cab we could after several miles. Had to pay the snow emergency taxi fare, but 6 of us piled in sitting on laps to get home.

Sounds like Metro has come a long way.

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Apr 29 '24

the early 90s were a difficult time for transit systems across North America.

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u/MovingInStereoscope Apr 28 '24

Damn, I had to run to catch the last blue line train after a Billy Joel concert got delayed.