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L riders largely agree that their train is best when it comes to cleanliness and coming on-time, but in the same breath they add that there’s always room for improvement.
“It’s pretty convenient, and it always seems to be on-time,” said L veteran Mark Villanueva, 21, of Park Slope, giving extra praise to the message boards and announcements on the line. “You look up [at the board] and they say how long it’s going to take.”
While many riders agreed with a Straphangers Campaign survey that said the L’s trains rank better than other subway lines, some said the line isn’t perfect.
“I purposefully time my way in and out of the city so I don’t have to deal with it in rush hour—so I don’t have to wait for three or four trains,” said Mickie Quinn, 36, of Greenpoint. “It’s so packed and some trains will skip your stop, and you’ll have to wait for the next one and the platform gets more crowded.”
And some riders like Carlos Sanchez, 19, of Bushwick, living 13 stops outside of Manhattan means a crawling trek into the city no matter how on-time trains are.
“The only bad thing about it is it’s pretty slow,” he said. “It stops at every stop. It’s not like an Express train.”
Yet some riders will take the G, which scored worst in the survey for cleanliness and breakdowns, over the L any day.
“Many times there are delays and there are a lot of people fainting on the train..it’s so crowded,” said Justine Najea, 27, of Maspeth. “I was late for my work a few times because I had to wait 20, 15 minutes.”
