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New York subway bursting at the seams

Overcrowding, increasing delays forcing management to come up with short and long-term plans to deal with the high ridership

Published Sun, May 22, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    THE New York subway is the seventh busiest in the world and has its highest ridership in 70 years, increasing delays and forcing management to formulate a plan of salvation.

    The morning commuter crush in Brooklyn, the city's most populated borough, can be overwhelming. Tempers can fray. Sometimes commuters have to wait for at least one, if not two trains to go by before they can board.

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