I've been to New York recently and I was appalled by the subway system. I'd heard it wasn't too good..but I didn't expect such a thing. I hated it and not because it's old and dirty...service isn't good at all. Trains don't come as often as in London, there is no signs/screens of when the next train will be (?!?!). No free maps and the maps you have, the train letters/numbers are hardly visible. Yeah, you have the uptown/downtown but at first (for a tourist, I mean) it's easy to get lost. I hate the idea of different entrances depending on the direction, the signs for which line is in which track are horrible, not clear at all. I don't even mention the cushions...the problem is that it is possible (and I found it too often) not to have a way to go to point A to B in the subway without leaving and coming back, it was so annoying. Also, that it takes you ages to see in which station you are from the train. In London you have a sign passing every half a second. Honest, I thought it was great that it runs 24 hours...but if I have to compromise the rest for that, I don't mind if they stop running at midnight...and I have a good, efficient and simple service during the day. London FTW!

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