Over the past week, NYC Transit has been posting photographs of the countdown clocks—or PA/CIS system—in some IRT train stations, which will help customers know how much longer they'll have to wait for the train. Remember, MTA Chairman Jay Walder thinks they'll take some of the angst out of your commutes! The MTA believes that all 152 IRT stations (not including 7) will be activated by 2011, while 75 will be activated by year's end. There is no schedule, because as the NYC Transit answered one rider's query about when countdown clocks would be installed at Grand Central-42nd Street and 23rd Street on the 6 line via Twitter, "Don't have schedule; activations based on stability of platform in a given zone."
Two weeks ago, NYC Transit spokesman Paul Fleuranges explained that the rollout depended on testing...and that the investment was made years ago, so there's no turning back!
