New Train Smell
July 31, 2007 – 4:36 pmI didn’t think it was possible, but I experienced it: New Train Smell.
It happened one evening last week, when I came down to the 8th Avenue station on the L to find a brand-spankin-new R160 train on the platform (or, as I like to call it, R0b0train).
So, what does New Train Smell smell like?
Nothing. That’s the point. It smells like nothing. You step into the train and it smells like a hospital ward: sterile.
Unfortunately, unlike its automotive counterpart New Car Smell, which lasts roughly up to six months, New Train Smell lasts exactly 3 hours and 23 minutes.


One Response
soon, it will smell like piss, barf, tourists and crazy people… and you’ll feel at home again.
By on Aug 1, 2007