Sentence examples for when subways from inspiring English sources

Of course, the system is in much better shape than it was in 1980, when subways were swathed in graffiti.

Remember that time when graffiti threatened to cover every surface that garbage did not and when subways stopped in tunnels quite a lot, and even went backward?

He said that he and other Brooklyn judges had found these arrests happened "late at night or early in the morning when subways are generally at their least crowded levels".

And anybody who has ever felt the need for a compass trying to get from one line to another at the old Fulton Street Station in Manhattan gets a taste of what happens when subways run their separate ways.

There was a time when subway announcements sounded like this: "Gxxrschhh krrtzzz … Borough Hall … pbbbftttz qmmm … suspended … haargggrm".

"It was at its peak when subway disorder was at its peak," he said.

When subway financing was sought, expectations as high as 385,000 riders a day were advertised.

Sometime later, Miss Cedarholm received the amount of $50,000 for her property in Brooklyn when subway condemnation occurred.

When subway passengers ride the R trains south through the Cortlandt Street station, they see a grime-covered space trapped in time.

The only exception is in emergencies, when subway conductors, fire personnel or other authorities supervise the evacuation of subway cars, often when trains are not running.

"Do we want to go back to the way things were in the early 90's when subway cars were covered with graffiti?" Ms. Mode continued.