On Apr 3, 6:06*pm, "
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London Underground stations used to have pay phones, though no longer. I
can't understand why they would do that, however, because one cannot get
a signal on their mobile phones on the tube lines.

They also used to have to have Candbury's vending machines, though those
disappeared around 2006/07.

NYC subways still have pay phones. Mobile phones only work in
stations close to the surface, if even that. However, the MTA plans
to contract with vendors to install antenna and provide service. Some
people object to that since they don't want to be disturbed by cell
phone yackers. I certainly don't like cell phone users on trains.

You may have heard about the BART controversy over the cutoff of
mobile service _within_ its system. There were protestors attempting
to disrupt service (and managed to in some cases), and BART had
wireless service cut off so the protestors couldn't coordinate their
attacks.