I take the MTA New Haven Line daily, and the new changes because of &quot;winter weather&quot; have provided me with many horror stories.  The following being the worst:

I took the 6:37pm local train from Stamford to New Haven.  Since this is peak hour, I knew it would be crowded, but what I experienced was beyond the norm.  We all pushed into the train cars like sardines. Since I was one of the last individuals on, I was standing, in the train vestibile area (where the doors are) with 13 others, crammed like cattle.  There were people standing in the aisles, and we couldn&#039;t even move.  The cherry on top you ask?  Oh yeah, the last 2 cars lost power as soon as we pulled out of Stamford.  That meant, no heat or ventillation circulating (needless to say it was 14 degrees that evening).  Also, no lights were on - just the head lamps by the doors.  It got very uncomfortable and the conductors made no announcements about the power shutting off.  The most frustrating thing, was the fact we couldn&#039;t even move to another car since people were in the aisles.  This is just completely inexcuseable.  MTA is treating us like human cattle.  We have been through worse winters.  It&#039;s the equipment that keeps failing time and time again. Those new M8 cars should have been on the tracks years ago.