Metro, one of the last bastions of the phone booth, is considering eliminating public pay phones from its train stations. The transit agency has held onto the icons even as phone booths have disappeared from street corners and malls, ending the era of students cramming inside, costume changes a la Clark Kent or anonymous souls dropping a dime.

Now Metro’s 10-year contract with Verizon is slated to expire in March, Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said, and no one has responded to a request to fill the void.