Metro North Makes Upper Harlem Line Improvements

Yesterday afternoon, the MTA Metro-North Railroad announced its plans to make Upper Harlem Line improvements between July 20 & 23. Here are the details:

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced that to ensure the on-going reliability and safety of the Harlem Line, Metro-North crews will perform critical work on the Upper Harlem Line from Thursday, July 20 to Sunday, July 23.

Metro-North crews will make extensive improvements to the Line, including renewing the River Road grade crossing in Pawling, replacing the crossing surface, rails and ties. Crews will also remove and rebuild masonry at a culvert north of the Appalachian Trail station; this work will improve drainage in the area to reduce the risk of flooding. Elsewhere along the tracks, crews will cut brush and weld rail joints.

To accommodate this track work, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, buses will substitute for select trains in each direction between Southeast and Wassaic on the Harlem Line.  Buses will operate 15 – 30 minutes earlier than scheduled trains.  After 10 p.m. on Friday, July 21, buses will replace trains at all stations between Wassaic and Southeast. Normal train service will resume with the first scheduled trains of Monday, July 24.

Service details are below:

Southbound: Thursday, July 20

From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., buses will substitute for four trains that normally depart from Wassaic at 10:28 a.m., 12:28 p.m., 2:18 p.m., and 4:18 p.m. to Southeast, making all scheduled stops at the following stations: Tenmile River, Dover Plains, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Pawling and Patterson. Bus service will operate 15 – 30 minutes earlier than normally scheduled train times. Buses will connect with regularly scheduled trains at Southeast for continuing service to Grand Central Terminal.

For a bus and train schedule, customers should visit:

http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic_7_20_21.pdf

Northbound: Thursday, July 20:

For the four trains to Wassaic that depart Grand Central Terminal at 7:53 a.m., 9:45 a.m., 11:47 a.m., and 1:47 p.m., buses will substitute for trains from Southeast to Wassaic, making all scheduled stops at the following stations: Patterson, Pawling, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Dover Plains, Tenmile River and Wassaic. Customers should allow up to 30 minutes in additional travel time, depending on the destination station.

For a bus and train schedule, customers should visit:

http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic_7_20_21.pdf

Southbound: Friday, July 21, Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23

Starting with the usual 11:28 p.m. departure from Wassaic on Friday, July 21, and for all departures on Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, buses will replace trains from Wassaic to Southeast, making stops at the following stations: Tenmile River, Dover Plains, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Pawling and Patterson. Bus service will operate 15 – 30 minutes earlier than normally scheduled train times.

For a bus and train schedule, customers should visit:

http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic_7_20_21.pdf

http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic_7_22_23.pdf

Northbound:  Friday, July 21, Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23

Starting with the 8:52 p.m. departure from Grand Central on Friday, July 21 and for all departures on Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, trains from Grand Central to Southeast will connect with bus service at Southeast. Buses will make each train’s stops at: Patterson, Pawling, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Dover Plains, Tenmile River and Wassaic. Customers should allow up to 30 minutes in additional travel time, depending on the destination station.

For a bus and train schedule, customers should visit:

http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic_7_20_21.pdf

http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic_7_22_23.pdf

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xoxo Transit Blogger

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