Metro-North
Metro-North 2014 Memorial Day Service Plan
Here is the official 2014 Memorial Day Getaway service plan info for the Metro-North Railroad: To help you get a jump on Memorial Day Weekend, the “unofficial” start of summer, Metro-North offers 18 extra early getaway trains on Friday, May 23 on all three lines — Hudson, Harlem and New Haven. On the Hudson Line, […]
MNR To Purchase Advanced Track Equipment
With safety being a big issue for the MTA’s Metro-North Railroad, it should come as no surprise that the agency is purchasing advanced track inspection equipment. Here is the dish: MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced plans to purchase a new track monitoring system that will be mounted on regular train cars to provide continuous inspection […]
Metro-North Completes Bronx Track Work
MTA Metro-North workers doing work on the Bronx R.O.W. track project. Photo courtesy of MTA Metro-North Railroad. The MTA Metro-North Railroad has finally completed the major track work project that was taking place in the Bronx. Here are the details: MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced the completion of an extraordinary track reconstruction effort that began […]
Senator Blumenthal Safety Blunder
The Metro-North has been taking a beating from all angles for quite sometime. Whether it is the agency’s failed maintenance or the deadliest accident in the agency’s history. Unfortunately the beating continued this past week when Democratic Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal demanded accountability after learning the agency racked up $552,000 stemming from 139 violations in […]
Metro-North To Begin Substation Upgrade
Starting this weekend, the Metro-North Railroad will begin a substation upgrade in Mount Vernon. Here is more: MTA Metro-North Railroad, beginning this weekend, will upgrade the power supply for the New Haven Line at its Mount Vernon East substation to provide additional redundancy and increase capacity. The railroad is replacing four, 35-year-old transformers with two […]
