Metro-North
Metro-North Public Hearing On Fares For New Station
The Metro-North issued a press release earlier to announce a public hearing to discuss a fare proposal. The proposal calls for the new station, that will serve Yankee Stadium, to be included in the same fare zone as all other Bronx stations. Here is the entire release: MTA Metro-North Railroad is proposing that its new […]
State Looks To Replace Tappan Zee Bridge
Transit Blogger focuses on mass transit so why am I writing about the Tappan Zee Bridge? Well I am writing about it because if the state has its way, the aging Tappan Zee Bridge will be completely replaced & sport a new structure which would be extremely mass transit friendly. Lets go straight to the […]
New Bus Service To Poughkeepsie Train Station
Yesterday the MTA’s Metro-North division issued a press release to highlight their partnership with the New York State Department of Transportation, Dutchess & Ulster Counties. The partnership has lead to the creation of a new bus service to link bus service to train service at the Poughkeepsie train station. Here are the complete details: Ulster […]
Metro-North Repairs Lead To Road Detour
The Metro-North division of the MTA issued a press release a few days about repairs that will lead to a road detour in the town of Southeast. Here are the details: The Town of Southeast will close Prospect Hill Bridge beginning Monday July 21, 2008 so that MTA Metro-North Railroad can repair the 98-year-old bridge. […]
Drunk Man Survies Fall Onto Tracks
Yesterday evening a drunk man survived after falling onto the tracks at the Metro-North’s Brewster Village station. The Associated Press (via The New York Daily News) had the brief story: BREWSTER, N.Y. – Metro-North police say a “highly intoxicated” man who fell off the platform as a train pulled into the Brewster Village station has […]
