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    1. Rail

    Minor Metro-North Schedule Adjustments Take Effect on Sunday, April 2

    March 27, 2017
    MTA Metro-North Railroad will make a handful of minor adjustments to New Haven Line, Hudson Line and Harlem Line schedules that will take effect on Sunday, April 2, to address customer requests for additional service.
    Related To: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY MTA)

    MTA Metro-North Railroad will make a handful of minor adjustments to New Haven Line, Hudson Line and Harlem Line schedules that will take effect on Sunday, April 2, to address customer requests for additional service. The changes are designed to improve on-time performance and support track outages that are critical to on-going service reliability.

    A summary of the planned schedule changes follows.

    New Haven Line: Weekday Service

    • To accommodate track outages between Rye and Stamford for bridge repairs at several locations, 2 minutes of running time will be added east of Harrison to most westbound trains
    • The 5:44 a.m. and 6:42 a.m. trains from Waterbury will now depart 4 minutes earlier, at 5:40 a.m. and 6:38 a.m. respectively, to more accurately reflect true running time and reduce delays where the Waterbury branch joins the New Haven main line.
    • The 1:10 a.m. train from Grand Central Terminal to Stamford will now depart 5 minutes later, at 1:15 a.m., to improve reliability.

    Hudson Line: Weekday Service

    To support Sandy Resiliency track work, Hudson Line Weekday reverse peak busing between Philipse Manor and Scarborough stations will continue until Monday, May 1. On May 1, busing at Philipse Manor and Scarborough will no longer be required, and normal train service will resume.

    Harlem Line: Weekday Service

    The 1:15 a.m. train from Grand Central Terminal to North White Plains will now depart 5 minutes later, at 1:20 a.m., to improve operational reliability.

    Harlem Line: Weekend Service

    Customers traveling to stations between White Plains and Southeast have a new weekend express train departing Grand Central at 6:50 a.m., saving up to 18 minutes of travel time. Because of the addition of this new express, the 6:24 a.m. local train that currently makes all stops to Southeast will terminate at North White Plains.

    As with previous schedule changes, on-time performance issues were examined through point-by-point analysis of performance data to examine interactions between problem trains and their neighbors. Issues were addressed through targeted incremental timing, crew, and equipment changes intended to improve performance and reduce the likelihood of cascading delays, without creating unintended consequences.

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