Metro-North news release 8/18/18:
Metro-North to Make Upper Harlem Line Improvements on August 22 and August 25-27Buses to Substitute for Certain Off-Peak Trains Between Wassaic and Southeast on August 22, and for Continuous Weekend Period August 25-27.
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 on Tuesday, August 22, and for the continuous weekend period starting after 10 p.m. on Friday, August 25 until the first scheduled train on Monday, August 28. Metro-North crews are renewing the Mill Street crossing in Dover Plains, replacing the crossing surface, rails and ties. While this work is underway, crews will install a temporary crossing to keep traffic moving safely in and out of the hamlet. Elsewhere along the tracks, crews will cut brush and weld rail joints.
To accommodate this track work, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, buses will substitute for off-peak trains between Southeast and Wassaic on the Harlem Line. Buses will operate 15 – 30 minutes earlier than scheduled trains. After 10 p.m. on Friday, August 25, buses will replace trains at all stations between Wassaic and Southeast. Normal train service will resume with the first scheduled train on Monday, August 28.
Service details are below:
Southbound: Tuesday, August 22
From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., buses will substitute for trains from Wassaic 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/..._22_Tuesday.pdf
Northbound: Tuesday, August 22
From 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 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/..._22_Tuesday.pdf
Southbound: Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27
Starting with the usual 11:28 p.m. departure from Wassaic on Friday, August 25, 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/...aic_8_25_27.pdf
Northbound: Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27
Starting with the 8:52 p.m. departure from Grand Central on Friday, August 25, and for all departures on Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21, 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. Buses are scheduled to arrive at regularly scheduled train arrival times.
For a bus and train schedule, customers should visit:
http://web.mta.info/...aic_8_25_27.pdf
