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[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 9/7/12:

MNRR to host meetings on proposed East Bronx service

 

MTA Metro-North Railroad will host community forums in the East Bronx area of New York City later this month and next to provide the public with information on a proposal to introduce service in the east Bronx along Amtraks right of way.

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[KevinKorell]

NY-1 TV, New York, NY, 6/6/13:

More Metro-North service through a new station in the Bronx seems like a win for everyone.

"It would be accessible to in and out of the neighborhood to the train station and getting to and from downtown, so it's very convenient, I think," said one local.

Except that it would not be "more" Metro North service since they currently don't have any. Only Amtrak uses that line, and they don't stop between New York Penn Station and New Rochelle. Story is here.

[KevinKorell]

Stamford, CT Advocate, 9/24/14:

Metro-North to Penn Station service gains approval

A $743 million proposal to provide direct train service to Penn Station on Manhattan's West Side gained the approval of Metro-North's parent agency Wednesday as part of an overall $32 billion transit improvement plan over the next five years.

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[KevinKorell]

WABC-TV, ABC-7 in New York, NY, 9/24/14:

MTA proposes New Haven rail line to Penn Station

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing to extend Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line to Penn Station in Manhattan to ease crowding and provide access to Manhattan's West Side as part of a broad $32 billion, four-year capital improvement program.

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[KevinKorell]

Journal-News, White Plains, NY, 9/24/14:

Bronx Boro Prez likes Metro-North Penn Access plan with new stations

The plan to bring some of Metro-North's New Haven Line trains into Penn Station - part of the MTA's $32 billion 5-year capital plan - would include the creation of four new stations in the east Bronx.

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[KevinKorell]

It will be interesting to see how Amtrak handles the commuter traffic on this line. It is not a 4-track line like their Northeast Corridor south of Newark or Metro North's segment east of New Rochelle.

[KevinKorell]

Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT, 4/2/15:

 

Four new Metro-North stations planned in the Bronx

 

The 2015-16 New York state budget approved Wednesday includes money for four new Metro-North stations in the Bronx, part of a project that would bring Metro North service from Connecticut into Penn Station.

 

 

The new stops would be at Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester, and Hunts Point, and would provide access to rail travel to 93,000 residents of the outer borough, according to a statement by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.

 

Story here.

[KevinKorell]

News 12 The Bronx, 10/11/18:

 

 

Officials urge Amtrak to let MTA bring train service to East Bronx

 

 

A plan to bring Metro-North train service to the East Bronx has been stuck in the study phase for the last four years.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Bronx Times, 10/19/18;
 

 

Amtrak delays Metro North/Borough officials frustrated by greedy repair demands

The east Bronx dream of long-promised Metro-North Rail commuter service into Manhattan is being threatened by Amtrak, the owner of the rail tracks, in its demands that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cough up the funds to make infrastructure improvements on the system before a signed contract is forthcoming, according to borough officials.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Poughkeepsie, NY Journal, 10/24/18:

 

 

Amtrak demands stalling Metro North plan to open Manhattan's West Side to Hudson Valley

 

 

 

Amtrak's eleventh-hour demands have stalled plans for a rail project that would deliver Metro-North commuters to Manhattan’s West Side for the first time and open a new path to jobs in the Hudson Valley, a top-ranking Metropolitan Transportation Authority official says.

 

 

Story is here.    I think the headline writer got his or her wires crossed with the content of the article.  This story is about Metro North New Haven Line access to Penn Station via the Hell Gate Bridge.  The headline mentions the Hudson Valley, with the idea of bringing Metro North Hudson Line service over Amtrak's Empire Connection into Penn Station.