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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 28 September 2017 - 08:30 PM

Metro-North news release 9/25/17:

 
New Metro-North Hudson and Harlem Line Schedules Take Effect on Sunday, October 8 to Improve Reliability
 
New Schedules Reflect Completion of Improvement Projects
 

 

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced that very minor schedule adjustments to certain Harlem Line and Hudson Line trains take effect on Sunday, October 8. These schedule changes reflect the completion of a right-of-way improvement project on the Harlem Line between Mount Vernon West and Crestwood in Westchester County on the Harlem Line and switch-replacement work just south of the Beacon station on the Upper Hudson Line.

 

Metro-North crews undertook an 18 week comprehensive track improvement project that took one of three tracks between Mount Vernon West and Crestwood out of service, reducing operating capacity. To address the reduced track capacity, schedules of a small number of peak-period trains were temporarily adjusted, mostly between one and six minutes.

 

Working with minimal disruption to customers, Metro-North crews completed the track project on schedule and made extensive upgrades to the Harlem Line, including: replacing over 1,900 ties, resurfacing track, replacing almost 1,200 feet of rail, putting in stone ballast, drainage improvements and general clean-up of the area along the tracks.

 

With the completion of the project, all three tracks will be back in service, and Metro-North will restore all previous peak-period schedules, reducing the running times that were lengthened due to the track work.

 

All new fall schedule adjustments are three minutes or less. In its efforts to continually improve on-time performance, Metro-North thoroughly reviews train schedules and actual performance to address sources of delay, eliminate schedule conflicts and more accurately reflect operating conditions. The railroad then makes minor time modifications to reduce the likelihood of cascading delays.

 

Details of the changes are as follows:

 

Harlem Line:

  • With the completion of significant portions of the Harlem Line Right-of-Way Improvement Project, Metro-North is restoring all previous a.m. and p.m. peak period schedules on the Harlem Line.
  • Eight outbound local and express trains will operate 3 minutes earlier, with no changes in running times, to improve spacing between trains and on-time performance of New Haven Line outbound trains.
  • Some Harlem Line departures are shifted to provide adequate time for following New Haven Line trains to maintain their schedules.

Hudson Line:

  • With the completion of switch-replacement work near Beacon, weekend upper Hudson Line trains will be restored to their previous schedules.
  • Four a.m. peak inbound Croton-Harmon local trains will have 1 minute added their schedules between Croton-Harmon and Hastings-on-Hudson to ensure that these trains pass key junctions on-time en route to Grand Central Terminal.

 

Related topic:  MNRR Hudson; Harlem line schedule changes for track work 6/4 - 10/7



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Posted 17 October 2017 - 10:45 AM

Metro-North news release, 10/17/17:

 
Metro-North Increases Service at Melrose and Tremont Stations
Makes Permanent Changes Instituted Under Pilot Program
 

 

The MTA advises customers that Metro-North Railroad’s new October 8 schedule includes permanently increased service levels at the Melrose and Tremont stations on the Harlem Line.

 

In an effort to build ridership and provide Bronx residents with more convenient travel options, on October 2, 2016, Metro-North implemented a pilot program that increased service at the Tremont and Melrose stations from a two-hour frequency to hourly frequency during off-peak and weekend travel times. The service day was also extended, with earlier inbound service on weekdays and significantly later outbound service on weekdays and weekends. During the pilot period, overall ridership at the two stations increased by 81%, with an increase in weekday ridership of 67% and an increase in weekend ridership of 101%.

 

With the success of the pilot program, and after a public hearing about the schedule change, the increased service at Melrose and Tremont is now permanent.

 

“We continually strive to find ways to improve and enhance our service,” said Catherine Rinaldi, Acting President of Metro-North Railroad. “We’re pleased that increased service at Melrose and Tremont has become so popular. Expanding service at Melrose and Tremont stations not only benefits customers who commute to Grand Central Terminal, but also the Bronx residents who reverse commute up to Westchester County and Connecticut.”

 

“Expanded service at the Melrose and Tremont Metro-North stations is not only a benefit for the commuters in the surrounding neighborhoods, but for the entire borough and, in fact, the entire region,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. “I am proud to support this expansion, and I am grateful to the MTA for listening to the numerous Bronxites who asked for this additional service at the recent public hearing.”

 

Details of increased service at Melrose and Tremont stations are below:

  • Weekday inbound service is now available from 5:51 a.m. to 12:47 a.m.
  • Weekday outbound service is now available from 5:38 a.m. to 1:20 a.m.
  • Weekend inbound service is now available from 6:44 a.m. to 12:44 a.m.
  • Weekend outbound service is now available from 6:25 a.m. to 1: 20 a.m.

 






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