Metro-North Schedule Changes Take Effect

New timetables for Metro-North Railroad's Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines have gone into effect Sunday, April 14. The railroad said the new schedules are designed to reflect more accurately how the railroad’s progressive infrastructure improvement plan affects train running times, resulting in more reliable, dependable and safe service for our customers.

Most trains have an adjusted schedule, anywhere from one minute to, in some cases such as the Connecticut branch lines, 16 minutes. In designing this schedule, Metro-North took into account a busy infrastructure improvement schedule that includes upgrades to its infrastructure, continued Positive Train Control installation along our tracks and on our fleet, and the actual running times of trains.

To learn how your train service is affected, check the interactive schedule on the MTA schedules page or on the TrainTime ® App to access the information directly on your phone.

On the Hudson Line

There are minor schedule changes to morning and evening peak service and off-peak service, with more significant schedule changes to the Upper Hudson Line’s weekend schedule to accommodate switch work near Poughkeepsie.

Morning and Evening Peak Service:

• Morning peak trains will depart their initial station up to two minutes earlier and have their schedules lengthened by one to three minutes.
• In the evening peak, trains have minor adjustments of up to two minutes.

Off-Peak Service:

• Off-peak and evening trains will depart their initial station up to five minutes earlier, and have their schedules lengthened by one to six minutes.

Weekend Service:

• Weekend inbound trains will depart their initial station up to five minutes earlier and have their schedules lengthened by up to five minutes; outbound trains have their schedules lengthened by one to five minutes.
• Weekend Upper Hudson service at Poughkeepsie and New Hamburg is reduced to accommodate track outages to support the replacement of a major switching center near Poughkeepsie. Every other Poughkeepsie train will terminate and originate at Beacon, and service between Poughkeepsie and New Hamburg will run every two hours. Hourly service will continue at Beacon, Breakneck Ridge, Cold Spring, Garrison, Manitou, Peekskill and Cortlandt.
• Three extra Saturday and two extra Sunday express trains in each direction between Poughkeepsie and Grand Central Terminal are temporarily discontinued. Hourly service to Poughkeepsie/New Hamburg and the extra express trains will resume operation with the June 30, 2019, schedule, after the switch replacement work is completed.

On the Harlem Line

There are minimal changes to the morning and evening peak service, with minor adjustments to off-peak and weekend trains to accommodate infrastructure projects along the line.

Morning and Evening Peak Service:

• Morning peak trains will depart their initial station one to four minutes earlier and have their schedules lengthened by up to two minutes.
• Evening peak trains are unchanged.

Off-Peak Service:

• Off-peak, Evening and Weekend trains will depart their initial station one to four minutes earlier and have their schedules lengthened by one to five minutes.

On the New Haven Line

The New Haven Line will experience the most extensive infrastructure work, with morning and evening peak train schedules lengthened by between one and six minutes. Off-peak and weekend trains will have schedules lengthened by between one and 11 minutes, and New Canaan, Waterbury, Danbury branch trains by one to 16 minutes.

More service is being added for customers, with additional weekday, Saturday and Sunday New Haven Line trains accessible for travel that had previously been restricted between Fordham and Manhattan. During off-peak times, service between Fordham and Manhattan will operate roughly four times an hour instead of twice an hour.

Morning and Evening Peak Service:

• Morning peak trains will depart their initial station one to 10 minutes earlier and have their schedules lengthened by one to six minutes, and New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury Branch trains departing one to four minutes earlier with schedules lengthened by one to three minutes.
• Evening peak trains will depart Grand Central Terminal at the same time but will have their schedules lengthened by one to six minutes.
• New Canaan and Danbury Branch trains will depart at the same time but will have their schedules lengthened by one to three minutes, while Waterbury Branch trains will be unchanged.

Off-Peak Service:

• Inbound trains will depart their initial station between 10 minutes earlier and four minutes later and have their schedules lengthened by one to 11 minutes, depending on trip length and time of day; outbound trains will depart Grand Central Terminal at the same time and have their schedules lengthened by one to 11 minutes. New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury Branch local trains will depart their initial station three to 16 minutes earlier and arrive three to 16 minutes later than previously, depending on the schedule of the mainline connection.

Weekend Service:

• Inbound trains will depart their initial station up to 10 minutes earlier and have their schedules lengthened by two to 10 minutes.
• Outbound trains will depart Grand Central Terminal at the same time and have their schedules lengthened by two to 10 minutes.

New timetables will be available in Grand Central Terminal and at outlying stations. You can also view them on schedules page or on the TrainTime ® App. Or, call Metro-North’s Customer Service Center at 511, the New York State Travel Information Line, and say, “Metro-North Railroad.” From Connecticut, dial 877-690-5114. Those who are deaf or hard of hearing can use their preferred service provider for the free 711-relay to reach Metro-North at 511.

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