Hudson Line Work Saturday Will Change Some Train Schedules

CORTLANDT, NY — MTA officials advise customers that crews will continue making improvements to the upper Hudson Line in the area between Cortlandt and Peekskill on Saturday. Crews will resurface switches, weld track joints and cut trees.

This track work will require single-track operation for a distance of 11.5 miles between the area north of Croton-Harmon and Manitou, resulting in minor schedule adjustments for certain trains on Oct. 13.

Local trains operating between Grand Central Terminal and Croton-Harmon will not be affected by the track work and will run on a regular weekend schedule.

Regular train service will be in effect on Sunday.

The following schedule adjustments will be made on Saturday, October 13:

Northbound to Poughkeepsie

• Trains from Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie will depart 10 minutes later and will arrive at Poughkeepsie 15 minutes later than reflected in the current timetable dated March 18 to September 30, 2018.
• Trains from Grand Central to Poughkeepsie that normally depart at 4:14 p.m., 5:14 p.m. and 6:14 p.m. are temporarily canceled.

Southbound to Grand Central Terminal

• Trains from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Terminal will depart Poughkeepsie at regular times and will arrive Grand Central Terminal 5 minutes later.
• Trains from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Terminal that normally depart at 9:40 a.m., 10:40 a.m. and 3:40 p.m. are temporarily canceled.

To view a schedule, customers may visit:
http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/PublicTT-CP39Outage10-13(002).pdf

Many Channels for Service Updates
Information about the planned service change noted in this press release, and all planned service changes, is available through Metro-North Railroad’s real-time service information sources:

MYmta app – Customers who use the new, comprehensive MYmta app will see real-time travel information for Metro-North and connecting services all in one place, with push notifications when service is not operating normally. As a caution, trains that start out their trips on time may experience delays en route. The Metro-North Train Time app also remains available for customers to access Metro-North train information.

MTA.info – The rail tab of the “Service Status” box at new.MTA.info is always the definitive source for the latest status for each line, updated every minute. In addition, customers can visit www.mta.info/mnr to see special service notices in the upper center of the page.

Email and text message service updates – Customers are urged to sign up to receive the alerts by visiting MyMTAAlerts.com. To avoid unwanted messages, a user can tailor the messages to the specific branch, and the specific times of day.

@MetroNorth on Twitter – Twitter users can follow @MetroNorth to receive updates of a similar nature to the email and text alerts, shortened to fit Twitter’s format.

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