Metro-North Boosts Peak Service 115 Percent As NY Reopens

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Metro-North has again increased train service on the Harlem, Hudson and New Haven lines as New York continues its post-pandemic reopening.

The new schedule provides a 115 percent increase in peak service from the May 27 schedule, with several trains added in the morning and afternoon peak periods. That is still only 61 percent of the normal weekday service.

The increase is due to a steady growth in ridership in response to the Phase 1 reopening in New York City, MTA officials said. "At Metro-North, our customers and employees’ health and safety is our top priority. We continue to provide the most aggressive cleaning and disinfecting program in agency history, fully disinfecting our stations every 12 hours, and trains every 24 hours to ensure that your ride is safe."

However, the Haverstraw-Ossining and Newburgh-Beacon ferries continue to be suspended with no alternate transportation offered. Free parking is offered at Irvington, Tarrytown and Beacon stations until further notice.

During off-peak periods, on middays, evenings, late nights, weekends and holidays, hourly service is still in effect. So are off-peak fares.

Pandemic protocols:

• Customers and employees are required to wear a mask or face covering at all times while on Metro-North property, in stations, on platforms, on board trains and at the Terminal.
• Please social distance by six feet or more where possible and use all doors to enter trains.
• Disinfection stations have been installed at all of our New York and many Connecticut stations, so that customers can sanitize their hands when needed.
• Customers should use MTA eTix to purchase their tickets whenever possible to reduce contact. No cash will be accepted on board trains and at ticket windows, but credit/debit cards will be accepted to purchase tickets.
• Cash, credit/debit cards are accepted at all Ticket Vending Machines, and at select TVMs, Apple Pay ® is accepted as well. Three ticket offices will be open from Monday to Friday only, at Grand Central Terminal (6 AM – 10:30 PM), White Plains, (6 AM – 10:30 PM), and Stamford, (6 AM – 11 PM). All other ticket offices remain closed until further notice.
• The North End entrances of Grand Central Terminal will continue to be closed until further notice. Other entrances at the Terminal may be closed for health precautions. Grand Central Terminal’s Lower Level has reopened, and select retailers are open for take-out and delivery only.

The schedule brings Metro-North to 50 trains arriving at Grand Central Terminal during the AM peak and 68 trains departing during the PM peak. Additional trains and crews will be available in all yard locations to add trains into service should the demand warrant.

Access the amended schedule online at New.MTA.Info. For train times, and real-time arrival and departure times on your phone, download TrainTime.