Service On Metro-North's Upper Harlem Line Resumes

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Service on the upper Harlem line interrupted by damage from Tropical Storm Isaias resumed at 4 a.m. Saturday, MTA Metro-North Railroad announced over the weekend. Crews completed repairs to utility poles, tracks and other infrastructure between the Goldens Bridge and Southeast stations.

Catherine Rinaldi, president of Metro-North Railroad, said she wanted to thank the customers for understanding during the recent disruption.

"This storm was quite a challenge for the region and the efforts of our workforce have been nothing short of amazing for clearing trees and making repairs," she said in a news release.

Out of the entire MTA network, the Harlem Line was the hardest hit by the tropical storm, with 75 downed trees on that one line alone.

Clearing the trees and restoring the utility poles and wiring required coordinated, concentrated, multidisciplinary efforts, the railroad said.

Metro-North had been restoring service incrementally system wide since the storm hit Aug. 4.

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