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Still no service above Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line. On their Twitter account, Metro-North advises: Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line service is suspended between Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie. Newburgh-Beacon Ferry service will not run [Monday]. Please travel to Croton-Harmon station or use the...

Metro-North is reporting that due to flash flooding and a tree down on the tracks near Cortlandt, all Hudson Line service between Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie is currently suspended. MNR advises: We are attempting to secure buses, but until they are secured and on scene, please consider alternate ...

As of very early this morning, Metro-North reports: On Wednesday, August 5, Metro-North will continue to operate weekend service on the Hudson Line, due to extensive damage to our infrastructure caused by Tropical Storm Isaias. On the Harlem Line, Metro-North will operate weekend service for trains ...

Tropical Storm Isaias whipped through the area Tuesday morning and afternoon. All Metro-North service is currently suspended. As of 5pm Metro-North advises: Metro-North service on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines continues to be suspended due to extensive damage sustained from the effects of h...

The thunder storms that began rolling through the area late Saturday night caused serious delays on the Harlem and New Haven Lines, including trains from Yankee Stadium. Trains on the New Haven and Harlem lines were delayed for 60 to 90 minutes for part of Sunday morning, said Lizelly Gutierrez, a s...

The Monday morning rush hour is under way and Metro-North is reporting normal service on the Hudson Line.

I sure hope not Me too. A fire is an Act of God. Metro-North would have to prove willful negligence. That fire commanders knew -- or should have known -- their firefighting efforts were likely to cause a mudslide onto Metro-North's right-of-way but they willfully chose to ignore that possibility. T...

Sounds like things are almost back to normal on the Hudson Line. This is what Metro-North's homepage shows: Hudson Line customers should anticipate Northbound delays of 10 to 15 minutes as a result of the ongoing track work to repair the damage caused by flooding yesterday near Greystone. We appreci...

A two-alarm fire in Yonkers Wednesday evening, on Warburton Avenue between Glenwood and Greystone stations, resulted in serious delays and problems continued Thursday. The massive amounts of water firefighters poured on the fire triggered a mudslide which took out three of four tracks. Late Wednesda...

I don't really recall the proposed Hudson Line service levels but news reports in the 2009-2011 time frame quote Metro-North/MTA officials as saying it would be full service. The MTA is currently [Nov 2011] performing a Federal Environmental Assessment on the project that would bring its trains on t...

The PSA 2002 Comparative Screening Results Report recommended establishing both New Haven and Hudson Line service to Penn Station. For a number of years the two plans were supposed to go forward in tandem. As recently as 2014 MTA planning was still focused on building the Hudson Line connection conc...

This is what MTA is saying now about Hudson Line service into Penn Station: The PSA 2002 Comparative Screening Results Report recommended two alternatives for further consideration: 1) New Haven Line service via Amtrak’s Hell Gate Line with three new Metro-North stations in the eastern Bronx; and 2)...

Good question ^ But the plan has always seemed to mean riders from the east Bronx getting service to Manhattan's West Side. This is from the MTA's website page about the new service: Provide benefits to East Bronx residents and employers by: Substantially reduce travel times between Manhattan’s West...

As one of the participants said, "This has been a long time coming." But it has always depended on East Side Access being completed and on line. Metro-North and Amtrak have overcome their public disagreements over the Penn Station Access Project, clearing the way for a $1 billion rail plan...

I think I remember reading that Mott Haven Substation 2 supplied the power for the lower part of the Put third rail, Kingsbridge the middle part and Substation 4 (located next to the Glenwood Power Station) powered most of the Getty Square Branch. That was (and is) the problem with DC electrificatio...