Metro-North Work Ends, More Begins: New Schedules Take Effect Oct. 8

Very minor schedule adjustments to certain Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Line trains take effect Oct. 8. All the new fall schedule changes are three minutes or less. Since that's plenty of time to miss your train, here are the details.

These schedule changes reflect the completion of a right-of-way improvement project on the Harlem Line between Mount Vernon West and Crestwood in Westchester County on the Harlem Line; switch-replacement work just south of the Beacon station on the Upper Hudson Line, and continuing improvements to the New Haven Line in Connecticut. (For more news you can use, sign up for Patch’s daily newsletter, news alerts and updates.)

Details of the changes are as follows:

Harlem Line:

• With the completion of significant portions of the Harlem Line Right-of-Way Improvement Project, Metro-North is restoring all previous a.m. and p.m. peak period schedules on the Harlem Line.
• Eight outbound local and express trains will operate 3 minutes earlier, with no changes in running times, to improve spacing between trains and on-time performance of New Haven Line outbound trains.
• Some Harlem Line departures are shifted to provide adequate time for following New Haven Line trains to maintain their schedules.

Hudson Line:

• With the completion of switch-replacement work near Beacon, weekend upper Hudson Line trains will be restored to their previous schedules.
• Four a.m. peak inbound Croton-Harmon local trains will have 1 minute added their schedules between Croton-Harmon and Hastings-on-Hudson to ensure that these trains pass key junctions on-time en route to Grand Central Terminal.

New Haven Line:

• Nine outbound a.m. reverse peak and mid-day New Haven Line trains between 7:30 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. will have schedules lengthened by 1-3 minutes to reflect ongoing infrastructure work and the necessary safety-related speed restrictions this work entails.
• Eight outbound mid-day trains have schedule adjustments of 1-3 minutes to better reflect the actual arrival times for those stations and with no change in overall running times.

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