Metro-North Schedules Weekend Work On Upper Hudson Line

MTA Metro-North Railroad announced Monday that during the weekends of Sept. 15-16 and Sept. 22-23, crews will make improvements to the upper Hudson Line in the area between Cortlandt and Peekskill. Crews will be out surfacing the interlocking near Cortlandt station and welding track, which will help ensure that customers enjoy a smooth ride and safe, reliable service.

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 during the weekends of September 15-16 and September 22-23.

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.

The following schedule adjustments will be made on those weekends:

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 Sept. 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.
• The Yankee Clipper trains from Yankee Stadium/153rd St to Poughkeepsie are temporarily canceled. Customers may ride regular Hudson Line trains from the stadium. Yankee Clipper trains from Yankee Stadium/153rd St to Croton-Harmon are not affected by this track work and will operate normally.

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.
• The Yankee Clipper trains from Poughkeepsie to Yankee Stadium/153rd St are canceled. Customers may ride regular Hudson Line trains to the stadium. Yankee Clipper trains from Croton-Harmon to Yankee Stadium/153rd St are not affected by this track work and will operate normally.

CORRECTION: This article was modified from its original version to correct the name of the line where the improvements will take place. It is the upper Hudson Line, not the Harlem Line. Patch regrets the error.

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