MTA To Run Extra Trains For St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday

With St. Patrick's Day falling on a Sunday this year, New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade is scheduled for Saturday, March 16. The MTA, as usual, is banning alcohol from the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road.

In addition, there will be extra trains to get you to and from the festivities.

The MTA Police Department will enforce a ban on alcoholic beverages from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 16 to 5 a.m. Sunday, March 17. Any alcoholic beverages found by the MTA police will be confiscated, authorities said.

Customers using the trains are urged by the MTA to buy round trip tickets in advance at their home stations or using the MTA eTix mobile ticketing app. Conductors will be posted at select Hudson Line stations to collect tickets before customers board trains.

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Metro-North will be operating 18 additional trains to and from Grand Central to accommodate increased ridership to the parade Saturday.

There will be five upper Hudson Line trains focusing on Poughkeepsie, New Hamburg and Beacon; two additional trains on the Harlem Line, one from Southeast and one from White Plains, and two additional trains on the New Haven Line, one from New Haven and one from Stamford.

There will also be additional service for West of Hudson customers. One extra inbound train and one extra outbound train will run on the Port Jervis Line. Cars will be added to all regularly scheduled Port Jervis and Pascack Valley line trains.

Departure times for all trains are available via the MYmta app and at new.mta.info.

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