Metro-North to Provide Additional Service for Macy's Parade-Goers

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual tradition that millions look forward to.

For those in the Hudson Valley who want to forego watching the spectacle on television from the comfort of their couch, Metro-North is providing more inbound service for Thursday, Nov. 24.

From the Metropolitan Transportation Authority:

Metro-North will provide additional inbound morning service for customers heading to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which kicks off at 9:00 a.m. at 81st Street and Central Park West and ends in front of Macy’s at Herald Square (34th Street). There is also expanded outbound service starting in the late morning and continuing through mid-afternoon. If you’re leaving New York after the parade, customers must show a ticket before boarding trains at Grand Central or Harlem-125th Street Station. On this day last year, about 30,000 customers departed Grand Central between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

For those west of the Hudson heading to the parade, the Port Jervis Line will offer a 7:39 a.m. departure from Sloatsburg (7:46 am from Suffern) arriving in Hoboken at 8:30 a.m. (a connection at Secaucus Junction arrives at Penn Station-NY at 8:39 a.m.). To get home, there's a 12:21 p.m. departure from Hoboken (12:14 p.m. from Penn Station-NY) that operates express to Suffern, then makes all stops to Port Jervis (serving Suffern at 1:02 p.m. and Sloatsburg at 1:09 p.m.).

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