Metro-North Announces Service Changes For Memorial Day Weekend

With the Memorial Day weekend fast approaching, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced it will be adding extra getaway trains Friday, May 25. The idea is to help New Yorkers get an early start on the long three-day weekend.

On Friday, May 25, Metro-North Railroad will add 17 extra afternoon trains departing Grand Central Terminal between 12:58 p.m. and 4:11 p.m.

Some trains between 5:18 p.m. and 7:28 p.m. will be canceled and combined due to reduced ridership during that time period.

All extra and canceled trains will be shown in the current timetable.

On Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27 a regular weekend schedule will be in effect.

For Monday, May 28 — Memorial Day — a Sunday schedule will be in effect.

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Customers who use the Metro-North Train Time app will see up-to-the-minute status for each upcoming train at each station. The app is available from the Apple Store for iOS devices or Google Play Store for Android.

Metro-North’s mobile ticketing app — MTA eTix — lets customers buy Metro-North tickets on their mobile devices anytime and anywhere.

For complete service changes for the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines, go here.

West of Hudson

Friday, May 25

Port Jervis Line
The regularly scheduled departure from Hoboken at 2:41 p.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction, and then all stops between Suffern and Middletown/Town of Wallkill, will be extended to stop at Otisville and Port Jervis. Customers from Manhattan wishing to connect to this train should be on the 2:29 p.m. departure from Penn Station-NY to change at Secaucus Junction. To accommodate this service, the 6:15 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Port Jervis will not operate.

Pascack Valley Line
The regularly scheduled Pascack Valley Friday-only train will depart Hoboken at 2:58 p.m., and stop at Secaucus Junction, select stations in New Jersey, and Pearl River, Nanuet and Spring Valley. Customers from Manhattan who are wishing to connect to this train should be on the 2:51 p.m. departure from Penn Station-NY to change at Secaucus Junction. To accommodate this train, the 7:20 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Spring Valley will not operate.

Saturday, May 26, to Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day)

On Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27, a regular weekend schedule will be in effect.

On Monday, May 28, Memorial Day, a weekend schedule will be in effect on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley Lines. An extra afternoon inbound train will depart Port Jervis at 4:09 p.m., making all stops through Suffern, then run express to Secaucus Junction and Hoboken. Customers wishing to travel to Penn Station-NY should transfer at Secaucus Junction.

Most connecting services will not operate on Memorial Day. However, the Tappan Zee Express will operate on a weekend schedule.

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