Post Storm Repairs Continue On Upper Harlem Line

Weekend busing will expand on the Upper Harlem Line in April, MTA Metro-North Railroad advises customers. Not only will it be in effect between Southeast and Goldens Bridge, but bus service will be provided to Purdy's and Croton Falls.

This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 7-8, and continuing over the next two consecutive weekends, crews remain out in force on the upper Harlem Line strengthening the railroad’s infrastructure following the series of powerful nor’easters that hit the region in March. Crews will be reinforcing power poles and wires to enhance the Harlem Line’s resiliency.

To accommodate work essential to maintaining the railroad’s safety and service reliability, substitute bus service will be in effect from Southeast to Goldens Bridge over the next three weekends.

Bus service will now be provided to Purdy’s and Croton, so customers will no longer have to drive to Goldens Bridge, Katonah or North White Plains.

All buses will depart about 20 minutes earlier than regularly scheduled southbound train departure times in order to connect with train service at Goldens Bridge. Regular train service will resume with the 7:10 p.m. train to Southeast and the 9:08 p.m. train from Southeast.

Harlem Line train service continues to operate between Grand Central Terminal and Goldens Bridge and between Southeast and Wassaic.

Customers can also use the Hudson Line, where tickets will be cross-honored.

Service details

Wassaic Branch Customers: Trains will depart 10 minutes earlier than regularly scheduled southbound train departure times at all stations between Wassaic and Patterson in order to connect with bus service at Southeast. Additional bus service/ times will be provided at Southeast and Goldens Bridge.

Southeast, Brewster, Croton Falls & Purdy’s Customers: all buses will depart about 20 minutes earlier than regularly scheduled southbound train departures in order to connect with train service at Goldens Bridge. Regular train service will resume each day with the 7:10 p.m. train to Southeast and the 9:08 p.m. train from Southeast

For a detailed bus and train schedule, customers may visit:
http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/Wassaic4_3.pdf

Many Channels for Service Updates

Information about the planned service change noted in this press release, and all planned service changes, is available through Metro-North Railroad’s real-time service information sources:

Email and text message service updates – Customers are urged to sign up to receive the alerts by visiting MyMTAAlerts.com. To avoid unwanted messages, a user can tailor the messages to the specific branch, and the specific times of day.