Metro-North Bans Alcohol On Trains During SantaCon

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The MTA police have instituted a 24-hour ban on alcohol on all Metro-North trains starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 in anticipation of SantaCon.

Metro-North has banned alcohol on all trains starting at 9 a.m. on Dec. 13 for SantaCon.
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Joe Jenkins

12/12/2014 3:00 p.m.

Police officers will be on duty at Grand Central Terminal and outlying stations as well as on trains to enforce this restriction.

Authorities will confiscate alcohol and issue summonses carrying fines of up to $50, imprisonment of up to 30 days, or both to violators. Violators may also be subject to removal from the train or station by police.

The alcohol ban on Metro-North trains will be lifted on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 9 a.m.

Alcohol is generally allowed on Metro-North. The railroad imposes temporary bans on occasion for the safety of customers and train crews.

SantaCon bills itself as a charitable, noncommercial nonpolitical, nonsensical Santa Claus convention in New York City with a lot of bar-hopping.

For more on SantaCon, click here.

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