Harlem Line Peak AM Train Canceled For Summer Starting Monday

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Westchester commuters on several Metro-North trains on the Harlem, New Haven, and Hudson lines could see delays and crowded train cars this summer as scheduled track work begins this Monday in the Bronx, N.Y.

Metro-North trains are subject to some delays this summer since two trains were canceled from the schedule.
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by The Daily Voice

07/01/2013 5:00 a.m.

Metro-North will cancel three local morning peak trains, two on the New Haven Line and one on the Harlem Line, for nine weeks beginning Monday, July 1. Other schedule adjustments will be made, too.

On the Harlem Line:

The 8:03 a.m. local train from Mount Vernon West to Grand Central Terminal will not operate. Several other trains will make additional stops at Bronx stations to accommodate riders of this train, up to 15 minutes earlier than the train not operating.
Nine other morning peak trains will be adjusted up to three minutes, or travel time will be up to four minutes slower to make additional stops to accommodate customers of the train not operating.
Three afternoon peak trains will be adjusted up to three minutes.
Travel time of two inbound off-peak trains will be up to three minutes slower.

On the New Haven Line:

The 7:35 a.m. train from Port Chester, due at Grand Central Terminal at 8:18 a.m., will be combined with the 7:09 a.m. from New Canaan, resulting in a two-minute longer ride for the New Canaan train’s customers.
The 8:30 a.m. train from New Rochelle, due at Grand Central Terminal at 9:05 a.m., will not operate. Customers who ride this train may take the 8:15 a.m. from New Rochelle or the 8:08 a.m. train from Stamford instead.
One a.m. peak train will operate three minutes earlier and one minute slower.
Seven afternoon peak trains will be adjusted by one or two minutes, and one additional p.m. peak train will operate six minutes later but four minutes faster.
One inbound off-peak train will operate two minutes later, and travel time will be one minute slower for two other inbound off-peak trains.

On the Hudson Line:

One AM Peak train, the 9 a.m. departing from Croton Harmon, will operate two minutes later at all of its stops.
Travel time for two other morning peak trains will be one minute slower.

Additionally, several evening and late night trains will see their schedules adjusted up to 22 minutes earlier or later, seven days per week, to accommodate the next phase of the New York State stations rehabilitation project from Larchmont through Harrison.

The canceled trains should resume their regular schedule run time beginning after Labor Day. Track work includes drainage improvements, tie replacements, fencing repairs and general cleanup. A two-year, approximately $11 million drainage project will also begin during this time between Melrose and Woodlawn.

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