Metro-North Delays Of Up To An Hour Make For Chaotic Evening Commute

This story has been updated.

Trains have been delayed by up to one hour on the New Haven and Harlem lines due to police activity at Botanical Gardens.
Photo Credit: *Stacy Geisinger*

Grand Central Terminal in chaos following hour long delays.
Photo Credit: *Greg Daughtery*

Daily Voice

02/01/2016 6:30 p.m.

Evening commuters on all three Metro-North lines are experiencing lengthy delays Monday that began just before the 5 p.m. rush.

Metro-North Harlem and New Haven Line service is delayed in both directions up to 60 minutes due to police activity in the vicinity of Botanical Gardens Monday afternoon.

Metro-North reported the 60-minute delays in an announcement at 5:27 p.m. The delays were still reported as being an hour at 7:30 p.m.

Hudson Line delays of up to 30 minutes were repported buy Metro-North at 6:56 p.m. as a result of congestion, it said.

Previous Harlem and New Haven Line delays of 35 to 45 minutes had been reported by Metro-North in a 4:22 p.m. announcement.

Customers are advised to listen for announcements at local stations.

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