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Metro-North Announces New Safety Improvements, Positive Train Control Metro-North Announces New Safety Improvements, Positive Train Control
Metro-North Announces New Safety Improvements, Positive Train Control The MTA has taken steps to ensure the safety of Metro-North riders. Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi announced that “Positive Train Control” has been extended to cover nearly 90 percent of the Hudson Line. All Hudson Line trains, including Amtrak and CSX, are now operating in Positive Train Control for the 67 miles between Marble Hill and Poughkeepsie. According to the MTA, Positive Train Control is a signal system safety enhancement that reduces the potential for human error to cause specific types of train collisions and derailments. In Connecticut, trains traveling on the 23-mil…

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Roadwork To Affect Danbury Branch Train Service Roadwork To Affect Danbury Branch Train Service
Roadwork To Affect Danbury Branch Train Service Roadwork is expected to impact service on the Danbury Branch for consecutive weekends as crews complete a road realignment project, the MTA announced. From Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21; and Friday, July 26 and Sunday, July 28, Connecticut State Department of Transportation crews will realign the intersection of Long Ridge Road and Simpaug Turnpike in Redding to correct a severe skew that has caused safety issues, primarily on the highway. According to the MTA, “the new alignment will raise the intersection, requiring Metro-North crews to remove and rebuild the railroad crossing a…

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Update: Metro-North Lines Now Operating On, Close To Schedule Update: Metro-North Lines Now Operating On, Close To Schedule
Update: Metro-North Lines Now Operating On, Close To Schedule Update, 4 p.m. The Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines are now operating on or close to schedule, Metro-North reports. Update, 3:30 p.m. Residual delays remain across all Metro-North lines after the 138th Street Bridge was opened to let a ship pass through. Delays are now as follows: Hudson Line delays up to 25 minutes. Harlem Line delays up 30 minutes. New Haven Line up to 40 minutes. Danbury Branch up to 40 minutes. Original report, 3 p.m.: The opening of the 138th Street Bridge to allow a ship to go through is resulting in delays of up to an hour on all three Metro-North lines Wednes…

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