Labor Day Holiday "Getaway" Service
You shouldn’t have to work hard to get your Labor Day weekend off to an early start! Metro-North makes it easy by providing the following extra outbound “getaway service” on Friday, August 29th:
On the Hudson Line: Extra trains will depart Grand Central Terminal as follows:
Time Destination
1:45 PM Croton-Harmon Express
2:36 PM Poughkeepsie Express
3:25 PM Croton-Harmon Express
4:05 PM Poughkeepsie Express
To accommodate these extra trains, the 5:29 PM Poughkeepsie and the 5:32 PM Beacon train will be combined, departing Grand Central at 5:32 PM; and the 5:56 PM and 5:59 PM trains to Croton-Harmon will be combined, departing at 5:59 PM. The 6:20 PM train to Croton-Harmon will not operate.
On the Harlem Line: Extra trains will depart Grand Central Terminal as follows:
Time Destination
1:45 PM Southeast Express
3:12 PM North White Plains Express
3:33 PM Southeast Express
4:08 PM Southeast Express
To accommodate these extra trains, the 6:06 PM Brewster train and the 6:10 PM Mount Kisco train will be combined, departing Grand Central at 6:10 PM. The 5:25 PM train to Brewster will not operate.
On the New Haven Line: Extra trains will depart Grand Central Terminal as follows:
Time Destination
1:04 PM New Haven Express
2:00 PM New Haven Express
3:01 PM South Norwalk
3:04 PM Harrison
3:15 PM Danbury (Through) Express
3:26 PM New Haven Express
3:29 PM Harrison
4:06 PM New Haven Express
To accommodate these extra trains, the 5:14 PM Harrison and 5:20 PM New Rochelle train will be combined, departing Grand Central at 5:20 PM; and the 5:56 PM Harrison and 5:59 PM New Rochelle train will be combined, departing Grand Central at 5:59 PM. The 6:29 PM to New Haven, 6:38 PM and 7:11 PM trains to Harrison, and 8:04 PM to New Haven will not operate.
On Labor Day, Monday, September 1, Metro-North will operate a Holiday Schedule.
West -of-Hudson
On Friday, August 29th:
On the Port Jervis Line an early “getaway” train will depart Hoboken at 2:43 PM/Penn Station, NY at 2:35 PM. (The 6:08 PM from Hoboken/5:53 PM train from Penn Station, NY will not operate.)
On the Pascack Valley Line The 2:51 PM from Hoboken/2:35 PM from Penn Station, NY train to North Hackensack is extended to Spring Valley, arriving at Pearl River at 3:47 PM, Nanuet at 3:55 PM, and Spring Valley at 4:01 PM.
The 6:05 PM train from Hoboken/5:53 PM train from Penn Station, NY and the 6:15 PM train from Hoboken/ 6:05 PM train from Penn Station, NY are combined, making all local stops to Spring Valley.
On Labor Day, Monday, September 1, a weekend schedule will be in effect on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley Lines.
Wassaic Branch Weekday Busing - Aug. 18 - 22 & 25 - 29, 2008
Bus service will replace the following trains between Wassaic and Southeast stations:
Southbound departing Wassaic Station:
▪ 10:26 AM
▪ 12:26 PM
▪ 2:20 PM
▪ 4:21 PM
Northbound departing Southeast Station:
▪ 9:28 AM
▪11:21 AM
▪ 1:21 PM
▪ 3:21 PM
This service change is to accommodate program maintenance work.
We regret any inconvenience you may experience, and appreciate your cooperation.
Off-Peak Port Jervis Line Busing - Aug. 18 & 25, Sept. 4 & 5
Buses will replace the following off-peak trains between Port Jervis and Middletown stations on Mondays, August 18 & 25, Thursday, September 4, and Friday, September 5. This is to accommodate track work in the area.
--Traveling to Middletown, departing Port Jervis at 11:31 AM and 1:21 PM.
--Traveling to Port Jervis, departing Middletown at 10:09 AM and 11:40 AM.
Busing will follow train schedules.
We thank you for your patience during these improvements to our right-of-way.
New West-of-Hudson Timetable Effective Sunday, August 3
New Pascack Valley and Port Jervis line schedules go into effect on Sunday, August 3. Changes to watch for include adjustments to Penn Station NY - Secaucus connections, and expanded weekend service on the Pascack Valley Line.
On the Pascack Valley Line
A new weekend train departs Spring Valley at 7:10 PM, making limited stops in New Jersey before arriving in Hoboken at 8:28 PM and Penn Station NY at 8:38 PM.
On weekdays, the 5:29 AM train from Spring Valley will make its connection at Secaucus five minutes later, arriving in Penn Station NY five minutes later at 6:51 AM. Also, the 5:28 PM train from Penn Station NY will now leave four minutes earlier at 5:24 PM; arrival times at Pascack Valley Line stations remain unchanged.
A number of minor schedule adjustments will be made to other Penn Station NY – Secaucus connections, ranging from one to three minutes earlier. See the new timetable for details.
An extra getaway train will operate on August 29 (the Friday before the Labor Day holiday weekend), departing Hoboken at 2:51 PM and Penn Station NY at 2:35 PM, and arriving Pearl River at 3:47 PM; Nanuet at 3:55 PM and Spring Valley at 4:01 PM.
On the Port Jervis Line
A number of minor schedule adjustments will be made to some Penn Station NY – Secaucus connections, ranging from three minutes earlier to three minutes later. See the new timetable for details.
New timetables are available at Hoboken Terminal, Penn Station NY and Secaucus. Please be sure to pick up a copy to check for changes affecting your commute. Or visit our
schedules page.Cars Added To Peak Port Jervis Line Trains
Starting Monday, June 2, cars have been added to six Port Jervis Line trains-- three in the AM peak and three in the PM peak--to provide customers with more seats.
These changes have been made, in part, because ridership growth on the Port Jervis line has jumped 5% in the first three months of 2008, to over 5,800 weekday customers. These improvements are also in response to customer comments, surveys and recent focus groups.
Mornings, the 5:37 AM train departing Port Jervis has gone from six to seven cars--the first time ever that the Port Jervis Line has had a seven-car train. The 5:05 AM out of Port Jervis has been lengthened from five to six cars and the 6:07 AM train has lengthened from six to seven cars.
In the afternoon, the 4:47 PM out of Hoboken has been increased from six to seven cars, and the biggest train in the evening, the 5:40 PM out of Hoboken, has gone from six to seven cars. And finally the 6:27 PM out of Hoboken has been increased from five to six cars.
Free Wi-Fi In Grand Central Terminal Station Master's Office
Free Wi-Fi is now available in our Station Master′s Office in Grand Central Terminal, making it the hotspot of midtown Manhattan! This Wi-Fi accessibility will allow you to use your laptop and other wireless devices to browse the Internet while waiting for your trains. And best of all, you can browse our website for the latest information about train service.
Hudson Line Platform Changes Through 2008
The next phase of the Hudson Line station rehabilitation project began in January 2008, and will last for approximately 18 months. During this phase, we will replace the inbound platforms at Philipse Manor, Scarborough, and Ossining stations.
This work will require that we continue to change the way in which we operate trains from Morris Heights to Ossining during the AM Peak. Therefore, customers will still board their morning trains from the opposite platform. (In other words, northbound trains will be arriving on southbound platforms, and southbound trains will be arriving on the northbound platforms.)
Additionally, weekday off-peak customers at Tarrytown, Philipse Manor, Scarborough, and Ossining stations will generally use the northbound platform for ALL trains (southbound and northbound) during this project phase.
Please look for signage with exact details at your station, and also listen for announcements in the event that operating conditions require a last-minute revision to track assignments.
We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Grand Central North Closed Weekends
Because of low usage and to save costs, Grand Central North is closed on weekends. Weekday Hours remain the same.
Beware of online ticket scams!
The only official way to purchase Metro-North Railroad tickets online is from
WebTicket. Some customers have reported "bogus" websites offering nonexistent ticket discounts.
Do not use these sites. If a railroad ticket offer seems too good to be true -- it probably is. You will never receive a ticket and you will have given someone access to your credit card information.
Again, only purchase tickets online from WebTicket. To avoid confusion, bookmark that page today.
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