Metro North
Metro-North set to buy dual-mode locomotives from Siemens
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a $334.9 million contract for Siemens to build 27 dual-mode locomotives for the Metro-North Railroad. A document in the board package for Wednesday’s meeting says the purchase, an order for 19 locomotives with the exercise of an initial option for eight more, is funded by a […]
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Metro-North marks the second year of accomplishments in Way Head Plan to transform railroad
A series of key accomplishments since implementing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad’s Way Ahead plan two years ago was announced by Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi. The Way Ahead plan has taken a special significance this year with the COVID-19 pandemic, with the railroad undertaking the most aggressive safety and disinfecting measures in its history. […]
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Metro-North Railroad’s Port Jervis Station improvements project makes significant progress
Work to improve Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad’s Port Jervis Station, the terminus of the West of Hudson Port Jervis Line, is continuing to progress with the site preparation completed and the demolition nearly done. The project is part of the 2015-19 Capital Program and station investments and will make the Port Jervis Station […]
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MTA posts best January metrics for NYC Subway, LIRR, Metro-North
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials announced that on-time performance and other measures of service on the New York City Subway, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad continued to improve markedly in the month of January, reaching historically high levels. In tandem with improving performance, subway and railroad ridership increased in 2019, reaching 1.7 billion trips […]
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