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Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract. Service was transferred to Conrail in 1976, when it absorbed most of Penn Central's railroad functions after Penn Central's bankruptcy. The system took its ...
July 29, 2022 at 1:46 PM. Metro-North’s biggest union wants the state to ease mask mandates on the commuter rail amid a series of angry confrontations between conductors and passengers upset ...
Metro-North Railroad train mechanics and cleaners say they’re gearing up for a strike, claiming the MTA isn’t sending “decision makers” to ongoing mediation talks. But the MTA says there ...
The station building was closed October 9, 2007, by its owner Metro-North Railroad after removal of the ticket agent and in preparation for its sale. Tickets are now sold through a ticket vending machine located adjacent to the platform. The station building was subsequently sold in February 2008 for $1.25 Million to Verco Properties, a Bronx real estate investment company. [11] The station ...
The LIRR logo combines the circular MTA logo with the text Long Island Rail Road, and appears on the sides of trains. The LIRR is one of two commuter rail systems owned by the MTA, the other being the Metro-North Railroad in the northern suburbs of the New York area. Established in 1834 (the first section between the Brooklyn waterfront and Jamaica opened on April 18, 1836) and having operated ...
The MTA board in a unanimous voice vote approved the 4% fare hike. In a separate voice vote, the board also approved a hike in bridge and tunnel tolls. The new $2.90 base bus and subway fare, set ...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in North America, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department ...
The Hudson Line is a commuter rail line owned and operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. state of New York. It runs north from New York City along the east shore of the Hudson River, terminating at Poughkeepsie. The line was originally the Hudson River Railroad (and the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad south of Spuyten Duyvil ), and eventually became the Hudson Division of the ...