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On February 17, 1987, at about 7:05 PM, a slowly moving 14-car Metro-North Hudson Line train collided with an empty Metro-North train returning to Grand Central on an elevated stretch of tracks at 140th Street and Park Avenue in the Bronx.
Metro-North Railroad: New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch (peak service), Waterbury Branch (peak service) CTrail: Shore Line East (peak service) CTtransit Stamford: 311, 312, 313, 321, 322, 323, 331, 332, 333, 334, 341, 342, 343, 344, I-BUS Express, Stamford Commuter Shuttle, Bulls Head, North, Route 1 East
Commuter rail: System: Metro-North Railroad: Operator(s) Metro-North Railroad: Daily ridership: 28,828 (2022) (10.01 million annual) Technical; Track length: 74 mi (119 km) Character: Commuter rail: Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Electrification: Third rail, 750 V DC (south of Croton–Harmon)
Commuter rail: System: Metro-North Railroad: Operator(s) Metro-North Railroad: Daily ridership: 45,350 (2022) (14.99 million annual) Technical; Track length: 82 mi (132 km) Number of tracks: 1–4: Character: Commuter rail: Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Electrification: Third rail, 750 V DC (south of Southeast)
Additionally, stations to the north of Earlington Heights are only served by one line, giving them much longer headways. Trackage Metrorail departing Dadeland North station and heading towards Dadeland South station
Metro-North Railroad rolling stock. The Metro-North Railroad is a commuter railroad serving northern suburbs of New York City. It principally uses a fleet of electric railcars for its services; diesel locomotives and push-pull coaches are in use as well for non-electrified portions of the system.
There are four tracks at the platform level, enough to accommodate Amtrak and Metro-North stops simultaneously, and from west to east numbered 2, 1, 3, and 5. Only tracks 2, 1, and 3 are regularly used. Track 5, the easternmost, has a lower speed limit and is used mainly for non-revenue maintenance trains or those experiencing difficulties.
Wolverine. Main Line. Croton-Harmon. toward New York. Beacon station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line located in Beacon, New York. The station has three tracks, with one island platform and one side platform.
List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA; New Rochelle Amtrak/Metro-North Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web) New Rochelle Station (The SubwayNut) New Rochelle Transportation Center (Downtown New Rochelle Business District) North Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
In February 2021, Metro-North filed to abandon a 41-mile (66 km) segment of the Beacon Line between Beacon and the New York-Connecticut border, pursuant to the Housatonic Railroad's trackage rights being resolved.