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Here are the 50 top-paid employees at Metro-North (name, title, salary): Lennon, Thomas S, Asst Supervisor - Track, $240,170; Tucker, Stephen R, Vehicle Operator Class A, $240,566
In 2018, the top-paid Metro-North employee was Richard R. Bourt Jr., who was second on the 2017 salary ranking. A track supervisor, his rate of pay was $49 an hour.
Commuter and freight trains in North America. In North America, the conductor manages a freight, passenger, or other type of train, and directly supervises the train crew, which can include a brakeman, flagman, ticket collector, assistant conductor, and on board service personnel, and is responsible for the movement of the train.
Metro-North Railroad (reporting mark MNCW), trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York.
For many American railroads, the following career progression is typical: assistant conductor , train conductor, and finally the engineer. For many years the fireman was next in line to be an engineer, but that classification has been eliminated.
Work from home has hollowed out ridership on Metro-North. But steady ridership gains in the Bronx have the commuter rail rethinking its strategy.
Here are the 50 top-paid employees at Metro-North (name, title, salary): Lennon, Thomas S, Asst Supervisor - Track, $240,170; Tucker, Stephen R, Vehicle Operator Class A, $240,566
Metro-North's biggest union, ACRE, says conductors have been spit on and assaulted by passengers upset when told they have to wear a mask.
Nearly 600 union members at Metro-North, including car inspectors, coach cleaners, and carmen mechanics, represented by Locals 2001 and 2055, have been without a contract since 2019.
The New York City subways are patrolled by the NYPD Transit Bureau under contract since 1994. Since 2019, the MTA Police has officers conducting daily subway patrols in New York City in an effort to assist the NYPD in addressing quality of life issues, like homelessness, that affect commuters.