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Map of the entire Metro-North Railroad system. This schematic is not to scale. Metro-North Railroad ( reporting mark MNCW ), [8] 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.
The New Haven Line is a 72.7 mi (117.0 km) commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut. Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line in Mount Vernon, New York, and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
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.
The corridor handles frequent passenger service that is both Amtrak and commuter. New York City itself is noteworthy for high usage of passenger rail transport, both subway and commuter rail (Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, New Jersey Transit). The subway system is used by one third of all U.S. mass transit users.
The Metro-North Railroad (MNCR) is a commuter railroad system serving two of the five boroughs of New York City ( Manhattan and the Bronx ), Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties in New York, as well Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut.
NJ Transit also operates rail service in Orange and Rockland counties in New York under contract to Metro-North Railroad. The commuter rail lines saw 57,179,000 [1] riders in 2023, making it the third-busiest commuter railroad in North America and the longest commuter rail system in North America by route length.
Metrolink owns several hundred miles of track; however, it also shares track with freight railroads. The system, founded in 1991 as the Southern California Regional Rail Authority ( SCRRA ) and adopting "Metrolink" as its moniker, [11] started operation in 1992.
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)
In 1994, the MTA spent $3 million rebranding its five subsidiaries with simpler names to convey that the different agencies were part of one agency. Surveys found that a majority of riders did not know that the MTA owned the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Railroad.
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 .