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Metro-North Railroad. Metro-North Railroad provides services in the lower Hudson Valley and Western Connecticut. Overview. Owner. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Locale. Hudson Valley of New York; Southwestern Connecticut [1] Transit type. Commuter rail.
Metro-North Railroad: Services: 1 main line; 3 branches: Operator(s) MTA Metro-North Railroad: Daily ridership: 65,684 weekday (2022) (22.95 million annual) Technical; Track length
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.
List of Metro-North Railroad stations. 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.
Most of the equipment used on the line is owned by NJ Transit, while some coaches and locomotives are owned by Metro-North. The locomotives used on the line range from GP40PH-2Bs, F40PH-3Cs, PL42ACs and GP40FH-2Ms, with the occasional ALP-45DP. A total of fifteen locomotives are in Metro-North colors.
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)
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 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 ( reporting mark BSDA) is a light rail system that serves the Greater St. Louis area. Operated by Metro Transit in a shared fare system with MetroBus, [7] the two-line, 38-station system runs from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury in Missouri to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
New Rochelle station is a Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak train station located in New Rochelle, New York. The station serves Metro-North's New Haven Line and Amtrak's Northeast Regional ; Bee-Line Bus System buses serve a bus stop just outside the station.
West Haven station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in West Haven, Connecticut. The station was built on Sawmill Road between Hood Terrace and Railroad Avenue, in the Elm Street-Wagner Place neighborhood.