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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.
The system took its current form in 1983, when the MTA took over direct operation of Conrail's commuter services in the northern portion of the Tri-State Area and formed Metro-North to run them. There are 124 stations [7] on Metro-North Railroad's five active lines, which operate on more than 787 miles (1,267 km) of track, [1] with the ...
MYmta is a mobile application -based passenger information display system developed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York City. A beta version of the app was launched on July 2, 2018, and as of June 2019 is still undergoing beta testing. While other applications exist which serve similar functions, MYmta is an all-in ...
The MTA set out to find capital funds to make upgrades in the late 1990s, and work has been underway since 2001 to make those necessary upgrades. "The Harmon Yard is the heart of Metro-North's ...
The 5:12 p.m. and 6:19 p.m. trains making all local stops from Harrison to Grand Central will be restored. The 8:59 a.m. and 9:24 a.m. trains from Stamford that made all local stops to Grand ...
The MTA says that during the pilot study last fall, Metro-North was able to safely clean over 12,000 miles of track with the laser train, resulting in a 40 percent reduction in slip/slide events ...
M1/M3 (railcar) The M1 and M3 are two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars built by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Railroad and Metro-North's predecessors, Penn Central and Conrail. [4] Originally branded by Budd as Metropolitans, the cars are more popularly known under their model names, M1 (late ...
The M2, M4 and M6 were three similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars produced by the Budd Company (M2), Tokyu Car Corporation (M4), and Morrison-Knudsen (M6) for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT). Initially branded as the Cosmopolitans, the cars were later more ...