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There are 124 stations on Metro-North Railroad's five active lines, which operate on more than 787 miles (1,267 km) of track, with the passenger railroad system totaling 385 miles (620 km) of route.
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: 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
The Market–Frankford Line and Metro-North Railroad are the only railroads in North America that use bottom-contact third rail, known as the Wilgus-Sprague system. Its advantages include a reduced risk of electrocution for track workers and fewer disruptions due to icing conditions during winter weather.
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.
PHOENIXVILLE, PA — A massive new passenger rail proposal that would link New York City with Philadelphia and the Route 422 corridor in southeastern Pennsylvania out to Reading is taking shape. Gov.
Marble Hill station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.The station is located at 125 West 225th Street, two blocks west of the Broadway Bridge on the north side of the Harlem River, near the New York City Subway's Marble Hill–225th Street station (which serves the 1 train).
Southport station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Southport, Connecticut. It is one of three railroad stations in the town of Fairfield, the others being Fairfield and Fairfield Metro.
The ticket office was closed in September 1981. The line itself became part of Metro-North in 1983. The 1860-built NYC station house contained a bagel restaurant, [5] until it was closed in the 2010s, and left vacant, and the former freight house also still exists. [6] Dover Plains was a terminal station until 2000 when Metro-North expanded the ...
The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks for their main line through Golden's Bridge as far back as 1847. A station is known to have existed as far back as 1858, [4] but may have existed earlier. The line was acquired by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864. In 1871, the vicinity of the station became a junction for the ...