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Metro-North also provides local rail service within the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract.
New Canaan Branch. The New Canaan Branch is an 8.2-mile (13 km) long branch line of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line that begins from a junction east of downtown Stamford, Connecticut, north to New Canaan. It opened in 1868 as the New Canaan Railroad .
Botanical Garden. / 40.8671; -73.8819. Botanical Garden station (also known as Botanical Garden–East 200th Street station) is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem Line, serving the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, New York City. The station is located just north of the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Bedford ...
The MYmta user interface at beta launch. 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 ...
Tarrytown station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad 's Hudson Line, located in Tarrytown, New York. The Tappan Zee Bridge is not far from the station, resulting in its use by Rockland County commuters. The station has two slightly offset high-level platforms, each able to accommodate 10 cars.
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.
To ensure that service was not terminated, the MTA created a wholly-owned subsidiary, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad. [7] On January 1, 1983, Metro-North took over the commuter operations of Conrail in the state of New York, [8] and New Jersey Transit Rail Operations took over the commuter operations of Conrail in New Jersey. [9]
The original New Hamburg station [12] was closed by the Penn Central Railroad on July 2, 1973. After the station's closure, local residents pressed for its reopening. On February 26, 1980, the MTA held a meeting to discuss the cost of reopening the station. The MTA estimate that it could cost $180,000 to $200,000.