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On February 17, 1987, at about 7:05 PM, a slowly moving 14-car Metro-North Hudson Line train collided with an empty Metro-North train returning to Grand Central on an elevated stretch of tracks at 140th Street and Park Avenue in the Bronx.
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.
Metro-North Railroad: New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch (peak service), Waterbury Branch (peak service) CTrail: Shore Line East (peak service) CTtransit Stamford: 311, 312, 313, 321, 322, 323, 331, 332, 333, 334, 341, 342, 343, 344, I-BUS Express, Stamford Commuter Shuttle, Bulls Head, North, Route 1 East
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)
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.
There are four tracks at the platform level, enough to accommodate Amtrak and Metro-North stops simultaneously, and from west to east numbered 2, 1, 3, and 5. Only tracks 2, 1, and 3 are regularly used. Track 5, the easternmost, has a lower speed limit and is used mainly for non-revenue maintenance trains or those experiencing difficulties.
The line runs through some of the most remote and rural country found on the Metro-North system, and includes both its longest bridge, the Moodna Viaduct, and longest tunnel, the Otisville Tunnel . Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) shares the use of the track for local freight operations between Suffern and Port Jervis.
Scarsdale station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem Line, located in Scarsdale, New York. Scarsdale is the southernmost station on the two-track section of the Harlem Line; a third track begins to the south. Scarsdale is the second busiest Metro-North station in Westchester County, after White Plains.
Metro-North station page for Danbury. List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA. Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Danbury Station" report, July 2002.
Metro-North station page for Southport. List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA. Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Southport Station" report dated September 2002.