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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.
The MTA announced Thursday that it’s hired the executive director of a south Florida commuter group as the new president of 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.
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)
[citation needed] The segment from New Rochelle to New Haven is owned by the states of New York and Connecticut; Metro-North Railroad commuter trains operate there. [ citation needed ] Amtrak owns the tracks north of New Haven to the border between Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
The Beacon Line is considered to end at the Danbury Branch; however, the portion in Connecticut is owned by the Housatonic Railroad, although Metro-North may move trains over that portion. Between Beacon and Brewster the line crosses through several lines of hills, with a large portion of the line on a grade of at least 1 percent and with tight ...
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.
Stamford station, officially known as the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center or the Stamford Transportation Center, is a major railroad station in the city of Stamford, Connecticut, serving passengers traveling on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, and CT Rail's Shore Line East.