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Metro-North Hudson Line: Limited Service, Bus Shuttle After Train Derailment
The wreckage of a Metro-North commuter train lies on its side after it derailed just north of the Spuyten Duyvil station (Getty Images) After the devastating train derailment near Spuyten Duyvil earlier today, the MTA announced...
Metro-North Train Operator Blames Brakes For Fatal Derailment
Four people were killed and over 60 were injured after a Metro-North train headed from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central derailed in The Bronx this morning. The incident happened around 7:20 a.m. Sunday, about 100 feet north...
[Updates] Metro-North Train Derails In The Bronx: At Least Four Dead, Over 60 Injured
[Updates Below] Multiple people were reportedly killed and injured after a Metro-North train in the Bronx derailed this morning. An MTA spokesman told the Post the derailment happened around 7:20 a.m. 100 feet north of the...
Metro-North New Haven Service Is Now At 50%
Metro-North commuters along the New Haven line last week (MTA Photos) Six days after a Con Ed feeder failed on the New Haven line, sending commuters into a hellish tailspin, the MTA has the line at...
Partial Power Coming To Crippled Metro-North Line
Photograph from last night by nvigdor While the commuting hell continues for riders along Metro-North's New Haven line, help is sort of on the way: Three transformers are being brought in for partial power. According to...
Homeless Man Allegedly Pushed Hunter Student In Front Of Train Because "She Refused To Give Him Money"
Maya Leggat (Google+) Yesterday, a young woman was shoved onto the train tracks in front of an oncoming Metro-North train in Westchester. Hunter College student Maya Leggat, 21, was standing on the northbound platform of the...
Photos: Hell Is Other People Trying To Deal With Metro-North Today
(Robert Moses/Fox 5) With severely reduced Metro-North service operating along the New Haven line, a vast swath of New England north of the NYC has been reduced to a nightmarish commuter hellscape in which the living...
Map: MTA's Revised Metro-North Map For New Haven Line
With the sudden of loss power to the Metro-North New Haven line, after a high voltage feeder cable failed yesterday morning, the MTA announced a revised plan with limited bus/train service for the commuters starting today....
Woman Survives After Being Pushed In Front Of Metro-North Train
Triborough's flickr A woman survived after she was shoved onto the train tracks in front of an oncoming Metro-North train in Westchester earlier today. According to LoHud, the victim, who is in her 20s, was shoved...
It Could Take Weeks To Fix Metro-North's Electrical Problem
(Courtesy Joe Espo) A Con Ed spokesman says it might take weeks before the high-voltage electricity feeder that killed the Metro-North New Haven line is fixed. Utility spokesman Chris Olert tells us it may be a...
Con Ed Feeder Loss Suspends Metro North Service Between Stamford, Grand Central
Photograph by arielinfantatech All train service on Metro North's New Haven line was suspended when a Con Ed feeder went out around 6:30 a.m. It's unclear when service will be restored. The MTA says, "New Haven...
Photos, Video: Metro-North Hudson Line Service Back After Derailment
After a freight train carrying garbage derailed in the Bronx last Thursday, forcing Metro-North to suspend service on the Hudson Line, the MTA has been working around the clock to fix the rail and pick up the...
Metro-North's Hudson Line Service Suspended After Garbage Train Derails
Last night, 10 cars of a 24-car freight train carrying garbage derailed at 8:40 p.m. between the Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale stations in the Bronx. No one was injured—except for the tracks themselves because now Metro-North service...
Metro-North Crash Victim Files First Federal Lawsuit Against Railroad
Scene from last week's crash. (Fairfield Police) It's been a week since the horrific Metro-North collision that injured dozens of commuters, and the first federal lawsuit against the railroad has now been filed. A 65-year-old woman...
Full Metro-North Service Expected For Wednesday Morning Commute
A view of the trains on Saturday, a day after the crash (Getty Images) It looks like commuters on Metro-North's New Haven line will only have to endure one more day of cobbled-together service: The MTA...
Photos: MTA Removes Metro-North Rails, Reveals Weekday Commute Plan
The MTA announced how Metro-North commuters between Bridgeport and New Haven will be able to get to New York City after Friday night's collision left twisted rails. The investigation into the crash is also continuing, with the...
70 Injured From "Staggering" Metro-North Train Collision
Fairfield Police Authorities say that last night's Metro-North train collision between Bridgeport and Fairfield left 70 people injured and three remain in critical condition. Senator Richard Blumenthal said after seeing the scene, "The damage is absolutely...
UPDATE: At Least 60 Injured After Metro-North Trains Collide In Connecticut
Via MyFoxNY Two Metro-North trains collided near Fairfield, Connecticut just after 6 p.m., leaving at least 20 people injured. The 4:41 p.m. train from New Haven, headed to Grand Central, derailed and hit a westbound train—the...
Anti-Muslim Group Hits Back At Pro-Palestinian Ads With "Islamic Apartheid" Campaign
American Freedom Defense Initiative A new nationwide campaign of pro-Palestinian ads comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa went up at Metro-North stations this week, coinciding with Passover. The controversial ads, which were sponsored by grassroots advocacy...
Controversial Pro-Palestine Ads Went Up At Metro-North Stations On Passover
via White Plains Daily Voice A new nationwide campaign of pro-Palestinian ads comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa went up at Metro-North stations on Monday—which happened to be Passover. The ad states, “Americans Give Israel $3...
7 Scary St. Paddy's Day Videos To Prepare You For LIRR & MetroNorth Tomorrow
We're well into St. Patrick's Day Month here in the New York area—the season really kicked off with the ritual booing of the Bloomberg in the Rockaways—but tomorrow, Saturday the 16th, marks the height of the...
Here's What Your Blizzard Commute Will Look Like
roblawol's flickr The city is frantically preparing for the incoming blizzard (Nemo'easter?) that is due to hit the East Coast today and tomorrow, and is sure to leave slushy piles of rats strewn far and wide...
Reminder: New Year's Eve Means Subway And Street Closures, Extra Late Night Commuter Service
After the ball drops, the cleanup starts (christiNYC). We're almost there people! After a year of waiting it is almost time for the ball to drop, 2012 to end and 2013 to begin. But if you...
More Cell Service, Wi-Fi Coming To Grand Central And The Park Ave Tunnel
Quiet Grand Central Terminal It isn't just subway stations that are increasingly getting cellphone service—today the MTA announced plans to wire both the entirety of Grand Central Terminal and the Park Avenue tunnel for wireless. And...
BREAKING: Limited Subway Service Returns Tomorrow (But Not Below 34th Street In Manhattan)
Submerged escalator at South Ferry station (MTA Photos) Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this afternoon that limited subway service would return starting tomorrow—but not in lower Manhattan. "Buses are at full service today, limited commuter rail on...
Boats Where They Don't Belong: In The Middle Of Metro-North Tracks
MTA Will the owner of a 40-foot white boat called the "Gral Sper" please come remove it from the Metro-North tracks ASAP? While it's no tanker, according to Governor Cuomo, the boat is currently blocking the...
Photos: Grand Central Terminal Closed Up For Hurricane Sandy
This is only the second time in history that the MTA has shut down subway, train and commuter rail service. The first time was for Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011, and back then, we saw an...
MTA Is Super Satisfying, Says MTA's Satisfaction Survey
Super satisfactory (She Said Unprintable Things' flickr). Everybody agrees that the subways are just getting better and better, according to the people who run the subways. According to the MTA's third annual Customer Satisfaction Research Results...
Islamophobic Billboard At Metro-North Station Encourages Hatred, Says Local Pol
Via supertrampnyc On the heels of a pro-Palestine ad at Metro-North stations and a judge ruling that the MTA shouldn't have rejected Islamophobic pro-Israel ads is a new poster controversy: At the Hartsdale Metro-North station, there's...
Topless Crusader Busted On Metro North Gets Off
Holly Van Voast, topless activist. Topless activist Holly Van Voast (AKA the topless paparazzo Harvey Van Voast) had another successful day in court yesterday, once again successfully fighting for the right for women to show their...