Tag Archives: Grand Central Terminal

LIRR service Suspended From Penn Station

LIRR service is temporarily suspended to and from Penn Station due to police activity.    There is currently no estimated time to restoration of service.  Please visit http://www.mta.info for updates.

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Fares on all Harlem Subways, Buses And Rails Waived

Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday night declared a transportation emergency in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading

The Harlem Rail-Road ‘Open Cut’ 1871

The Harlem station in ‘open cut’ was constructed by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1873-1874 as part of the Park Avenue Improvement. Continue reading

Pilots 666 Park Ave And Elementary Filming In Harlem

Harlem is always humming, we have two new pilots in Harlem. One, is ABC’s 666 Park Ave., the latest to board the supernatural-tinged drama pilot is filming at 157th Street and Riverside Drive with Vanessa Williams. Continue reading

MTA Could Connect Metro North 125th Street Trains To Penn Station

A multibillion-dollar project to connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal may have a nice side effect for people in Harlem at the Metro North 125th Street stop.

Making it possible for Metro-North trains to run directly into Penn Station. The New York Post reports that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority thinks its $7 billion project to allow LIRR trains to Grand Central will free up a lot of track space at Penn Station. Continue reading

Metro-North Adds To Transport Holiday Travelers

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Extra holiday service has been scheduled by MTA Metro-North, beginning today when the Hudson Line will have three added afternoon outbound departures and the Harlem Line will have five.

The extra Hudson runs will be between 1:45 p.m. and 5:22 p.m. and the extra Harlem ones will be from 1:45 p.m. through 5:59 p.m.

An added departure from Grand Central Terminal on the Harlem Line is set for Saturday at 10:45 p.m. to bring home viewers of the Macy’s July Fourth fireworks in Manhattan.

Friday will have a regular weekday schedule and Sunday will be a regular Sunday.

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Harlem Metro-North riders at all-time high

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Metro-North ridership has broken 80 million for the first time. The Associated Press reports this morning that the New Haven line accounts for about 46 percent of the total, with the rest on the Harlem and Hudson lines. Continue reading