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Amtrak’s New Locomotives Coming To Metro North

Posted on May 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Get ready Harlem’s Metro North. Amtrak is preparing to roll out the first of 70 new locomotives it says will offer better safety, reliability and performance than its current aging fleet. Continue reading →

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Harlem Village Farmland, 1820 – 1870

Posted on October 7, 2012 by | 7 Comments

Harlem was “a synonym for elegant living through a good part of the nineteenth century.”The village remained largely farmland estates, such as [Conrad] Van Keulen’s Hook. Continue reading →

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City to renovate more space in historic La Marqueta

Posted on September 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Small businesses that manufacture food products will have a spanking new space to cook up their magic in the historic La Marqueta on Park Ave., in East Harlem. Continue reading →

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The Harlem Rail-Road ‘Open Cut’ 1871

Posted on August 19, 2012 by | 4 Comments

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 →

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Metro-North Adding Trains To Westchester

Posted on July 21, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Metro-North will be adding 230 new trains this spring, many of which will be on Westchester’s Hudson and Harlem lines. Continue reading →

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New App Let Commuters Buy Metro-North Tickets

Posted on July 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Metro-North tickets are about to go hi-tech.

The railroad is set to test mobile tickets this summer. Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Wheelchair Man Puts Bomb on Metro-North

Posted on February 27, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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A legless man in a wheelchair planted explosives in the 125th Street Metro-North station yesterday, according to police. Trains were rerouted and the Harlem station was evacuated while officers tried to make sure that the “pyrotechnic” device, which consisted of M-80 fireworks and shotgun shells, didn’t detonate.

The Daily News reports that wheelchair-bound 57-year-old Perry Roosevelt is accused of putting the explosives next to a waiting room bench in the station. One or two other men are believed to have wheeled Roosevelt around the station while he carried the bomb, which was made from a laptop, wires, shotgun shells, paper, and lug nuts taped to fireworks. The device was concealed inside a laptop bag, which was covered by a black Steve Madden bag. Continue reading →

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Metro North’s Harlem Line Out of Service

Posted on January 26, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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Metro-North’s Harlem line is delayed, but running again after downed trees put the line out of service this afternoon. Busing is in effect between the Pleasantville and Mount Kisco.

Service on the New Canaan branch is also suspended because of signal problems caused by a downed tree. Busing is in effect at the branch.

WCBS reporter Catherine Cioffi spoke with Metro-North’s Dan Brucker who says the tracks are a mess.

All day trees have been falling on tracks as well as cars, but Brucker says works are busy getting trees off the tracks and clearing for the evening rush.

“We have track workers all over with buzzsaws, cutting up the trees,” he said. “But every time they get one off, another one falls.”

His advice to riders at Grand Central Terminal?

“Be as patient as possible. We’re working as hard as we can to get our trains freed up and running.”

Stay with WCBS 880 as we bring you the latest.

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Metro-North Adds To Transport Holiday Travelers

Posted on July 4, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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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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