Metro-North Railroad

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
Number of lines	5 rail lines[1]
Number of stations	124[1]
Daily ridership	233,600 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[2]
Annual ridership	60,569,700 (2023)[3]
Chief executive	Catherine Rinaldi[4][5]
Headquarters	Graybar Building New York, New York[6]
Website	new.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
Operation
Began operation	1983[7]
Operator(s)	Metropolitan Transportation Authority NJ Transit (west-of-Hudson)
Reporting marks	MNCW
Character	At-grade, elevated, and underground
Technical
System length	787 mi (1,267 km)[1] (385 mi (620 km), routes)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC Overhead line, 12.5 kV 60 Hz AC
System map Map of the entire Metro-North Railroad system. This schematic is not to scale.

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Legend
New Haven–Springfield Line to Springfield Northeast Corridor to Providence / Boston Waterbury Waterbury Branch New Haven–State Street New Haven Line Naugatuck New Haven–Union Station Beacon Falls Seymour West Haven Ansonia Milford Derby–Shelton Stratford Bridgeport Danbury Danbury Branch Fairfield Metro Bethel Fairfield Redding Southport Branchville Green's Farms Cannondale Westport Wilton East Norwalk Merritt 7 South Norwalk New Canaan New Canaan Branch Rowayton Talmadge Hill Darien Springdale Noroton Heights Glenbrook Stamford Old Greenwich Riverside Port Jervis Port Jervis Line Cos Cob Otisville Greenwich Middletown–Town of Wallkill Connecticut New York Campbell Hall Port Chester Salisbury Mills–Cornwall Rye Harriman Harrison Tuxedo Mamaroneck Sloatsburg Larchmont Suffern Wassaic Harlem Line Port Jervis Line to Hoboken Tenmile River Dover Plains Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Harlem Valley–Wingdale Nanuet Appalachian Trail Pearl River Pawling Pascack Valley Line to Hoboken Patterson Southeast Empire Corridor to Albany–Rensselaer Brewster Croton Falls Poughkeepsie Hudson Line Purdy's New Hamburg Goldens Bridge Beacon Katonah Breakneck Ridge Bedford Hills Cold Spring Mount Kisco Garrison Chappaqua Manitou Pleasantville Peekskill Hawthorne Cortlandt Mount Pleasant Croton–Harmon Valhalla Ossining North White Plains Scarborough White Plains Philipse Manor Hartsdale Tarrytown Scarsdale Irvington Crestwood Ardsley-on-Hudson Tuckahoe Dobbs Ferry Bronxville Hastings-on-Hudson Fleetwood Greystone Mount Vernon West Glenwood Wakefield New Rochelle Mount Vernon East Pelham Yonkers Penn Station Access (2027) Ludlow Woodlawn Riverdale Williams Bridge Spuyten Duyvil Botanical Garden Amtrak Empire Connection Fordham Marble Hill Tremont University Heights Melrose Morris Heights Co-op City (2027) Yankees–East 153rd Street Morris Park (2027) Parkchester/Van Nest (2027) Harlem River Hunts Point (2027) Harlem–125th Street East River East Side Access Grand Central Terminal Grand Central Madison Penn Station East River Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C.

Metro-North Railroad (reporting mark MNCW),^[8] trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York. Metro-North serves the New York Metropolitan Area, running service between New York City and its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut, including Port Jervis, Spring Valley, Poughkeepsie, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Southeast and Wassaic in New York and Stamford, New Canaan, Danbury, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and New Haven in Connecticut. Service in Connecticut is operated under contract with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Metro-North also provides local rail service within the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.

Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract. Service was transferred to Conrail in 1976, when it absorbed most of Penn Central's railroad functions after Penn Central's bankruptcy. The system took its current form in 1983, when the MTA took over direct operation of Conrail's commuter services in the northern portion of the Tri-State Area and formed Metro-North to run them.

There are 124 stations^[7] on Metro-North Railroad's five active lines, which operate on more than 787 miles (1,267 km) of track,^[1] with the passenger railroad system totaling 385 miles (620 km) of route.^[9] It is the second busiest commuter railroad in North America in terms of annual ridership, behind the Long Island Rail Road and ahead of NJ Transit (both of which also serve New York City).^[1] As of 2018^[update], Metro-North's budgetary burden for expenditures was $1.3 billion, which it supports through the collection of taxes and fees.^[10] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 60,569,700, or about 233,600 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.

The MTA has jurisdiction, through Metro-North, over railroad lines on the western and eastern portions of the Hudson River in New York. Service on the western side of the Hudson is operated by NJ Transit under contract with the MTA. Additionally, connecting ferry service is operated by NY Waterway, also under contract with the MTA.^[11][12]