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Press Release
July 10, 2020
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MTA Metro-North Railroad Launches In-System PPE Vending Machines

Metro-North Adds Personal Protective Equipment to Machines at 12 Stations for Customers to Easily Access for Purchase 

View Images of PPE Vending Machines Here

Press Release
June 29, 2020
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MTA, SUNY, CUNY and Microsoft Launch Virtual Hackathon to Improve Real-Time Seating Information for Metro-North Railroad Customers

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), State University of New York (SUNY), City University of New York (CUNY) and Microsoft today launched a new virtual hackathon that will seek to harness the remarkable creativity and tech skills of students and professionals in the New York metropolitan region to improve real-time train seating availability information for Metro-North Railroad customers. Registration for the virtual hackathon, which is open to students and tech professionals, begins today and will run through Thursday, July 9.

Press Release
June 23, 2020
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MTA Metro-North Railroad Welcomes Visitors Back to Grand Central Terminal With New 'GCTtracks' Spotify Channel and Live Pianist

For Pictures of Live Performance Click Here

For Video of Live Performance Click Here

Press Release
June 14, 2020
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Metro-North Schedule Change On Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines to Increase Service

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced schedule changes on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines beginning June 15 as trains increase in frequency to accommodate the region’s Phase 1 reopening.  The schedule change will further increase overall service to 61% of the Metro-North normal weekday schedule.

Press Release
June 10, 2020
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Metro-North Railroad to Begin Construction to Replace Two New Haven Line Train Bridge Spans in Port Chester

 Construction Enhancing Safety, Reliability and Vertical Clearance of Bridges 

Click Here for Renderings of the Future Bridges

Press Release
May 28, 2020
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TRANSCRIPT: Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi Appears on WVOX 1460

MTA Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi appeared on WVOX 1460’s “Good Morning Westchester” with Dennis Nardone and Tonny Guido to discuss Phase 1 of the Mid-Hudson Valley reopening and Metro-North’s Essential Service Plan enhancements.

A transcript of the interview appears below.

Press Release
May 4, 2020
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Port Jervis Station Improvements Project Makes Significant Progress

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced that work to improve Port Jervis Station, the terminus of the West of Hudson Port Jervis Line, is moving at a swift and efficient pace with site preparation completed and demolition nearly done.

Press Release
April 28, 2020
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Metro-North Railroad to Begin Demolition and Reconstruction of Third Avenue Bridge in Mount Vernon

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced that it will close the Third Avenue Bridge in Mount Vernon to pedestrians starting on Wednesday, April 29. The closure will allow demolition to start in order to replace the nearly 120-year-old bridge. The Third Avenue Bridge carries traffic and pedestrians over the New Haven Line between 1st Street and Fiske Place in downtown Mount Vernon. The bridge is already closed to vehicular traffic.

Press Release
March 17, 2020
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Metro-North Announces Full Implementation of Positive Train Control on Harlem and Hudson Lines

MTA Metro-North Railroad President Cathy Rinaldi today announced that as of this past Saturday, March 14  Metro-North's full Harlem and Hudson lines are operating in Positive Train Control (PTC).

Press Release
February 24, 2020
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Metro-North Railroad Announces Second Annual Rail Safety Poster Contest Winners

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced the winners of their Second Annual Rail Safety Poster Contest that asked students, from grades pre-K to 12, to create posters illustrating what they believe is most important about rail safety.

The contest, which ran from October 2019 through the end of November 2019, coincided with National Rail Safety Week, and was open to students who attend schools within Metro-North’s territory in New York and Connecticut.

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