Metro-North Announces Resumption of Service: UPDATE

Updated: Sunday, 8:35 a.m.

Metro-North will begin restoring service at the outlying terminal stations after 12 noon and be fully operationally in and out of Grand Central Terminal by 3 p.m., operating on a Sunday schedule.

The MTA will restore bus, subway and regional railroad service as conditions warrant throughout the day Sunday. Customers should check www.mta.info for service status updates before beginning their journeys, since conditions remain subject to change. The travel ban in New York was officially lifted at 7 a.m. Sunday, and the Port Authority’s bridges and tunnels opened at that time without incident.

Grand Central Terminal reopened for retail customers at 8 a.m.

Customers should refer to the timetable for Sunday service, Metro-North Train Time or the interactive schedules page.

The first trains operating into and out of Grand Central are as follows:

Hudson Line

Inbound/to Grand Central:

12:46 PM train from Poughkeepsie, arriving in Grand Central at 2:42 PM

2 PM train from Croton-Harmon, arriving in Grand Central at 3:12 PM

Outbound/from Grand Central:

3:20 PM train from Grand Central, arriving in Croton-Harmon at 4:33 PM

3:43 PM train from Grand Central, arriving in Poughkeepsie at 5:38 PM

Harlem Line

Inbound/to Grand Central:

12:29 PM train from Wassaic, departing 1:12 PM from Southeast and arriving in Grand Central at 2:47 PM

2:06 PM train from North White Plains, arriving in Grand Central at 3:06 PM

Outbound/from Grand Central:

3:22 PM train from Grand Central, arriving in Southeast at 4:57 PM

3:24 PM train from Grand Central, arriving in North White Plains at 4:28 PM

3:51 PM train from Grand Central, connecting at Southeast and arriving in Wassaic at 6:16 PM

New Haven Line

Inbound/to Grand Central:

12:46 PM train from New Haven, connecting with the 1:28 PM train from New Canaan and arriving in Grand Central at 2:50 PM,

2:02 PM train from Stamford, arriving in Grand Central at 3:14 PM

1:10 PM train from Waterbury, arriving in Grand Central at 3:50 PM

1:37 PM train from Danbury, arriving in Grand Central at 3:50 PM

Outbound/from Grand Central:

3:02 PM train from Grand Central, connecting the 3:58 PM train to New Canaan, and arriving in New Haven at 5:09 PM

3:05 PM train from Grand Central, arriving in Stamford at 4:20 PM

4:02 PM train from Grand Central connecting with the 5:42 PM train to Waterbury

5:02 PM train from Grand Central connecting with the 6:14 PM train to Danbury

Original story: Jan. 24 2:20 p.m.

As the snow continues to pile up, Metro-North Railroad has announced it will begin suspension of service on its lines at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Gov. Dannel Malloy, in an interview with WCBS 880 at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, said he agreed with the decision made by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to shut down the railroad.

“Grand Central Terminal to the Greenwich border is getting beaten up. I think that the Governor and the MTA are looking at preserving the system so they can restore service as soon as possible,” Malloy said.

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Cuomo posted on Twitter:

“@MetroNorth and @LIRR trains are getting stranded. Tracks are icing over. 4pm will be last inbound or outbound train on Metro-North & LIRR.

Public safety is job 1. Road travel ban will commence as of 2:30pm in the downstate area, in an orderly way so people can get home.”

Malloy said that roads in Fairfield County and coastal Connecticut “are passable but if you don’t need to be on the road, we prefer that you not (be).”

Malloy posted on Twitter mid-Saturday afternoon, “Right now, #CTDOT has 543 plow trucks deployed, particularly focused on the Fairfield County and shoreline areas.”

The rail shutdown comes on the heels of the shutdown at noon of Connecticut Bus Service along the shoreline including CTtransit Stamford, Norwalk Transit, Greater Bridgeport Transit, Milford Transit and Coastal Link.

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Check back for updates on when rail and bus service will resume.

Photo credit: MTA Metro-North Railroad via Facebook.