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Table 11.II.E

 

 

Metro-North Railroad Statistics

 
  Rail lines in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Rockland counties, and in Connecticut and New York City  
   
  2007 operating budget $1.08 million  
  Average weekday passengers  265,949  
  Rail lines 6  
  Rail cars 1,188  
  Track miles 775  
  Rail stations 120  
  Employees 5,856  
       

 

Metro-North Railroad

 
 
  • Proud old names in the history or railroading New York Central and New York, New Haven & Hartford among them are the lineage of Metro-North, the second largest commuter railroad in the nation.
  • Metro-North's main lines the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven run northward out of Grand Central Terminal, a Beaux-Arts Manhattan landmark, into suburban New York and Connecticut. Grand Central Terminal has been completely restored and redeveloped as a retail hub a destination in its own right.
  • West of the Hudson River, Metro-North's Port Jervis, and Pascack Valley lines operate from NJ Transit's Hoboken terminal.
 
  Source:  
  http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/network.htm   

 

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