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Table 12.II.E

Metro-North Railroad - Statistics

 
  Metro-North at a Glance*
Rail lines in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Rockland counties, and in Connecticut and New York City
 
  2011 operating budget
$1.3 Billion
 
  Annual ridership
82,037,786
 
  Average weekday passengers 
281,446
 
  Rail lines
6
 
  Rail cars
1,147
 
  Track miles
765
 
  Rail stations
121
 
  Employees
5,825
 
 

Metro-North Railroad

 
 
  • Proud old names in the history of 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.
 
 

Note:

*Financial data as of February 29, 2012
Statistical data for year ending December 31, 2011


 
 

Source:

MTA.info/mta/network.htm
 
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