MTA Hikes Monthly Metrocard Price To $121, Keeps Base Fare At $2.75
The MTA board has voted to keep base MetroCard fares at $2.75 while decreasing rider bonuses.
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The MTA board has voted to keep base MetroCard fares at $2.75 while decreasing rider bonuses.
It was a tough commute for travelers Monday morning as the LIRR and Metro-North faced separate delays due to disabled trains in the area.
Federal officials are pushing New Jersey Transit, and other railroads to do more to fight employee fatigue.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has unveiled plans that could raise fares and tolls by four percent over the next two years.
The agency will pay Peter Cannito $350 per hour to review Federal Railroad Administration violations uncovered in an audit and help with a positive train control system.
NJ TRANSIT rail service remains partially suspended in and out of Hoboken following a deadly train crash. Some service out of Hoboken Terminal is set to resume Oct. 10.
Of those 60 cars, 10 will be converted into cafe cars -- a service that was retired from the line in 2014.
A state representative is circulating a petition with the aim of stopping a proposed five percent fare increase on Connecticut's commuter rail lines.
Connecticut Metro-North commuters on the New Haven Line will soon be able to purchase rail tickets with a new smartphone app.
Metro-North is testing new safety measures -- installing cameras to monitor key areas, and deter crime. The move came in response to federal recommendations following the 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment.
The new measures include a review and regular safety sweeps of city-owned or managed properties under elevated transportation areas.
Crews have installed temporary support columns to reopen all tracks on the Park Avenue Viaduct. Metro-North said customers should still anticipate some residual delays due to speed restrictions through the area.
Metro-North said it would operate on an "enhanced Saturday schedule'' Thursday, providing customers with additional trains during peak travel times. The railroad said it hoped to restore regular service by Friday.
Metro-North said it is running a Saturday schedule Wednesday with trains running with reduced speeds on only two of the four tracks. It said customers should expect crowded conditions and delays.
Authorities said the health aide and her 87-year-old passenger fled to safety seconds before the train smashed into their car at the Green Lane crossing in Bedford Hills.
State Sen. Toni Boucher, a member of the General Assembly's Transportation Committee, says the incident is still worrisome.
Metro-North Railroad is taking steps to shorten train rides with new timetables coming out this weekend.
Crews worked through the night to restore power to the lower level early Tuesday morning.
Metro-North Trains were delayed Monday night, after a truck got stuck under the 125th Street overpass in Harlem.
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It looks like it could be another record year down the tracks for Metro-North -- Ridership is up 1.3%, with 630,000 more rides through July.
Metro-North spokesman Salvatore Arena said Tamar A. Louis was sitting on the platform Friday at the Cos Cob station in Greenwich dangling her legs over the edge.
A 28-year-old Connecticut woman was killed by a Metro-North Railroad train in Connecticut Friday, the railroad said.
The Empire Center for Public Policy said the average LIRR worker pulled in $106,000 and 130 employees earned more than $200,000, while riders struggle with rising fares.
The investigation began at around 8:45 a.m. on the lower level of the terminal.
