Plan Would Cut Potential Travel Times by up to 15 Minutes Each Way for Certain Trips and Improve Reliability, Quality and Speed of Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak-NYSDOT Empire Service
"Super-Express" Metro-North Service Would Reduce Reliable Commuter Transport Between New York City and Poughkeepsie to Less Than 90 Minutes
Continues Governor's Commitment to High-Quality Suburban Rail, Following Completion of Grand Central Madison and LIRR Third Track
As part of her 2025 State of the State, Governor Kathy Hochul today proposed a major investment in Hudson Valley rail service that would increase capacity, reduce delays, improve safety and cut potential travel times by up to 15 minutes each way for certain trips, as well as shorten "super-express" Metro-North Hudson Line trips to less than 90 minutes. The proposal includes planning, evaluation and design for a set of rail infrastructure capital improvements between New York City and Poughkeepsie, including projects such as a second track at Spuyten Duyvil, interlocking, signaling and trackwork at Croton Harmon, and capacity improvements at Poughkeepsie Yard. In addition, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will execute a signaling redesign near Yonkers and climate resilience investments in the most vulnerable and highest ridership segments of the Hudson Line. MORE AT Governor Hochul Proposes Major Investment in Hudson Valley Rail Service as Part of 2025 State of the State | Governor Kathy Hochul
I’m happy that we’re discussing express service at this juncture. Do we need to be talking about elevating the rail service along the Hudson to cope with the Increase In tide levels along the river as global warming continues. I assume that would require too much Planning over the next decades, for the corrupt political environment to contend with that prevails at every level in our state
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