Metro-North Track Improvements Stick To Schedule

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Metro-North is continuing its summer-long work on right-of-way improvements in the Bronx between Melrose and Woodlawn, which has caused some service delays along the commuter rail in Fairfield County.

Metro-North is working on right-of-way improvements in the Bronx between Melrose and Woodlawn. The project includes track and drainage improvements, tie replacement, fencing repairs and general cleanup.
Photo Credit: *Metro-North*

The project includes track and drainage improvements, tie replacement, fencing repairs and general cleanup.
Photo Credit: *Metro-North*

by The Daily Voice

07/28/2013 2:00 a.m.

The nine-week project includes track and drainage improvements, tie replacement, fencing repairs and general cleanup of the area through Labor Day. The work is being done one track at a time and requires the track being fixed be taken out of service.

Right-of-way work is underway on the inbound (toward New York City) track side, and Metro-North anticipates completing that work by the end of July. It will then begin work on the outbound track side.

As a result of the work, New Haven and Harlem lines customers have seen some minor schedule adjustments. Visit Metro-North's schedule page online for up-to-date information.

At the conclusion of the work, service will return to the schedule previously in effect.

The combination of track outages, trains stopping at opposite platforms and the use of bridge plates (temporary platforms that span the out-of-service track) at select stations has resulted in scattered delays of five to 10 minutes.

Read more about the work and the schedule changes here on The Daily Voice.

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