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in Manhattan .]] The Metro-North Railroad (officially the '''Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company''', and usually abbreviated as '''Metro-North''') is a Suburban Commuter Railroad service between New York City to its northern Suburb s in New York and Connecticut . Trains terminate in New York State in Wassaic , Poughkeepsie , Port Jervis , and Spring Valley , and in Connecticut in New Canaan , Danbury , Waterbury , and New Haven . Metro-North also provides local service within The Bronx , and from the Bronx into Midtown Manhattan . Metro-North is operated by the State legislature that has failed of passage as of April, 2006. LINES East of Hudson There are three Metro-North lines on the east side of the Hudson River , running into Grand Central Terminal - the Hudson Line , Harlem Line and New Haven Line . The New Haven Line has three branches providing connecting service - the New Canaan Branch , Danbury Branch and Waterbury Branch . Amtrak also operates Intercity Train service along the New Haven and Hudson Lines; on both lines, it splits onto its own trackage to Pennsylvania Station . At New Haven, Shore Line East connecting service, run by the State of Connecticut , continues east to New London . The Hudson and Harlem Lines were originally part of the New York Central Railroad system, and the New Haven Line and its branches were owned by the New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad . West of Hudson Metro-North also operates trains west of the Hudson River from Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey in partnership with New Jersey Transit (with connecting service to New York Penn Station at Secaucus Junction ). Those trains go to Port Jervis (the Port Jervis Line ) and Spring Valley, New York (the Pascack Valley Line ), operating on New Jersey Transit trackage in New Jersey and with Rolling Stock characteristic of New Jersey Transit , although some of it is in Metro-North colors. Both lines were once part of the Erie Railroad system. TECHNICAL DETAILS Some services are operated by . Locomotives on the Waterbury Branch, the only east-of-Hudson Metro North service which has no direct service of any sort into Grand Central, are powered by diesel. The third rails on all three of the Metro-North lines east of the Hudson River into Grand Central Terminal are unusual in that power is collected from below the Third Rail , as opposed to above unlike most other third rail systems (including the Long Island Rail Road and New York City Subway ). This allows the third rail to be completely insulated from above, thus decrease the chances of a person being electrocuted by coming in contact with the rail. This was important, because until the early 1970s the majority of the suburban stations had low platforms where the third rail was easily accessible; this danger was eliminated with the introduction of the Budd -made Metropolitans in 1971 and the Cosmopolitans two years later, both purchased by the MTA and practically identical to their sister cars on the LIRR. West of Hudson trains are entirely handled by EMD GP40FH-2 or F40PH-2CAT diesel lcomotives, although any MN or New Jersey Transit diesel can show up and the MN diesels based out of Hoboken are banned from the Pascack Valley Line due to the installation of SES. Passenger cars are basically all Comet V coaches built by Alstom , but again anything can show up as the equipment is pooled with NJT. FARE POLICY Tickets for travel may be bought from a station agent, automated machine, online, or on the train. There is a 5% discount for buying tickets online, while buying tickets on the train costs up to twice as much as the standard price. Again, West of Hudson policies are different due to the trains being operated by NJ Transit . The Metro-North in the shape of a train, he educates children about railway safety. EXTERNAL LINKS |