Metro North Holiday Service Plan Info
Here is the Christmas & New Year’s service plan information for the MTA Metro-North Railroad:
East of Hudson Metro-North Service (December 24 – January 1)
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Early Christmas Getaway Service Tuesday, December 24, features extra trains departing Grand Central beginning at 1 p.m. Some evening trains will be cancelled or combined because of reduced ridership later in the day.
On Christmas Day, Wednesday December 25, trains will operate on a special holiday schedule with hourly service on most line segments, and regular weekend service on all branch lines.
For the week between Christmas and New Year’s (Thursday-Friday, December 26-27, and on Monday December 30), trains will operate on a weekday schedule with reduced AM Peak service and additional inbound service operating in the late morning. PM peak service will operate normally.
So if you are taking family and friends to see the tree at Rockefeller Center, stroll by the holiday window displays along Fifth Avenue, or take in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular or The Illusionists (see all of Metro-North’s discounted New York City packages), Metro-North will get you there.
When you purchase your tickets, we recommend you use MTA eTix®, the mobile ticketing app that enables you to purchase those ten-trip, one way, round trip, weekly and monthly passes on your smartphone or mobile device.
New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31, trains will operate on a reduced weekday schedule in the morning and evening rush hours.
New Year’s Eve Service includes extra inbound late afternoon and early evening service to get you to your party. And there is “overnight” New Year’s morning service that will get you safely home when that party is finally over!
Please remember that drinking alcohol on Metro-North trains and at our stations is banned from noon New Year’s Eve until noon New Year’s Day.
Buy your tickets in advance. Those of you taking our early morning New Year service will have your tickets collected prior to boarding trains at Grand Central. The best way to do that is with MTA eTix®.
New Year’s Day
Finally, on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2020, Metro-North will operate hourly service on most line segments, and regular weekend service on branch lines.
For more details, please see a Christmas/New Year’s Holiday Timetable or our Train Time app.
West of Hudson Metro-North Service
Christmas Eve
On Tuesday, December 24, early getaway trains will operate on both the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines:
- The regularly scheduled Port Jervis Line departure from Hoboken at 2:41 p.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction, and all stops between Suffern and Middletown/Town of Wallkill, will be extended to stop at Otisville and Port Jervis. Customers from Manhattan wishing to connect to this train should be on the 2:33 p.m. departure from Penn Station-NY to connect at Secaucus Junction. To accommodate this service, the 6:15 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Port Jervis will not operate.
- The Pascack Valley train departing Hoboken at 2:58 p.m. will stop at Secaucus Junction, and select stations in New Jersey, and Pearl River, Nanuet and Spring Valley. Customers from Manhattan who are wishing to connect to this train should be on the 2:51 p.m. departure from Penn Station-NY to connect at Secaucus Junction. To accommodate this train, the 5:58 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Spring Valley will not operate.
Christmas Day and Immediately After
On Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day, trains will run on a regular weekend/holiday schedule, with the addition of a late-afternoon train on the Port Jervis Line from Port Jervis to Hoboken. This train departs Port Jervis at 4:05 p.m., makes all stops to Suffern and then operates express to Secaucus Jct and Hoboken, arriving at 6:24 p.m.; the connecting train from Secaucus Jct to New York arrives in Penn Station at 6:33 p.m.
On Thursday, Friday and Monday, December 26, 27 and 30, trains will run on a regular weekday schedule.
On Tuesday, December 31, New Year’s Eve, trains will run on a regular weekday schedule. After the ball drops in Times Square, there will be one train rescheduled to operate later and one extra train on both the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley Lines to take revelers home.
- On the Port Jervis Line, the 12:40 a.m. departure from Hoboken to Port Jervis is changed to depart Hoboken at 1:27 a.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction, and operates express to Suffern and then all station stops to Port Jervis, with a connecting train from New York that departs Penn Station at 1:23 a.m.; a second train departs Hoboken at 3 a.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction, and then all station stops to Port Jervis, with a connecting train from New York that departs Penn Station at 2:51 a.m.
- On the Pascack Valley Line, the 12:45 a.m. departure from Hoboken to Spring Valley is changed to depart Hoboken at 1:24 a.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction and then all station stops to Spring Valley, with a connecting train from New York that departs Penn Station at 1:18 a.m.; a second train departs Hoboken at 3:45 a.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction and then all station stops to Spring Valley, with a connecting train from New York that departs Penn Station at 3:30 a.m.
New Year’s Day
On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, New Year’s Day, trains will run on a Weekend/Holiday schedule, with the addition of a late-afternoon train on the Port Jervis Line from Port Jervis to Hoboken. This added train departs Port Jervis at 4:05 p.m., makes all stops to Suffern and then operates express to Secaucus Jct. and Hoboken, arriving at 6:24 p.m.; the connecting train from Secaucus Jct. to New York arrives in Penn Station at 6:33 p.m.
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