Metro North To Install PTC On Harlem Line
The MTA Metro-North Railroad announced earlier today that it will be installing Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment on the upper portion of the Harlem Line next week. Here are more details via the press release I received:
MTA Metro-North Railroad crews will install Positive Train Control equipment between Wassaic and Southeast from Wednesday, October 17, through Sunday, October 21, which will result in service changes on the upper Harlem Line.
Crews will install two antenna poles and two radio boxes that are required in order to make Positive Train Control (PTC) operational on the branch. Metro-North will perform a fiber optic splice that allows this newly PTC installed equipment to communicate with the rest of the system. Positive Train Control is a technology designed to reduce the potential for human error that can lead to train-involved accidents.
In addition to making this safety upgrade, Metro-North crews will replace the highway grade crossing at Tenmile River Station on Sinpatch Road in the town of Wassaic. Elsewhere along the branch, crews will surface track, cut brush and trees, weld joints and renew drainage ditches.
To accommodate this safety upgrade and maintenance improvements to the Harlem Line, buses will substitute for trains traveling between Wassaic and Southeast from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. from Wednesday, October 17, through Friday, October 19.
Substitute bus service will be back in effect after 10:30 p.m. on Friday, October 19, and continues through Sunday, October 21.
On Saturday, October 20, and Sunday, October 21, Metro-North crews will be upgrading the railroad crossing at Sinpatch Road. As a result of this project work, Tenmile River station will be closed on Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21. Customers can connect with bus service at Wassaic or Dover Plains stations.
Regular southbound train service resumes on Monday, October 22 with the 5:10 a.m. train from Wassaic. Regular northbound train service resumes on Monday, October 22 with the 7:40 a.m. train from Southeast.
Service details are below:
Weekday:
Southbound: Wednesday, October 17 through Friday, October 19
From 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., and from 10:30 pm until midnight, buses will substitute for trains from Wassaic to Southeast, making all scheduled stops at the following stations: Tenmile River, Dover Plains, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Pawling and Patterson. Bus service will operate 20-40 minutes earlier than normally scheduled train times. Buses will connect with regularly scheduled trains at Southeast for continuing service to Grand Central Terminal.
Northbound: Wednesday, October 17 through Friday, October 19
From 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 10:30 pm until 2 am Saturday, buses will substitute for trains from Southeast to Wassaic, making all scheduled stops at the following stations: Patterson, Pawling, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Dover Plains, Tenmile River and Wassaic. Customers should allow up to 30 minutes in additional travel time, depending on the destination station.
Weekend:
Southbound: Saturday, October 20 and Sunday October 21
Substitute bus service will be provided for all trains departing Wassaic and the following station stops: Dover Plains, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Appalachian Trail, Pawling and Patterson.
Due to Metro-North crews upgrading the railroad crossing at Sinpatch Road, buses will not be able to access the Ten Mile River station. Customers may take buses from the Wassaic station or the Dover Plains station.
At Southeast Station, customers will connect with continuing train service to Grand Central Terminal. Buses will operate up to 30 minutes earlier than normal train times.
Regular southbound train service resumes on Monday, October 22 with the 5:10 a.m. train from Wassaic.
Northbound: Saturday, October 20 and Sunday October 21
Customers will connect with substitute bus service at the Southeast station for the following station stops: Paterson, Pawling, Appalachian Trail, Harlem Valley-Wingdale, Dover Plains and Wassaic.
Due to Metro-North crews upgrading the railroad crossing at Sinpatch Road, buses will not be able to access the Ten Mile River station. Customers may take buses from the Wassaic station or the Dover Plains station.
Regular northbound train service resumes on Monday, October 22 with the 7:40 a.m. train from Southeast
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