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CONRAIL’S CAST-OFF COMMUTERS: 1 30 YEARS OF METRO-NORTH


connections for travel south to New York City.


Metro-North opened the Wassaic Ex- tension of the Harlem Line in 2000, which involved rebuilding the roadbed north of Dover Plains, and replacing six miles of track. A new station was estab- lished at Wassaic complete with a 500- space parking lot. Don’t let the remote location of this new terminal fool you, as the lot is completely filled nearly every day (and many of the license plates are from nearby Connecticut and Massachusetts). A third main track was added to the Harlem Line between Mount Vernon West and Crestwood in 2004, which helped increase rush hour capacity on this busy route. The generous right of way designed by the New York Central allowed for this four-mile upgrade to be completed with relative ease. Improvements


continued on the


“West of Hudson” operations, as Port Jervis Line service was expanded to keep pace with the growth of the sub- urbs in Orange County. In 2003, Metro- North purchased 65 Alstom Comet V coaches to supplement the equipment


TOP: Brookville BL20GH-2s bumped the re- maining FL9s off the roster by 2009, as seen on this Waterbury Branch train arriving at An- sonia, Connecticut. LEFT: Two Hudson Line trains pass each other above Croton-Harmon. OTTO VONDRAK PHOTOS BELOW: A southbound train of M-7s passes under the Henry Hudson Bridge at Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx. The swingbridge in the background allows Am- trak trains to travel down the Empire Connec- tion to reach Penn Station. EMILY MOSER


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