pooled with NJ Transit. In 2004, NJ Transit opened the new Secaucus Junc- tion allowing passengers on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley Lines easy connections for direct service to New York Penn Station. For the first time since World War II, weekend and off- peak service was added to the Pascack Valley Line in 2007.
Reverse and off-peak commuting overtook traditional ridership to New York City for the first time in 2007. Many commuters now travel from New York to corporate centers in Yonkers, White Plains, Stamford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. Concurrent with the opening of the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the new Yankees-153rd Street station opened on the Hudson Line, which introduced special game day trains from all three lines. Another new service for sports fans is direct game day service to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey for all
RIGHT: A Metro-North BL20GH leads a south- bound Danbury Branch train past Umpawaug Pond near Redding, Connecticut, on October 10, 2011. All Metro-North equipment oper- ates as a pool that can be found running on lines in New York or Connecticut regardless of owner. BELOW: The density of the morning rush hour is illustrated with northbound and southbound trains passing each other at MP 4 near 125th Street. PATRICK YOUGH
New York Giants and New York Jets home football games. The trains oper- ate via the New Haven Line, detouring over the Hell Gate Bridge and running through Penn Station to the Meadow- lands using NJ Transit equipment and Metro-North crews.
Metro-North entered into a long- term lease of the Port Jervis Line tracks in New York State with Norfolk Southern in 2003, with an option to purchase it outright sometime in the future. On August 27, 2011, the Port Jervis Line was devastated by the ef-
fects
of Hurricane Irene, destroying many miles of main line. Partial train service was restored by mid-Septem- ber, with full service restored by the end of November.
Plans for the Future The new East Side Access (ESA) proj-
ect will connect the Long Island Rail Road through a tunnel under the East River from Queens to a separate new terminal being constructed under Grand Central Terminal (see page 28). Expected to be completed in 2019, the
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