Shorter trains, longer rides and that’s not all.

March

Metro-North Railroad trains will be more crowded, some rides will take longer, and Grand Central Terminal won’t be cleaned as often under the service cuts the MTA finance committee approved today (Monday.)

Also, fares are set to jump dramatically — 25% and more — in the middle of the year.

These are the fare and toll hikes and service cuts of the doomsday scenario the MTA has warned about if they don’t get help from Albany.

Here’s a list of the proposed cuts for Metro-North Railroad, which is a division of the MTA.

You can find the new fares that will hit if no help is forthcoming here.

If you’re looking for how it affects other branches of the agency, including the buses and subways, you can find the main page here.

The full MTA board is set to vote on the changes Wednesday. The transit giant still hopes to avoid the measures with help from Albany. But it had to move forward at some point.

You should know a couple of terms before you read it.

In railroad jargon, “consist” is a noun (pronounced CONsist) and refers to the number of cars a train has. So if your train usually comes in with eight cars and now it has six, they have reduced the consist.

Also, GCT stands for Grand Central Terminal.

If you see any other terms in the document that you don’t understand, drop me a note and I’ll try to find an answer.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 3:52 pm by Ken Valenti.
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2 Responses to “Shorter trains, longer rides and that’s not all.”

Rdibi March 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Let the users of the system pay for it. Why should motorists contribute anything. The subway riders don’t help pay for my gas, insurance, maintenance, or tires.
MJ March 25th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I would like to know if there are any cuts that specifically target the perks given to the MTA board. And by the way: I will never take the train into the city ever again. I’ll keep driving. It’s always been cheaper, and now it’s just smarter (in terms of keeping one’s sanity.)

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