Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Metro-North Railroad returned to a near-normal schedule Oct. 22 following a mudslide in Scarborough on the morning of Oct. 21 that prevented trains from operating between Tarrytown and Croton-Harmon. To reduce the potential for congestion-related delays, Metro-North Railroad is adjusting schedules and canceling four of the 158 trains the railroad operates on the line daily. During peak hours, trains that operate in the reverse-peak direction will operate express between Tarrytown and Croton-Harmon.
“In the face of dangerous weather and a looming deadline, our MTA team worked around-the-clock to restore the safe, reliable service New Yorkers count on," said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Since the mudslide was reported at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 21, crews worked around the clock to successful clear 350 cubic yards of soil and debris and 250 cubic yards of rock and cement walls from two of the Hudson Line’s four tracks. Crews are breaking apart the rock walls to reincorporate segments to help stabilize the slope where the mudslide occurred and they are repositioning other segments to the shore side of the Hudson Line, transforming it into a “rip-rap” that stabilizes the coastline alongside the rail line.
“I want to applaud the Metro-North workforce for their quick work recovering from this storm and helping to ensure hundreds of customers could continue their travels via a temporary shuttle bus. When duty calls, the Metro-North team springs into action and goes full-bore until the job is finished. I am very pleased they were able to restore near-normal schedules this quickly. A restoration of service this fast also would not have been possible without the support we received from MTA Construction & Development, Westchester County, the Town of Mount Pleasant, regional law enforcement partners, including the MTA PD, the Westchester County PD, the Mount Pleasant PD and also from MTA New York City Transit, which didn’t hesitate when we asked for buses to help customers,” said MTA Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi.
