Grand Central
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$30.00 – $80.00The Metro North Harlem Line runs from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan to Wassic in Dutchess County, running through the posh suburbs in Westchester. The railroad began as a horse drawn streetcar line from lower Manhattan to the distant suburb (at the time) of Harlem in 1831. The line quickly grew with ambitions to reach Albany and beyond but only got to Chatham, NY in 1852 where riders could transfer to other trains to Boston, Albany, and to points north and west. Originally trains would end at 26th St and Park Ave in Manhattan but in 1871 the new Grand Central Depot was opened at 42nd St, at the time far from the heart of the city.
The Harlem Line was leased to the mighty New York Central Railroad in 1873 and would be a major part of their system until after World War II when the NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad merged. This couldn’t stop the losses and by 1971 a deal was stuck to lease the railroad to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and was merged into the new Metro North Railroad. Service between Chatham and Dover Plains was ended and the MTA began to invest in new stations and modern equipment. In 2000 Metro North completed a reactivation of track from Dover Plains to Wassaic.
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$30.00 – $80.00The Metro North Hudson Line runs from Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie along the Hudson River and also serves Amtrak lines to Chicago, Vermont, and Montreal. The Hudson Line was chartered in 1846 to connect Troy, NY with Manhattan and by 1851 the line had been completed to Chambers St. Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the line in 1864 and merged it with the Harlem Line to create the New York Central. The line eventually stretched all the way to Chicago and served both commuter and intercity travelers.
After World War II ridership declined and the New York Central merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad but it still couldn’t compete. The Hudson Line became part of the Conrail network and commuter service was cut back to Poughkeepsie. In 1983 Metro North took over all operations of the line and invested in new tracks, stations and trains.
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$30.00 – $80.00The Metro North New Haven Line runs from Grand Central Terminal to New Haven, CT with branches to New Canaan, Danbury, and Waterbury. Most of the Main Line runs along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, is owned by Connecticut DOT and is leased to Metro North for operations. The line started in 1849 connecting New York and New Haven. In 1872 the line was merged into J. P. Morgan’s giant New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad which was the largest railroad in New England at the time.
Today the New Haven Line ranks as the busiest rail line in the United States.
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