The results are in for the October Metro-North train challenge, which saw us keep track of every ride into and out of the city we took for the whole month, and chart how often the train was on time. Of course, our definition of on time is within 59 seconds of when it was supposed to arrive, not the 5 minutes, 59 seconds Metro-North uses to come up with to come up with its 99%-plus on time figures, which are about as credible as MLB home run totals in the late ’90s.

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We’re happy to report the Harlem Line had a very, very good month. Metro-North was, in fact, on time more than it wasn’t–18 early or on time arrivals, compared to 17 late arrivals (1 minute or more). That’s a 51% rate, folks–a big leap from the 41% it scored in July. Bravo.

With November upon us, we’ll see how well Metro-North’s Waterworld project, geared towards combating the evil slippery rail phenomenon, fares.