The new edition of the Metro-North monthly newsletter Mileposts was greeting riders on the seats this morning with news of new timetables April 6 (Hudson gets 41 more trains a week, Harlem gets a 5:55 a.m.’er out of North White and New Haven welcomes the 5:57 out of Waterbury), those sky-high approval rates (93% of riders “satisfied”, 46% “very satisfied”), and a new “handheld electronic ticket machine” for on-board ticket sales that are deployed April 1 (the penatly for buying a ticket on board will remain $512).

In the monthly On-Time Performance race (can’t you just picture the three dots racing through the city on the ballpark Jumbo-Tron?), the perennial laggard New Haven Line actually came in second in January in terms of PM performance, its 98.4% rate besting Harlem’s 98.1%. (Losing to the shitty New Haven Line. Ouch.)

In terms of overall performance for the month, New Haven again took its spot in the cellar with a 98.4%, as Hudson grabbed top honors with a 99.3%.

Mileposts also mentions the Metro-North Railroad Commuter Council meeting 3/26 in the MTA Boardroom on Madison. All are welcome to attend and ask Metro-North president Peter Cannito questions.

Mileposts does not mention that Cannito is stepping down in July