Category Archives: New Haven Line

Reflecting On the Busted Door on the Moving Train

Wow, quite a week we’ve had–perhaps the worst week of commuting I’ve yet experienced, and I’m not even home yet for the week. Last night was another nightmare, the Harlem Line running on a Saturday schedule and the 5:48 absolutely … Continue reading

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The Metro-North Door That Would Not Shut

Metro-North is doing some serious ‘splainin’ today after a rider videotaped a door that did not shut on a moving train yesterday. The train was on the beleaugured New Haven Line, of course. The train was full too–you can see … Continue reading

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Cold, Wet and Miserable–Welcome to the Working Week

Ain’t it always the case–you get away for a few days, and come back to a horrid commute. The morning walk to the train was an awful, frozen mix of rain and snow and slush and ice–it brought to mind … Continue reading

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Metro-North Explains “Slippery Rail” on YouTube

If you’ve ever had trouble explaining to friends and loved ones why your train is frequently late, or short a number of cars, this time of year, here’s a handy two-minute video explaining the scourge of Slippery-Rail Syndrome, or, as … Continue reading

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Where are the New M8 Cars?

The elusive M8 Every time I get bummed out about commuting–usually for about 48 minutes in the morning five days a week, then again in the evening for about 42 minutes–I thank my lucky stars I don’t ride the New … Continue reading

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Conductor Zings Rider With Game Misconduct

ConnecticEnergy popped in yesterday to offer up another dismal tale from the New Haven Line rails. He was sharing a four-seater with some Wall Street Master of the Universe out of Stamford. The Master of the Universe (MOV) was shouting … Continue reading

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Your Train is (Much) Later Than You Think

We here at Trainjotting have been harping on this for years: the railroad’s “on-time performance” is a very misleading figure. Metro-North touts an “on-time” percentage in its monthly Mileposts mouthpiece that’s about as high as the temps this past weekend–the Harlem … Continue reading

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New Life For Old Train Station Floor

The ripped up wood floors from the renovated Mamaroneck train station were simply scrap to the builders, but someone else saw serious value in them. Polly Kreisman’s Westchester news site TheLoopNY.com tells the story of a local man carting the more-than-a-century-old … Continue reading

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Saugatucker: Getting ‘Stewed’ in the Bar Car

On the 7:05 New Haven train Friday, sitting next to a skinny Stamford student with a gleaming new iPad and white headphones drinking a Bud.  Next to him, sitting alone, is a fat 35-year-old guy in a painted-on red and … Continue reading

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Bar Cars Reportedly Rolling to a Stop Once Again

Metro-North doesn’t seem to envision bar cars in its future, reports the NY Times, which says it looks unlikely those bygone-era relics will fit into the long-awaited rollout of the M8 cars on the New Haven Line last this year. … Continue reading

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