On Thursday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, you can wear green on Metro-North trains, you can even get on a train drunk, and you can certainly be Irish For A Day, no matter what your ethnic heritage — but you can’t bring booze on the the train.
Metro-North just issued an announcement about the no-drinking policy for train riders.
Here’s the full announcement (except for the part about trains on other lines than the New Haven Line):
A postcard mailed in 1913
This Saint Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17, Metro-North will not permit alcoholic beverages on trains, platforms or at stations to maintain orderly travel for customers. Any alcoholic beverages found by MTA Police will be confiscated. […]
Additional service will be provided as demand warrants. Metro-North staff will be located at key stations observing the number of customers awaiting trains. The railroad is prepared to make minute-by-minute decisions about when to operate the extra trains. […]
Customers should buy round trip tickets in advance at their home stations using ticket machines and ticket offices. (Special machines are being installed for the day at Beacon in the underpass.) Because large crowds are expected, customers should get to the station early to buy tickets.
See our schedules page for train times.
The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade can be viewed along 5th Avenue between 44th Street and 79th Street starting at 11 a.m.