Labor Day Weekend: More Trains Leave NYC Early in Afternoon, Fewer at Night

A Metro-North announcement from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority:

MTA Metro-North Railroad doesn’t want you to work hard to celebrate Labor Day! Metro-North has plenty of train service to get you where you need to go for the entire holiday weekend starting Friday, September 4, and continuing through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7.

On Friday, Sept. 4, Metro-North will offer 17 early-afternoon “getaway” trains departing Grand Central Terminal between 12:58 p.m. and 4:11 p.m., and one extra departure from Hoboken on the Port Jervis Line, with connecting service from Penn Station-NY.

To allow the railroad to operate this service, 10 trains that usually depart Grand Central between 5:27 p.m. and 7:28 p.m. will not operate, and three pairs of New Haven Line trains will be combined. Two trains serving the Port Jervis Line or the Pascack Valley Line during this time will not operate.

On Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6, Metro-North will operate on regular weekend schedules.

On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, Sunday service will be in effect on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines […]

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See also: Labor Day Weekend: What’s Open, What’s Closed

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Getaway Service on Friday, Sept. 4

New Haven Line

Nine extra “getaway” trains will depart from Grand Central at:

• 12:58 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
• 2:01 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
• 2:28 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
• 2:31 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.
• 2:56 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford then all stations between Noroton Heights and South Norwalk.
• 2:59 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.
• 3:26 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between New Rochelle and Harrison.
• 3:29 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
• 4:00 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford, and all stations between Bridgeport and New Haven.

The following trains usually departing Grand Central will not operate or are combined:

• The 5:18 p.m. train to Harrison and the 5:21 p.m. train to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 5:21 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.
• The 5:41 p.m. train to New Haven will not operate.
• The 5:57 p.m. train to Harrison and the 6:02 p.m. train to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 6:02 p.m., making all stops between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.
• The 6:07 p.m. train to New Haven and the 6:11 p.m. train to Bridgeport are combined, departing Grand Central at 6:11 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between South Norwalk and New Haven.
• The 7:09 p.m. train to Harrison will not operate.

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Editor’s note: Information on lines other than the New Haven Line was removed from this excerpt, but you can find all that information by following the link at the top of this article.