Declare your independence from traffic and tolls this July 4th holiday by taking Metro-North to celebrate our nation’s birthday.
— an announcement from Metro-North
On Tuesday July 3
On Tuesday, July 3, there are nine extra “getaway” departures from Grand Central Terminal starting at 1 p.m., nine of them on the New Haven Line (and eight others on the Harlem and Hudson lines).
For the New Haven Line, here are the extra trains:
- 12:58 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
- 2:01 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
- 2:28 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
- 2:31 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.
- 2:56 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford then all stations between Noroton Heights and South Norwalk.
- 2:59 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.
- 3:26 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between New Rochelle and Harrison.
- 3:29 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.
- 4:00 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford and all stations between Bridgeport and New Haven.
The following trains from Grand Central will not operate or are combined:
- The 5:18 PM to Harrison and the 5:21 PM to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 5:21 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.
- The 5:41 PM to New Haven will not operate.
- The 5:57 PM to Harrison and 6:02 PM to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 6:02 PM, making all stops between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.
- The 6:07 PM to New Haven and the 6:13 PM to Bridgeport are combined, departing Grand Central at 6:13 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between South Norwalk and New Haven.
- The 6:49 PM to New Haven will not operate.
- The 7:09 PM to Harrison will not operate.
On Independence Day, July 4
On Wednesday, July 4, we will operate a Sunday schedule with one additional train on the New Haven Line to get you home from the annual Macy’s Fireworks.
The train departs Grand Central Terminal at 11:14 p.m., making stops at Westport, Fairfield, Fairfield-Metro, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, West Haven, and New Haven.
Train service is also provided to Rye on the New Haven Line, with shuttle buses to Rye Playland where Westchester County puts on its own spectacular fireworks extravaganza over the Long Island Sound.
See the Metro-North schedules page for train times, see a current timetable or check out our TrainTim.
The Hudson Line connecting services — the Hudson Rail Link, the Haverstraw-Ossining ferry and the Newburgh-Beacon ferry — will not operate on Wednesday, July 4.