Of the 996 cab cars used to drive Metro-North's fleet, 331 are equipped with what's called a "dead man's switch," a pedal the operator must keep pressed to keep the train moving.

Metro North started rolling out its new rail cars this week and these new cars have made many technological leaps. "If you saw what's in the engineer's cab, you could see all the systems and all ...

A passenger leaves one of the M8 Metro-North cars after it returned from Grand Central Station to Stamford. The new cars made their first round trip today and will start being used from New Haven ...

The popular Metro-North Quiet Car program was suspended during the pandemic. Nearly five years later, it appears to be gone for good, depriving commuters of blissful silence and passive-aggressive ...

Metro-North Railroad president Justin Vonashek said the commuter rail will save $2.1 million a year by shutting down the ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A new ride is coming to the railroads in a few years. The MTA board approved the purchase of 316 new rail cars on Wednesday. The model is known as M-9A, and they’ll replace ...

“Bobby” has every kid’s dream job: he’s an engineer for Metro-North. But “Bobby” isn’t his real name because he’s asked for anonymity so he can speak candidly about his work. “I ...

A former Metro-North vice president says he was unaware that Rockefeller's cab was not equipped with an alerter system A backup safety system would have added 50 seconds to an hour and 45 minute ...

The deadly derailment of a Metro-North train in New York has revived discussion of the widely embraced “push-pull” method of switching commuter trains’ directions after they’ve reached the ...

Investigators are still studying what caused the derailment of a Metro-North commuter train on its way to Grand Central Terminal just over a week ago, killing four passengers and injuring 70 when ...

We take our train service for granted. For the 80,000 daily Connecticut riders on Metro-North the service is dependable and on-time… usually. But not last Thursday evening (June 5), the hottest ...