r/MetroNorthRailroad

Does anyone know why the Harlem line is so delayed this morning? Train is 20+ mins late and then sped by without stopping (presumably because it was full) …

Even before current strike, I think it's been longer since last MNR strike than LIRR strike.

Just curious if any Metro-North engineers don't mind to chime in.

I opened the metro north app to buy Fairfiled-Grand Central tickets for today, and was warned to stay home due to a strike. Can anyone confirm? I'm planning to go to NYC this afternoon.

I’m a student who has to commute to the city for college, and sadly the metronorth is my only way of getting there. I have been riding the metronorth for years, and for almost a year I have dealt with the ridiculous new policies and price increases, but today was my breaking point. I somehow purchased two one way tickets instead of one, but the service in grand central was so bad that I apparently missed the TWO MINUTE refund window. TWO MINUTES??? It’s an absolute joke. They absolutely refuse to refund me no matter what I say, even though the ticket is literally sitting unused in my app. I work a terrible minimum wage job on top of being a full time student so I can pay for this disgusting train line, and this is what I get. No refund given at all.

Also, to add, the train is constantly quite dirty, and for whatever reason, 1/3 of the time when I walk in, the train has an absolutely unbearable smell similar to raw sewage. I can’t wait until this semester is over so I can never give my money to this disgusting and predatory company ever again.

Hey everyone! I’m a local developer who commutes daily and was getting incredibly frustrated constantly bouncing between Google Maps, the MTA TrainTime app, and the NJ Transit app just to figure out when my specific train was leaving and what track it was on.

Most routing apps force you to type in your destination every single time. I wanted an app that works more like a "Saved Commute" dashboard where you open it and your specific, daily trains are just there.

So, over the last few months, I built Commute NYC.

What it actually does:

• Aggregates Everything: Combines live MTA (subways/buses), LIRR, Metro-North, NJ Transit, PATH, and NYC/Staten Island Ferries into one unified feed.
• Commute Cards: You save your "Origin to Destination" pairs (e.g., Woodbridge to NY Penn, or Grand Central to Jamaica). When you open the app, it shows you real-time ETAs and live Track Numbers for just those routes.
• Proximity Sorting: It uses your location to automatically bring the station you are currently standing closest to right to the top of your screen.
• Widgets & Apple Watch: iOS Home Screen widgets and a Watch app so you don't even have to unlock your phone to check what track your LIRR train is on.

If you're a heavy commuter who takes cross-agency trips (like NJT to the Subway, or LIRR to the Ferry), I built this for exactly you.

I'd love for some fellow commuters to try it out and tear it apart! Let me know if a specific bus line is acting weird or if there are features you’d absolutely need.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/commute-nyc/id6758576046

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So today I bought a ticket for myself and my mom. I activated one ticket thinking it would activate both but it didn’t so I had to activate the other on the spot and he scans it a second later. I knew I’d get a warning which sucks now cause honest mistake and the conductor knew that.

Then 20 mins later the same conductor looks at another 3 peoples tickets on their phone but doesn’t scan it. Even the person was confused and said aren’t they gonna scan it.

I feel like the conductor deliberately scanned my ticket so that I can get a warning/fine. Cause why is it that he’s not scanning anyone’s else ticket but mine when it was an honest mistake? He saw one of my tickets was activated already.

Absolute as*hole move on his part. This new activation rule really sucks ass and the conductors who pull moves like this can kick rocks.

Anyone else unhappy about this change - seems unfair, discriminatory and highly inconvenient - why is it limited to one week?

Just noticed on my hudson line trip this am Ebikes zipping on the platform.

I was seated on the train and two different stops caught a Ebike out of the corner of my eye, moving quickly on the platform.

I am a long time user of metronorth with a bicycle, and it used t be verboten to ride a bicycle on the platform or in the station.

We used to have to apply and carry a bicycle pass, and you would lose your bicycle pass if you violated the rules