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Amazing!  Chuck, I believe the the New Haven stopped commuter service on that division on 1933........mainly because with the subways/ELs and the New York Westchester & Boston, it was redundant.......then the NYW&B went under in 1938.

 

Wonderful for the east Bronx! I remember there was talk of a Coop City station when I was going to Spellman in the early 70s.

 

Peter

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In Interesting, I didn't think Metro North had trackage over there, the only rail lines running by coop city are Amtrak as far as I know.....was this part of the old New Haven that was abandoned? The current New Haven line runs up the Harlem division I thought and split at Mount Vernon (I used to live in the Bronx, about 10 mins west of Co-op City, I commuted from Botanical garden on the Harlem Division). Would this require redoing the trackage, or is it in use for other reasons?

Originally Posted by bigkid:

In Interesting, I didn't think Metro North had trackage over there, the only rail lines running by coop city are Amtrak as far as I know.....was this part of the old New Haven that was abandoned? The current New Haven line runs up the Harlem division I thought and split at Mount Vernon (I used to live in the Bronx, about 10 mins west of Co-op City, I commuted from Botanical garden on the Harlem Division). Would this require redoing the trackage, or is it in use for other reasons?

Ok, the same trackage is in use now on what was the New Haven Railroad. The New Haven Div. of Metro North begins at Woodlawn Jct. and runs up to New Haven Union Station. At Shell interlocking in New Rochelle, the Harlem River line of the old New Haven Railroad began and ran into the Bronx, over the **** Gate Bridge into Queens and into Penn Station. That line is currently owned and operated by Amtrak. There are agreements in place for Metro North to run trains over Amtrak to Penn Station. They just have not been put into place as of yet. The opposite does take place, in that Amtrak runs over Metro North from Shell interlocking to New Haven. While the Harlem River Branch under the New Haven was 4 tracks, it is currently 2 with a 3rd track in the Bronx and Queens for freight only. So the infrastructure is in place but it will have to hammered out with Amtrak. Currently there are 40 round trips so it can handle more trains. I hope this explains!!

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