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The New Haven-New Rochelle stretch of track is a 4 track corridor. You'd run the intercity trains on the inner tracks and the regional trains on the outer track
by jcranmer 5y ago
The New Haven-New Rochelle stretch of track is a 4 track corridor. You'd run the intercity trains on the inner tracks and the regional trains on the outer tracks. However, I don't think Metro North has ever successfully had all 4 tracks in operation at the same time...
- bobthepanda 5y agopart of it is also that MetroNorth runs a very complicated schedule of zoned stopping (one train A, B, C then express to Manhattan, another train D, E, F then express to Manhattan). With the amount of padding in the schedule required to run this effectively, it's possible that running an all stops service might actually be faster because it wouldn't require as much coordination.