▲ 70 r/MetroNorthRailroad
Had to stare at this woman's feet for the whole 49 minute trip to Stamford
Feet on the seats in shoes is bad enough...who wants to put their own bare feet there?? 🤢
u/rjl381 — 12 hours ago
r/MetroNorthRailroad
Never using metronorth again
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.
u/awesomegoats — 1 day ago
▲ 92 r/MetroNorthRailroad
I find this unreasonably aggravating.
I know, I know, I must activate the ticket before I get on board… I’m a monthly ticket holder, but occasionally I have to board one stop further up from my home station and so I buy a single ticket to bridge the gap. And so sometimes I forget to activate it right away…
I just hate the accusatory tone from a business that I use twice a day, 5 days a week minimum.
The ticket already expires at 4am, the whole activation thing seems pointless. At this point, just have us swipe in at the stations and get rid of the guards. It’s all completely unnecessary.
Like I say, unreasonably aggravating from MTA! Makes me, as an otherwise contented passenger, say “screw you guys” every time I open the app.
u/CPQTD — 8 days ago
Conductor scanned my ticket but didn’t scan anyone else’s ticket
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.
u/BunnyBerryBliss_ — 5 days ago
▲ 148 r/MetroNorthRailroad
I've just barely caught so many trains by using these stairs instead of running down the ramp and through the food court (and then down another ramp/stairs) to get to the 100s platform.
They don't explicitly say exit only, and they are arguably wider than most of the other staircases down to the lower level platforms. Seems like an easy win to put a sign there saying "Tracks 101-117".
u/rjl381 — 14 days ago
▲ 11 r/MetroNorthRailroad
Ten Ticket Elimination
Anyone else unhappy about this change - seems unfair, discriminatory and highly inconvenient - why is it limited to one week?
u/girlgoneblue1867 — 3 days ago
▲ 14 r/MetroNorthRailroad
I got tired of opening 4 different apps just to check my daily commute, so I built a single dashboard app for all NYC transit (Metro-North,LIRR, NJT, MTA, Ferry, PATH) + Widgets.
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
u/koltesagar — 4 days ago
Thoughts?
If the money and political will were there, would it make sense to run trains along the CSX line on the Western Shore of the Hudson River to Kingston?
If anything, I'd run it along the CSX line from Kingston to Orangeburg, then along an unused ROW (if the money is there) to serve places like Sparkill, Englewood, and Leonia.
Once the line rejoins the CSX line that parallels West Side Avenue, it would run along that line until a new ROW is built to connect to the Hudson River Tubes and Penn Station.
This could spur economic development in places like Newburgh and Kingston (where, let's be honest, it's needed) and also serve the Plaisades Mall, and large population centers like south of Haverstraw.
All electric trains would either short-turn at Stony Point or run to Newburgh, where diesel service would continue to Kingston. (Similar to the Harlem line having trains terminate at North White Plains or Southeast, with diesel continuing to Wassaic)
This line would need extensive upgrades, and new siding would need to be built to facilitate passenger service on this heavily used rail line.
For fun, I made a map (not complete): https://metrodreamin.com/view/Vkg1ZDRmckNQNVVFNzNDZ0NYbHJkNDJnRTJpMXwyOA%3D%3D
u/Prudent_Shallot2971 — 7 days ago
▲ 19 r/MetroNorthRailroad
New normal?
I'm seeing more and more six car trains on the Hudson line.
u/ElkPitiful6829 — 7 days ago