Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line Service Interrupted For 4 Weekends

Orange County, New York, July 24, 2014 - Weekends on Metro-North’s Port Jervis line will not be smooth riding as track work will preclude that for four weekends in a row. Timbers need to be replaced on two railroad bridges over the Ramapo River near where a track washout occurred in 2011. 
On Friday evenings, the 4:04 PM from Hoboken (3:56 from New York-Penn) is canceled between Hoboken/Secaucus and Suffern. Commuters will take the 4:25 PM to Suffern to connect with buses at Ramsey-Route 17, and arrive at New York State stations up to 75 minutes later than the normal train time.

Trains will not operate between Harriman and Suffern for four weekends beginning July 25-27 and riders could experience 20-40 minute delays but some will be subject to 60 minute delays on pm rush hour trains from Port Jervis.

The scheduled upgrades are not cheap - $125,000 in bridge labor and materials with a $90,000 charge for

the bus services.

The line went back into revenue service on November 28, 2011 when then-new MTA CEO Lhota inaugurated the line with a meet and greet. The trains are operated by NJ Transit under contract for Metro-North.

Photo captions: Port Jervis line repairs in 2011 that took about 3 months to fix the devastation of Hurricane Irene. A Metro-North train stopped at Tuxedo, NY.