April 2010 On- Time Performance* Off-peak Line AM PM Weekday Weekend Total YTD** Harlem 98.8% 98.3% 98.1% 98.4% 98.4% 98.6% Hudson 97.8% 98.3% 98.9% 99.0% 98.6% 98.4% New Haven 95.4% 97.9% 98.0% 97.6% 97.2% 97.2% A Publication for MTA Metro-North Railroad Customers June 2010 System 97.1% 98.1% 98.2% 98.2% 97.9 % 98.0%

*Arrivals within 5 minutes, 59 seconds of schedule. **Year to date.

mance that you don’t want to miss. Safety Rule Of The Issue Getting there is easy: Take the Harlem Line to Wassaic Station, where Sure, Iron Man has made “prosthetic” a shuttle bus will “speed” you to the parts cool… in the movies. race. ( The shuttle will meet the trains Of course he can jump on a mov - departing Grand Central Terminal at ing train and pry open its doors with 7:45 AM. and 9:48 AM, arriving Was - one hand… he’s wearing iron. saic Station at 10:08 AM and You, on the other hand, are proba - 12:07 PM. ) After the race day, the bly wearing summer weight wool or shuttle return will return to Wassaic poplin. And we’re guessing, like Station to meet the 6:58 PM train back most of your fellow travelers, the on - to Grand Central Terminal. ly iron content you have came from New Schedules Effective June For more information visit www.lime your breakfast cereal. 21 Reflect Service Reductions rock.com. So if your train is leaving the sta - Most packages are available through tion without you, don’t go “stark” • The 10:55 PM Croton-Harmon ex - WebTicket (save an additional 5% raving mad. The new schedules that go into effect press is combined with the 11:12 PM when you buy online), at Ticket Offices Just wait for the next train. And on Monday, June 21 reflect service re - express train to Poughkeepsie; the new or through Ticket Machines. Pick up a there always is a next train (just like ductions taken on our part to help train departs Grand Central at 11:05 PM New York City Getaways or Hudson those super hero movie sequels). close a nearly $800 million shortfall in and makes all stops of both trains. the MTA’s funding sources for 2010. Valley, Connecticut & Beyond brochure We bring you these monthly re - Also, concrete tie replacement ends in for a complete listing of packages at all minders because your safety is al - We have also taken several significant actions to reduce our expenses and June, and most Hudson Line schedule Metro-North ticket offices and Grand ways our first priority. adjustments that were made in April will Central Terminal’s Station Master’s generate savings, including administra - tive payroll reductions, deferring or be reversed. See a timetable for possi - Of fice; or visit www.mta.info/mnr . ble adjustments to your train times. Or call 212-532-4900 . Summer Berkshire Bus eliminating projects, and renegotiating vendor contracts, in addition to other On the Harlem Line: The following Service Canceled budget reductions. service reductions approved in March We do not like cutting service, so, in by the MTA Board will take effect: Because of budgetary constraints, planning these reductions, it was im - Metro-North will no longer offer bus portant for us to: • The 7:28 PM express train to Crest - Courtesy Corner service to the Berkshires from wood is discontinued. Customers may Wassaic Station. • Impact the fewest number of cus - take the 7:30 PM local train to North Everyone’s raving tomers possible. White Plains. about this summer’s • Minimize the negative effects to our Iron Man 2, Toy Story 3, • The 7:52 PM express train to South - “must sees”: customers. Shrek Forever After, Furry Vengeance. east is combined with the 7:57 PM ex - press train to Mount Kisco; this com - (Hey, how can it be bad with a title On the Hudson Line: The following bined train does not stop at Scarsdale like that… ) service reductions approved in March and Hartsdale. Customers may take Well, what about this summer’s by the MTA Board will take effect: the 8 PM local train to North White “must not sees”, which include: • The 9:04 PM train to Croton-Harmon Plains instead. As a result of this •Talking Loudly on Your Cell Phone; express is combined with the 9:16 PM change, please note: The Wassaic •Leaving Your Trash on the Train; Published by express train to Poughkeepsie; the new connection for the 7:52 PM train now •Putting Your Feet Up on the Seats. Corporate & Public Affairs train departs Grand Central at 9:05 PM operates six minutes later; the 9:20 PM All promise to annoy your fellow MTA Metro-North Railroad and makes all stops of both trains. train from Wassaic now operates five commuters, and may make you the 345 Madison Avenue minutes later, and its connection from target of their vengeance ( furry or • The 9:55 PM Croton-Harmon express New York, NY 10017 Southeast to Grand Central now oper - otherwise ). is combined with the 10:12 PM express ates four minutes later. Be a hit on your train www.mta.info train to Poughkeepsie; the new train Also, check your timetable for minor this summer: departs Grand Central at 10:05 PM adjustments to three weekday after - Be courteous. and makes all stops of both trains. noon off-peak trains to improve reliabil - ity and on-time performance. On the New Haven Line: There are associated with it is severe enough, Frequent Shuttle Service from Grand From The Shores Of The no changes in the new timetable. our only options may be to reduce or Central Terminal/Harlem- 125th Street is Nile And Hudson Rivers… suspend train service temporarily on a also available. With this schedule change, we will al - line or line segment. For full details on train service, go to so be reducing the number of cars on We go to great lengths to get you the When the storm is over, we know you www.mta.info/mnr , or pick up a Yan - select trains. These changes will be best deals with our discount Getaways want us to return to regular service im - kees Game-Day Service schedule in made to meet our standard occupancy packages. We save you money on mediately, and we will do our best to Grand Central Terminal and at outlying rate for our trains. Initial reductions will admission and rail fare to some of the recover quickly. stations. occur on the Hudson and Harlem lines. region’s hottest attractions, including: Please keep in mind that sometimes This means there may be fewer seats Clearwater’s Great Hudson River getting back to normal requires some available on your train, but there will be Wire-Less Is More … Revival (June 19 & 20, Croton Point time. We may need to make repairs to adequate seating. You may have to Park) — Clearwater’s annual music our tracks, signal and power systems, move to another a car for a seat, or you and environmental festival and fund or train cars due to storm damage. We Imagine a state-of-the-art, multi-carrier may have to sit in that “middle” seat of raiser features a wide spectrum of fam - may not have the proper crews or wireless commercial network that will a “three-seater.” (We have a standard ily-fun activities: world-renowned musi - equipment in the right locations due to provide you with wireless (cellular) ser - occupancy rate for our trains, and we cal artists over multiple solar and bio- us not being able to run service. vice and WiFi services in Grand Central carefully monitor our trains to make sure diesel powered stages; a World Dance To help you “get in shape” for hurri - Terminal and its train platforms, and in we are meeting this standard.) Tent; a Green Living Expo; a working cane season, we recommend the fol - the Park Avenue Tunnel. The current fiscal crisis means we will waterfront complete with rides on tall lowing (don’t worry, there are no Imagine no more. We’ve entered into have to be more creative in our efforts ships, including the historic sloop “stomach crunches” involved): a ground-breaking License Agreement to provide you with the quality of ser - Clearwater ; all taking place in a beauti - • Sign up for email/text alerts at with a team of national wireless carriers vice you deserve using the resources ful riverfront park. This year, Clearwater www.mta.info . to making it a reality. And what a team we have available. is bringing a tremendous lineup to its • Check www.mta.info/mnr for up - of carriers they are ( and selected Our mission, however, remains the stages, including Pete Seeger, Steve dates. If severe weather requires us to through a competitive process, to same: To enhance the quality of life and Earle, Joan Osborne, The Felice Broth - change service, we will post that infor - boot… ): Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nex - economic health of the region we serve ers ( they are amazing )… and many mation on our site. (Also be sure to tel, AT&T, and T-Mobile. through the efficient provision of trans - more. A free shuttle bus takes you keep a current timetable handy. It will This network will not only significantly portation service of the highest quality. from our Croton-Harmon Station on give you a frame of reference for train improve and expand access to com - New timetables are available begin - the Hudson Line to the festival. For departure times if you don’t have pow - mercial wireless services from multiple ning June 11 in Grand Central Terminal more information, visit www.clearwater er to your computer.) providers. ( Current wireless/cellular at the Information Booth, at outlying festival.org, or call 845 -418 -3596 . • Listen to radio and television news. service in Grand Central is limited and stations, and at www.mta.info/mnr . Was He Really “Buried In His During any storm or emergency, we are there is no coverage in the two-mile- Jammies…” Find out first hand. See in touch with the news media, giving long Park Avenue Tunnel. ) It will also the legendary treasures of King Tut, Far Less Fun updates on the status of our train service. improve the MTA’s internal communi - now on display at the Discovery Times Than Baseball Season… • Call our Customer Service Center at cations capabilities to support the Square Exposition, 226 West 44th 212-532-4900 . They will also have a MTA Police Department and other Street. For the first time in a genera - message giving you the current status emergency service responders who …but longer, and with no playoffs! It is tion, revel in the splendor of the an - of our service. wish to use it. hurricane season, which runs from Under our License Agreement with cient Egyptian world as you walk June 1 through November 30. A Word About the carriers, Metro-North will receive through 10 galleries with 130 artifacts. And, just like highly paid athletes, an estimated $24.3 million in benefits, For more information, visit you’ve got to be prepared to get That “Other” Season… with no cost to the railroad. The carri - www.DiscoveryTSX.com or, call through it successfully. High winds, er team will bear the capital cost of in - 866 -987-9692 . Package is available heavy rains, and dangerous lightning This time we do mean baseball. And stallation. Monday – Friday, through January 4, can result in flooding, mudslides, fallen the best way to see the Yankees play They will also pay Metro-North an an - 2011, 10 AM to 10 PM. trees, and downed power lines along is to take Metro-North’s game-day nual license fee, and we will receive all If You Have “Feel A Need for our right-of-way. service to our Yankees-East 153rd revenue generated by sublicenses to Speed… and Savings...” Take our We can’t stop the weather’s worst Street Station, located on our Hud - WiFi service providers. discount package to Lime Rock Race from happening, but we can control son Line. We estimate the value of the license Track (July 3 & 24, September 4 & 6 our team’s response to it. We offers plenty of direct, fast, con - fee arrangement alone over the 20- — Noon to 10 PM) You will see some In the event of a hurricane or severe venient “trains to the game” via the year maximum term at over $4 million. of the finest, and most exciting, road storm, we have several operating plans Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven Look for installation to be completed racing in the country in a family friendly at the ready, depending on the weath - Lines for weekday 7 PM games, as three years after the selection of the setting. Every race is packed with high- er’s impact. well as all weekend and holiday games key vendors and contractors. horsepower and a passion for perfor - However, if the weather and damage during the season. On the New Haven Line: There are associated with it is severe enough, Frequent Shuttle Service from Grand From The Shores Of The no changes in the new timetable. our only options may be to reduce or Central Terminal/Harlem- 125th Street is Nile And Hudson Rivers… suspend train service temporarily on a also available. With this schedule change, we will al - line or line segment. For full details on train service, go to so be reducing the number of cars on We go to great lengths to get you the When the storm is over, we know you www.mta.info/mnr , or pick up a Yan - select trains. These changes will be best deals with our discount Getaways want us to return to regular service im - kees Game-Day Service schedule in made to meet our standard occupancy packages. We save you money on mediately, and we will do our best to Grand Central Terminal and at outlying rate for our trains. Initial reductions will admission and rail fare to some of the recover quickly. stations. occur on the Hudson and Harlem lines. region’s hottest attractions, including: Please keep in mind that sometimes This means there may be fewer seats Clearwater’s Great Hudson River getting back to normal requires some available on your train, but there will be Wire-Less Is More … Revival (June 19 & 20, Croton Point time. We may need to make repairs to adequate seating. You may have to Park) — Clearwater’s annual music our tracks, signal and power systems, move to another a car for a seat, or you and environmental festival and fund or train cars due to storm damage. We Imagine a state-of-the-art, multi-carrier may have to sit in that “middle” seat of raiser features a wide spectrum of fam - may not have the proper crews or wireless commercial network that will a “three-seater.” (We have a standard ily-fun activities: world-renowned musi - equipment in the right locations due to provide you with wireless (cellular) ser - occupancy rate for our trains, and we cal artists over multiple solar and bio- us not being able to run service. vice and WiFi services in Grand Central carefully monitor our trains to make sure diesel powered stages; a World Dance To help you “get in shape” for hurri - Terminal and its train platforms, and in we are meeting this standard.) Tent; a Green Living Expo; a working cane season, we recommend the fol - the Park Avenue Tunnel. The current fiscal crisis means we will waterfront complete with rides on tall lowing (don’t worry, there are no Imagine no more. We’ve entered into have to be more creative in our efforts ships, including the historic sloop “stomach crunches” involved): a ground-breaking License Agreement to provide you with the quality of ser - Clearwater ; all taking place in a beauti - • Sign up for email/text alerts at with a team of national wireless carriers vice you deserve using the resources ful riverfront park. This year, Clearwater www.mta.info . to making it a reality. And what a team we have available. is bringing a tremendous lineup to its • Check www.mta.info/mnr for up - of carriers they are ( and selected Our mission, however, remains the stages, including Pete Seeger, Steve dates. If severe weather requires us to through a competitive process, to same: To enhance the quality of life and Earle, Joan Osborne, The Felice Broth - change service, we will post that infor - boot… ): Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nex - economic health of the region we serve ers ( they are amazing )… and many mation on our site. (Also be sure to tel, AT&T, and T-Mobile. through the efficient provision of trans - more. A free shuttle bus takes you keep a current timetable handy. It will This network will not only significantly portation service of the highest quality. from our Croton-Harmon Station on give you a frame of reference for train improve and expand access to com - New timetables are available begin - the Hudson Line to the festival. For departure times if you don’t have pow - mercial wireless services from multiple ning June 11 in Grand Central Terminal more information, visit www.clearwater er to your computer.) providers. ( Current wireless/cellular at the Information Booth, at outlying festival.org, or call 845 -418 -3596 . • Listen to radio and television news. service in Grand Central is limited and stations, and at www.mta.info/mnr . Was He Really “Buried In His During any storm or emergency, we are there is no coverage in the two-mile- Jammies…” Find out first hand. See in touch with the news media, giving long Park Avenue Tunnel. ) It will also the legendary treasures of King Tut, Far Less Fun updates on the status of our train service. improve the MTA’s internal communi - now on display at the Discovery Times Than Baseball Season… • Call our Customer Service Center at cations capabilities to support the Square Exposition, 226 West 44th 212-532-4900 . They will also have a MTA Police Department and other Street. For the first time in a genera - message giving you the current status emergency service responders who …but longer, and with no playoffs! It is tion, revel in the splendor of the an - of our service. wish to use it. hurricane season, which runs from Under our License Agreement with cient Egyptian world as you walk June 1 through November 30. A Word About the carriers, Metro-North will receive through 10 galleries with 130 artifacts. And, just like highly paid athletes, an estimated $24.3 million in benefits, For more information, visit you’ve got to be prepared to get That “Other” Season… with no cost to the railroad. The carri - www.DiscoveryTSX.com or, call through it successfully. High winds, er team will bear the capital cost of in - 866 -987-9692 . Package is available heavy rains, and dangerous lightning This time we do mean baseball. And stallation. Monday – Friday, through January 4, can result in flooding, mudslides, fallen the best way to see the Yankees play They will also pay Metro-North an an - 2011, 10 AM to 10 PM. trees, and downed power lines along is to take Metro-North’s game-day nual license fee, and we will receive all If You Have “Feel A Need for our right-of-way. service to our Yankees-East 153rd revenue generated by sublicenses to Speed… and Savings...” Take our We can’t stop the weather’s worst Street Station, located on our Hud - WiFi service providers. discount package to Lime Rock Race from happening, but we can control son Line. We estimate the value of the license Track (July 3 & 24, September 4 & 6 our team’s response to it. We offers plenty of direct, fast, con - fee arrangement alone over the 20- — Noon to 10 PM) You will see some In the event of a hurricane or severe venient “trains to the game” via the year maximum term at over $4 million. of the finest, and most exciting, road storm, we have several operating plans Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven Look for installation to be completed racing in the country in a family friendly at the ready, depending on the weath - Lines for weekday 7 PM games, as three years after the selection of the setting. Every race is packed with high- er’s impact. well as all weekend and holiday games key vendors and contractors. horsepower and a passion for perfor - However, if the weather and damage during the season. April 2010 On- Time Performance* Off-peak Line AM PM Weekday Weekend Total YTD** Harlem 98.8% 98.3% 98.1% 98.4% 98.4% 98.6% Hudson 97.8% 98.3% 98.9% 99.0% 98.6% 98.4% New Haven 95.4% 97.9% 98.0% 97.6% 97.2% 97.2% A Publication for MTA Metro-North Railroad Customers June 2010 System 97.1% 98.1% 98.2% 98.2% 97.9 % 98.0%

*Arrivals within 5 minutes, 59 seconds of schedule. **Year to date.

mance that you don’t want to miss. Safety Rule Of The Issue Getting there is easy: Take the Harlem Line to Wassaic Station, where Sure, Iron Man has made “prosthetic” a shuttle bus will “speed” you to the parts cool… in the movies. race. ( The shuttle will meet the trains Of course he can jump on a mov - departing Grand Central Terminal at ing train and pry open its doors with 7:45 AM. and 9:48 AM, arriving Was - one hand… he’s wearing iron. saic Station at 10:08 AM and You, on the other hand, are proba - 12:07 PM. ) After the race day, the bly wearing summer weight wool or shuttle return will return to Wassaic poplin. And we’re guessing, like Station to meet the 6:58 PM train back most of your fellow travelers, the on - to Grand Central Terminal. ly iron content you have came from New Schedules Effective June For more information visit www.lime your breakfast cereal. 21 Reflect Service Reductions rock.com. So if your train is leaving the sta - Most packages are available through tion without you, don’t go “stark” • The 10:55 PM Croton-Harmon ex - WebTicket (save an additional 5% raving mad. The new schedules that go into effect press is combined with the 11:12 PM when you buy online), at Ticket Offices Just wait for the next train. And on Monday, June 21 reflect service re - express train to Poughkeepsie; the new or through Ticket Machines. Pick up a there always is a next train (just like ductions taken on our part to help train departs Grand Central at 11:05 PM New York City Getaways or Hudson those super hero movie sequels). close a nearly $800 million shortfall in and makes all stops of both trains. the MTA’s funding sources for 2010. Valley, Connecticut & Beyond brochure We bring you these monthly re - Also, concrete tie replacement ends in for a complete listing of packages at all minders because your safety is al - We have also taken several significant actions to reduce our expenses and June, and most Hudson Line schedule Metro-North ticket offices and Grand ways our first priority. adjustments that were made in April will Central Terminal’s Station Master’s generate savings, including administra - tive payroll reductions, deferring or be reversed. See a timetable for possi - Of fice; or visit www.mta.info/mnr . ble adjustments to your train times. Or call 212-532-4900 . Summer Berkshire Bus eliminating projects, and renegotiating vendor contracts, in addition to other On the Harlem Line: The following Service Canceled budget reductions. service reductions approved in March We do not like cutting service, so, in by the MTA Board will take effect: Because of budgetary constraints, planning these reductions, it was im - Metro-North will no longer offer bus portant for us to: • The 7:28 PM express train to Crest - Courtesy Corner service to the Berkshires from wood is discontinued. Customers may Wassaic Station. • Impact the fewest number of cus - take the 7:30 PM local train to North Everyone’s raving tomers possible. White Plains. about this summer’s • Minimize the negative effects to our Iron Man 2, Toy Story 3, • The 7:52 PM express train to South - “must sees”: customers. Shrek Forever After, Furry Vengeance. east is combined with the 7:57 PM ex - press train to Mount Kisco; this com - (Hey, how can it be bad with a title On the Hudson Line: The following bined train does not stop at Scarsdale like that… ) service reductions approved in March and Hartsdale. Customers may take Well, what about this summer’s by the MTA Board will take effect: the 8 PM local train to North White “must not sees”, which include: • The 9:04 PM train to Croton-Harmon Plains instead. As a result of this •Talking Loudly on Your Cell Phone; express is combined with the 9:16 PM change, please note: The Wassaic •Leaving Your Trash on the Train; Published by express train to Poughkeepsie; the new connection for the 7:52 PM train now •Putting Your Feet Up on the Seats. Corporate & Public Affairs train departs Grand Central at 9:05 PM operates six minutes later; the 9:20 PM All promise to annoy your fellow MTA Metro-North Railroad and makes all stops of both trains. train from Wassaic now operates five commuters, and may make you the 345 Madison Avenue minutes later, and its connection from target of their vengeance ( furry or • The 9:55 PM Croton-Harmon express New York, NY 10017 Southeast to Grand Central now oper - otherwise ). is combined with the 10:12 PM express ates four minutes later. Be a hit on your train www.mta.info train to Poughkeepsie; the new train Also, check your timetable for minor this summer: departs Grand Central at 10:05 PM adjustments to three weekday after - Be courteous. and makes all stops of both trains. noon off-peak trains to improve reliabil - ity and on-time performance.