Metro-North continues to mismanage the Upper Hudson, with cascading effects for the rest of the line. Their decision to not continue to run twice-hourly service has proved disastrous, with excessive crowds creating heavy delays and unsafe onboard decisions.
Both last night and today, train 8852 (as well as 8848) was running at 100% capacity out of Cold Spring, and upwards of 140% by the time it got to Croton-Harmon. The heavy crowding and long stops at Manitou/Breakneck meant that 8852 was running upwards of 20 minutes late, and #8752 also was held for 10-15 minutes at Croton to accommodate passengers from the Upper Hudson, who transferred at Croton en masse. They were experiencing these levels of crowds and delays last weekend with doubled service, and they still figured that everything would be fine this weekend. Total facepalm.
Both last night and today, train 8852 (as well as 8848) was running at 100% capacity out of Cold Spring, and upwards of 140% by the time it got to Croton-Harmon. The heavy crowding and long stops at Manitou/Breakneck meant that 8852 was running upwards of 20 minutes late, and #8752 also was held for 10-15 minutes at Croton to accommodate passengers from the Upper Hudson, who transferred at Croton en masse. They were experiencing these levels of crowds and delays last weekend with doubled service, and they still figured that everything would be fine this weekend. Total facepalm.
TRAIN(geek) APPROACHING, PLEASE REMAIN BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE