NEW YORK — A mudslide on Metro-North’s Hudson Line has disrupted Metro-North service and halted Amtrak operations between New York City and Albany, N.Y.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the slide occurred this morning (Saturday, Oct. 21) in the village of Briarcliff Manor, blocking all four tracks at the slide site. Metro-North is currently offering limited hourly service between Grand Central Terminal and Tarrytown, and limited hourly service between Tarrytown and Croton-Harmon, with “very limited bus service” connecting those operations, according to a press release. There is no train or bus service at the Philipse Manor, Scarborough, and Ossining stations; the current situation is expected to last through the weekend. Metro-North is recommending the Harlem Line as an alternative.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement that “our top priority is to restore service as quickly as possible;” and added in a social media post that the goal was to allow normal operations by Monday morning’s commute.
Amtrak, meanwhile, says in a service advisory that all New York-Albany operations are suspended for Sunday. Other cancellations and schedule adjustments include:
— Cancellation of both directions of the New York-Chicago Lake Shore Limited, although the train’s Boston section will operate between Boston and Albany.
— Cancellation of Empire Service trains 233, 244, and 280; trains 281 and 283 will operate Albany-Niagara Falls, N.Y., only, while train 284 will operate only between Niagara Falls and Albany.
— Both directions of the Maple Leaf will operate only between Toronto and Albany.
— Both directions of the Ethan Allen Express will operate only between Burlington, Vt., and Albany.
