

A test train will check the track before passenger service operates on Monday morning. Customers are advised to anticipate scattered delays." Tonight, after 10 p.m., "when the track is clear of all work equipment, crews will install about 160 feet of third rail on one of the two tracks. The MTA explained, "The damage to the infrastructure is so substantial that only one of the two tracks in the area will be returned to service for the Monday morning rush, but railroad officials say there is sufficient capacity to operate 40 inbound and 12 outbound scheduled trains during the AM peak.

To get things moving again, about 100 workers from the MTA and CSX (the freight train operator) worked to remove the train and fix the tracks. The MTA says, "For Monday, July 22, Metro-North will operate a regular Hudson Line schedule, with scattered delays up to 15 minutes due to our limited operational capacity in the vicinity of Spuyten Duyvil station." Now, the agency says that there will be normal traffic for today's Monday commute. Metro-North will continue to provide hourly service all day on weekends between Grand Central and Poughkeepsie.After a freight train carrying garbage derailed in the Bronx last Thursday, forcing Metro-North to suspend service on the Hudson Line, the MTA has been working around the clock to fix the rail and pick up the garbage.

Additional service will be added between New Haven and Grand Central, and on the Waterbury Branch.Two local trains will be added between Harrison and Grand Central, with a transfer at Harrison between the limited-stop trains and the local trains. trains from Stamford that made all local stops to Grand Central will become limited-stop local trains, reducing their trip time by 7-8 minutes. trains making all local stops from Harrison to Grand Central will be restored.
