Metro North will get some upgrades as part of a proposed $51 billion investment plan by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.  Some $184 million worth of work on the Harlem line is planned.  Infrastructure work to improve reliability includes support of a future third track.  Work is underway to relocate and expand parking at Southeast Station to allow for future Brewster Yard expansion. Plans also call for building two new electrical substations and designing three more.

The proposed program advances New Haven Line access to Penn Station via four new stations in the Bronx, begins reconstruction of the Grand Central Terminal train shed and Park Avenue tunnel and viaduct, begins replacement of Metro-North’s fleet of M3 rail cars, improves stations, prepares for capacity improvements on the Harlem Line and Port Jervis Line.

Metro-North will add accessibility improvements at up to four stations, bringing wheelchair access to 78% of stations serving 93% of customers, renew stations on the Harlem Line in the Bronx and southern Westchester County, and make priority component repairs at stations on the upper Hudson Line and upper Harlem Line. This work will benefit 60% of customers.

Metro-North will pursue Phase 1 of the replacement of the 100+ year old Grand Central Terminal Trainshed and Park Avenue Tunnel and Viaduct used by more than 700 trains per day and 83% of customers, and build four new emergency exits.

Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi says the proposed replacement of the Park Avenue Viaduct is one of the most significant construction projects in the history of the MTA.