Features also include service alerts, fare information, accessibility information, parking availability and connecting services. Since its inception in 2013, the free mobile app, which is available on Google Play and the Apple App Store, has provided real-time status and schedule information to customers via smartphone along with destination, track assignment and real-time status of the next 12 trains at a given station. “I’m proud of our in-house staff and supporting IT experts who continue to innovate and find ways to make commuting safer and more reliable.”

“The updates to the Train Time app really enhance the customer experience and address the needs of Metro-North riders as they come back to the system,” said Catherine Rinaldi, president of Metro-North Railroad. And if you’re pushed, you can either lay under the train and suck it in - or do your damn best to get back onto the platform quickly.The official Metro-North Train Time app has been updated to include real-time train tracking map integrated into the app, a one-tap link to view and purchase tickets via MTA eTix and the ability to bookmark favorite trips and stations.Ĭustomers can also now use the app in languages other than English, including Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Yiddish. “Listen, you’re never going to outrun a train,” said a MTA worker. Getting to those spaces, which include areas between pillars on the track bed, requires being able to carefully step over the third rail. Riders can also use “clear-up” areas where track workers stand while trains pass by. There was enough space for both of them to fit beneath as the train passed above them.įind a clear-up space. Autrey rolled the teen into the trough and lay on top of him. In one terrifying 2007 incident, Good Samaritan Wesley Autrey jumped to rescue a 19-year-old man who had a seizure and fell to the No. “There’s enough clearance between that space, called the trough, and the bottom of a train.” “If you lay down flat between the two rails where the trains run, turn your head to the side, the train will pass right over you,” said a track worker. If a train is barreling toward a fallen rider, an effective, albeit frightening, option can be used.

“If you’re on the tracks on the L, the 7, then you’re in trouble,” one worker said. Trains on those lines still have an operator in the front, but they don’t have their hand at the switch.

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