"ALBANY --- Amtrak will no longer allow Metro-North to add Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and Albany, but will instead restore suspended Empire Service between Penn Station and Joseph L. Bruno Station in early March, according to Gov. Hochul's office. Amtrak's lack of cooperation all but kills this spring's planned daily Metro-North round-trips between Grand Central Station and Albany-Rensselaer, but Hochul didn't eliminate the possibility of a future expansion."
""I remain fully committed to short- and long-term proposals to bring better transit - including expanded Metro-North service if the demand exists - beyond Poughkeepsie and into the rest of the Hudson Valley and Capital Region," she said in a statement. "New Yorkers rely on high-quality rail transit like no other state, and I will always fight to save commuters time and to make service better.""
Amtrak will not allow Metro-North to extend the Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and Albany and will restore suspended Empire Service between Penn Station and Joseph L. Bruno Station in early March. The decision prevents planned daily Metro-North round-trips this spring between Grand Central Station and Albany-Rensselaer, though an expansion may be pursued later. A $99 price cap on Amtrak service between Penn Station and Albany-Rensselaer had been announced with the proposed expansion, which would have added stops in Rhinecliff and Hudson. Last year Amtrak suspended some commuter service during the $1.6 billion East River Tunnel rehabilitation. Amtrak offers more amenities than Metro-North but faces wide price fluctuations and limited seats.
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