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3/25/2022
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) crews have completed permanent repairs to a 110-year-old culvert in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and its track structure that was washed out by heavy rain and high winds during Hurricane Ida in 2021.
The emergency culvert replacement enables MTA Metro-North Railroad to cut Hudson Line travel times through the area by up to five minutes in conjunction with new timetables that increase service systemwide to 89% of pre-pandemic levels, MTA officials said in a press release.
All repair work was performed while trains continued to travel over the culvert under slow speed restrictions. Following the completion of the work in early March, Metro-North crews installed rails, ties and ballast, then surfaced the entire track area. They installed and tested the third rail, and ensured all signal systems and positive train control were working, MTA officials said.
The project’s completion brings an end to delays that began Sept. 1, 2021, when Ida unleashed torrential downpours on the region.
On March 27, in conjunction with the schedule increases, Metro-North plans to remove the additional schedule time added in September to trains traveling in the area.