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The NORAC rules are intended to enhance railroad safety. The rules cover employee responsibilities, signaling equipment, procedures for safe train movement, dealing with accidents and other topics that directly and indirectly affect railroad safety. These rules govern operation on main lines, defined as those with some form of block control system.
Metro-North also provides local rail service within the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract.
A 45-mile-per-hour (72 km/h) speed restriction sign at Metro-North Railroad's Port Chester station. Rail speed limits in the United States are regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration. Railroads also implement their own limits and enforce speed limits.
The MTA announced its annual alcohol ban on Metro-North and LIRR trains for SantaCon weekend. James Keivom “The holiday season is a wonderful time of year, and we want everyone to get to their ...
Metro-North's biggest union, ACRE, says conductors have been spit on and assaulted by passengers upset when told they have to wear a mask. Metro-North Railroad union: Drop the mask mandate now so ...
By the 1850s, railroad operating rules, often printed as pamphlets or on the back of a time card, had evolved to near universal application. On April 14, 1887 representatives of 48 railroads voted for the adoption of what is now known as the Standard Code of Operating Rules (SCOR), published by the AAR. Thus, all railroad rule books in North ...
And Metro-North's Rinaldi hasn’t given up on getting commuters back to five-day-a-week schedules. Last year’s on-time performance was at 97% and most lines are running with the same numbers of ...
The Metro-North Railroad is a commuter rail system serving two of the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan and the Bronx), Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties in New York, as well Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut.