Metro-North’s first-ever NYC-to-Albany train brings affordable Upstate NY adventures

New daily round trip will restore direct service between Grand Central and Albany-Rensselaer for first time since 1967.

NYC’s Metro-North Extension to Penn Station Delayed Three Years

A $2.9 billion commuter rail project to connect New York City’s northern suburbs to Pennsylvania Station faces a three-year ...

New York to Albany by Train for $40 Flat? It’s Happening Next Year.

For the first time, Metro-North will run trains past Poughkeepsie through the Hudson Valley to Albany. Some Amtrak service ...

Metro-North, Amtrak boosting train service to Albany after service reductions

Metro-North and Amtrak will be joining forces to partially restore weekday train service between New York City and Albany in ...
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Sleeker, Comfier, a Tiny Bit Faster: Riding Amtrak’s New Acela

The NextGen high-speed trains feel more like those in China, Japan or France. But topping out at 160 m.p.h., they’re still relatively slow. Amtrak’s NextGen Acela train passing through New York on ...