MTA Metro-North Railroad announced on Sunday, Aug. 8, that buses that have been substituting for the train service on the Port Jervis Line this weekend, Aug. 7 and 8, will continue to operate in place of trains on Monday, August 9.

Buses are substituting for trains following the New York State Thruway Authority’s announcement late Thursday evening that, out of an abundance of caution, the agency should not operate trains on tracks that run below the Arden Valley Road Bridge, near Harriman, until repairs can be made to the bridge.

Service Alternatives

Port Jervis Line tickets will be honored on the Hudson Line, where service is available via the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to Beacon, N.Y., or via the Mario Cuomo Bridge to Tarrytown or Irvington.

Buses will substitute for Port Jervis Line trains between Port Jervis and Ramsey/Rt. 17 at all stations between Port Jervis and Sloatsburg except Otisville and Salisbury Mills.

To Hoboken/Penn Station

Buses will substitute for trains starting with the 3:46 a.m. departure from Port Jervis. Buses will depart 10-20 minutes earlier then the scheduled train time and travel to Ramsey/Rt. 17, where customers can transfer to regularly scheduled trains.

To Port Jervis

Trains will operate on normal schedules but will terminate at Ramsey/Rt. 17, where customers can connect with buses that will depart approximately five minutes after the connecting train arrives.

For further updates, customers should check the MYmta app or call 511.

In other MTA Metro-North Railroad news, the agency also announced on Sunday that the railroad will begin making parking lot upgrades at Cold Spring, Beacon and New Hamburg stations in August and September. Parking upgrades include better drainage, new pavement, new pavement markings and safety enhancements to provide a better customer experience. Temporary closings and parking restrictions will be necessary as work proceeds.

Metro-North president, Catherine Rinaldi, said one of the core pieces of Metro-North’s Way Ahead program is maintaining a state of good repair throughout the system. “As we welcome back more riders, these upgrades are an important investment in customer safety and convenience,” she said.

At Cold Spring Station, starting Aug. 16, the MTA Metro-North officials said the parking lot will be closed for approximately one week while crews perform excavation work and install a new subsurface to prevent future cracks and potholes. After these repairs have been performed, the entire parking lot surface will be milled and repaved with new asphalt. Finally, new striping and symbols will be painted onto the new parking lot surface. The entire parking facility will be closed so that the upgrades can be completed in less time while ridership remains low.

Metro-North’s parking operator, LAZ, will honor the existing permits of Cold Spring customers at Beacon and Garrison stations. Customers that use the meters at Cold Spring station are also able to use the meters at Beacon and Garrison. In addition, the Village of Cold Spring’s municipal lot on Fair Street is also available for paid, metered parking. Train service to and from Cold Spring will not be affected.

At Beacon station, the north half of the parking lot is already closed while crews perform drainage work. After Labor Day, the entire parking lot will be closed for milling, resurfacing, and re-striping. The main parking facility on the west side of the tracks will be available for parking. Access to the Newburgh-Beacon ferry will be maintained for pedestrians between the underpass and ferry dock.

At New Hamburg station, the parking lot will be resurfaced and re-striped in early-September. A concrete drop-off area will be built to improve traffic flow and increase the overall safety of the parking lot. The parking lot will be reduced to 50 percent capacity while these improvements are being carried out.