Riverdale to Stamford, CT?

>> The most obvious way, is to take the NYCT Bx9 bus from Riverdale
>> to Fordham Station on MN's New Haven Line. Then take the MN train to
>> Stamford.

>How many New Haven trains stop at Fordham? Last I looked, which admittedly
>was several years ago, it wasn't very many.

The number of New Haven trains which stop at Fordham has increased
substantially in the last few years. Almost all trains which begin or
end at Stamford now stop at Fordham.
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"127.0.0.1" <jd@cs.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:20:57 GMT, "John Mara" <johnmara@nycap.>
> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >But they still don't want to let you ride from Fordham to GCT on New
Haven
> >Line trains. Does anyone have any idea why this is? After all it's been
> >the same railroad since 1968.
>
> they are not the same line, the CT trains are operated by the CT dept
> of transportation and they are not in the business of providing
> transport between 2 nyc stations

But you can ride from other stations in New York State. I think there are
eight New Haven Line stations in NYS. All the trains are operated by Metro
North. I'm sure they do some kind of cost allocation for New York State and
Connecticut stations. They could just as easily do the same for Fordham if
they wanted to.

John Mara

"John Mara" <johnmara@nycap.> wrote:
> But you can ride from other stations in New York State. I think there are
> eight New Haven Line stations in NYS. All the trains are operated by Metro
> North. I'm sure they do some kind of cost allocation for New York State and
> Connecticut stations. They could just as easily do the same for Fordham if
> they wanted to.

Complain to your elected officials. That's the only way you'd get
Metro North to consider changing this arbitrary and wasteful policy.

-Apr

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:05:10 -0500, 127.0.0.1 <jd@cs.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:20:57 GMT, "John Mara" <johnmara@nycap.>
>wrote:
>
>>
>
>>But they still don't want to let you ride from Fordham to GCT on New Haven
>>Line trains. Does anyone have any idea why this is? After all it's been
>>the same railroad since 1968.
>
>they are not the same line, the CT trains are operated by the CT dept
>of transportation and they are not in the business of providing
>transport between 2 nyc stations

It's a Metro North policy and has nothing to do with the fact that CT
DOT provides funding for the New Haven operation. No Metro North train
is technically allowed to take on passengers at a NYC stop. That
includes Harlem line trains stopping at Fordham as well.

"Cyrus Afzali" <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote in message
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> No Metro North train is technically allowed to take on passengers at a NYC
stop.

Is that both northbound and southbound?