If you tend to doze off on the ride home from New York City, you’ll soon need to set an alarm, as you may wind up 80 miles north.
Metro-North announced that the Hudson Line is changing in a big way, and soon that familiar stop in Poughkeepsie won’t be where every train ends anymore. By spring 2026, Metro-North riders who miss their stop could find themselves in the state capital.
Metro-North will extend service north of Poughkeepsie all the way to Albany-Rensselaer Station, marking the first time the railroad has gone beyond Dutchess County. The new line is designed to fill the gap left by suspended Amtrak trips during tunnel repairs in the city.
Metro-North Sets Its Sights on Albany
Metro-North will soon run one round-trip train each day, from Grand Central Terminal to Albany in the morning and back again in the afternoon. Non-passenger test trains are expected to start later this year, with full service scheduled to begin in early 2026…