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Metro-North to Launch Daily Grand Central–Albany Round Trip This Spring

Amtrak will add a Dec. 1 Penn–Albany round trip with coach fares capped at $99.

Passengers leaving an Amtrak train at Moynihan Penn Station in New York city, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)
The Metro-North's Hudson Line will run one daily round trip train between Albany and Grand Central Terminal starting next year, Gov. Hochul said.
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Overview

  • Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a once-daily Metro-North round trip between Grand Central and Albany-Rensselaer starting in the spring, the first commuter link on this corridor since 1967.
  • The extension pushes the Hudson Line roughly 80 miles beyond Poughkeepsie, continuing usual stops to Poughkeepsie then serving Rhinecliff, Hudson and Albany-Rensselaer.
  • Metro-North expects fixed fares near the lower end of Amtrak’s one-way prices at about $40, with exact pricing still to be set.
  • The new run is planned to leave Grand Central mid-morning and return in the afternoon, offering a lower-cost option to Amtrak’s variable pricing.
  • The measures respond to capacity lost during East River Tunnel repairs that cut New York–Albany service earlier this year, with Amtrak adding a Dec. 1 daily round trip and projecting full tunnel reopening by late 2027.