There are 124 stations on Metro-North Railroad's five active lines, which operate on more than 787 miles (1,267 km) of track, with the passenger railroad system totaling 385 miles (620 km) of route. The system took its current form in 1983, when MTA took over Conrail's commuter operations in the northern portion of the New York metropolitan area and merged them into Metro-North. Service was transferred to Conrail in 1976, when it absorbed most of Penn Central's railroad functions after Penn Central's bankruptcy. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 52,197,600, or about 211,000 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022. Metro-North also provides local rail service within the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.

Metro-North serves the New York Metropolitan Area, running service between New York City and its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut, including Port Jervis, Spring Valley, Poughkeepsie, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Southeast and Wassaic in New York and Stamford, New Canaan, Danbury, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and New Haven in Connecticut. state of New York and under contract with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Metro-North Railroad ( reporting mark MNCW), trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S.

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