Travel between NYC and Poughkeepsie will get a whole lot quicker this fall! Governor Kathy Hocul just announced Metro-North’s new super express trains to launch on October 6th.
Travel will take under 90 minutes between Poughkeepsie and NYC—shaving off 70 minutes a week for commuters.
While the service itself isn’t unexpected, it was initially planned for a 2026 launch. Starting this October, however, it arrives a full year ahead of schedule.
At a press conference, Governor Hochul said:
“Delivering better, faster Metro-North service to Hudson Valley commuters will propel economic growth across our state and improve quality of life…This is just the start – work remains underway to deliver even more service improvements along the line, improving reliability and making trips up and down the Hudson Valley even faster.”
Metro-North will operate three super express trains from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central per day and likewise, three super express trains from Grand Central to Poughkeepsie. All trains will have anywhere from two to three stops along the way. Here’s an example schedule of the new super express service between Poughkeepsie and NYC.
Poughkeepsie to Grand Central trains
- ⏰ 6:05am (stoping at New Hamburg, Beacon, Harlem-125th Street)
- ⏰ 6:44am (stopping at New Hamburg, Beacon, Harlem-125th Street)
- ⏰ 7:05am (stopping at New Hamburg, Beacon, Croton-Harmon)
Grand Central to Poughkeepsie trains
- ⏰ 5:09pm (Stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Beacon, New Hamburg)
- ⏰ 5:30pm (Stopping at Beacon, New Hamburg)
- ⏰ 6:12pm (Stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Beacon, New Hamburg)
“Thanks to these schedule improvements, riders can get where they need to go faster, while continuing to enjoy the safe, reliable service they expect from Metro-North,” said Metro-North President Justin Vonashek. “These enhancements build on the railroad’s record-setting reliability with a systemwide on-time performance of 98% — and with more improvement work underway, this is only the beginning.”
See all other additional Metro-North schedule changes in the official press release on the New York State website.