Metro-North Enhancing Service for Yankees-Red Sox Series, Adding Yankee Clipper and Shuttle Service for All Three Night Games
LIRR Providing Extra Service for 2023 Belmont Stakes on Saturday; Alcohol Not Allowed on Trains or in Stations
Service Options and Diversions Announced for Governors Ball Music Festival and National Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced service options for a busy weekend in the New York City region. The New York Yankees welcome the rival Boston Red Sox to town starting Friday, along with the Governors Ball Music Festival beginning at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. On Saturday, the Belmont Stakes will be held at Belmont Park in Long Island. On Sunday, the 66th annual National Puerto Rican Day will be held along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
To get to all these events, the MTA has robust service to get customers there and back.
Metro-North Announces Enhanced Service for Yankees-Red Sox Series
One of baseball’s most storied rivalries returns to the Bronx this weekend. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will play three night games at Yankee Stadium: 7:05 p.m. Friday, 7:35 p.m. Saturday and 7:10 p.m. Sunday. To accommodate the anticipated influx of fans to the ballpark, Metro-North Railroad will enhance its service options to the stadium before and after games.
“There is no series that brings out Yankee fans from all stretches of the region during the regular season quite like when the Red Sox visit,” said Metro-North Railroad President and Long Island Rail Road Interim President Catherine Rinaldi. “Metro-North has an enhanced service plan built to serve a large crowd before and after the game. Instead of sitting in traffic, you can save the time and stress of driving and take the train to catch one of baseball’s most storied rivalries in time for first pitch.”
After every game, there will be Yankee Clipper trains to take fans directly home on all three lines. Several Hudson Line trains will make extra stops at the stadium to board fans, and shuttle trains will operate from the stadium to Harlem/125th St and Grand Central Terminal. Fans may transfer to regularly scheduled Harlem and New Haven Line trains at Harlem/125th St station and to LIRR trains at Grand Central.
All trains to and from the games are shown on the MTA TrainTime app and on the MTA Metro-North website schedules page at MTA Train and Bus Schedules.
Friday Night
On the Hudson Line, eight regularly scheduled southbound trains make an extra stop at Yankees/E 153rd St before the game.
Shuttle trains will operate between Grand Central Terminal, Harlem/125th Street and Yankees/ E 153rd St stations, providing connections from Harlem and New Haven Line trains at Harlem/125th St station to the stadium and from LIRR trains at Grand Central.
A Harlem Line Yankee Clipper train will depart Southeast station at 4:26 p.m., making stops at Brewster, Golden’s Bridge, Mount Kisco, Chappaqua, North White Plains, White Plains, Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Crestwood, Bronxville, before operating express to the stadium, where it is scheduled to arrive at 5:49 p.m.
On the New Haven Line two Yankee Clipper trains will operate directly from New Haven to Yankee Stadium. The first train is scheduled to depart New Haven at 4:07 p.m. and arrive at the stadium at 6:08 p.m. The second Yankee Clipper is scheduled to depart New Haven at 4:47 p.m. and arrive at the stadium at 6:45 p.m. Both trains will make station stops at West Haven, Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield Metro, Fairfield, Westport, South Norwalk, Darien, Noroton Heights, Stamford, Greenwich, Rye, Larchmont and New Rochelle, before running express to the stadium.
In addition to the Yankee Clipper service, Harlem and New Haven Line customers can ride other regularly scheduled trains and transfer at Harlem/125 St station to a Hudson Line or shuttle train for the short hop to the stadium.
Saturday and Sunday Night
Hudson Line
For the two evening games over the weekend Metro-North will have four southbound express Hudson Line trains from Poughkeepsie make extra stops at Yankees/E 153rd St station before the game.
In addition to the four Hudson Line express trains making an additional stop the railroad will add two express trains to the schedule. An extra express train departs Poughkeepsie at 4:46 p.m., making station stops at New Hamburg, Beacon, Cold Spring, Garrison and Peekskill, before running express to Yankee Stadium, arriving at 6:21 p.m. A second express train departs Croton-Harmon at 5:25 p.m., making station stops at Ossining and Tarrytown, and arrives at the stadium at 6:01 p.m.
Harlem Line
A Harlem Line Yankee Clipper train will depart Southeast at 3:57 p.m., and will make station stops at Brewster, Golden’s Bridge, Katonah, Mount Kisco, Chappaqua, Pleasantville, Hawthorne, North White Plains, White Plains, Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Crestwood, and Bronxville, before running express to the stadium, arriving at 5:25 p.m.
New Haven Line
Two New Haven Line Yankee Clipper trains operate direct from New Haven to the stadium. The first Yankee Clipper will depart New Haven at 3:10 p.m. and arrive at the stadium at 5:05 p.m., while the second Yankee Clipper train departs New Haven at 4:10 p.m. and arrives at the stadium at 6:05 p.m. Both trains stop at all stations between New Haven and Stamford before operating express to the stadium.
Another Yankee Clipper train departs Stamford at 4:43 p.m., makes all local stops to Mt. Vernon East and arrives at the stadium at 5:42 p.m.
Customers may also ride other New Haven Line trains and transfer at Harlem/125 St station for trains to and from Yankees/ E 153 St station.
Customers within New York City or Long Island can get to Yankee Stadium via the subway, bus, paratransit or LIRR, with an easy connection to Metro-North trains from the recently reopened and refurbished Biltmore Room that provides a connection between the LIRR and Metro-North concourses within Grand Central.
Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The LIRR provides full-time, year-round service at Mets-Willets Point station via the Port Washington Branch, just a 19-minute ride from Penn Station. Fans traveling from Long Island to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park can change at Woodside, just a five-minute ride from the park.
The Mets-Willets Point subway station is on Roosevelt Av near 126 St. Riders can always take either the local or the express train to reach Mets-Willets Point.
The Q48 and Q58 bus routes all have stops near Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Customers can use the real-time bus ridership tracking feature on the MYmta app before boarding.
Access-A-Ride paratransit customers can call (877) 337-2017 to make a reservation for pick up and drop off at the Governors Ball.
2023 Belmont Stakes
On Saturday, June 10, the LIRR will provide extra service to Belmont Park for the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes with trains from Grand Central Madison for the first time.
Twenty-one trains will leave Manhattan between 9:26 a.m. and 5:03 p.m., 15 trains from Penn Station and six from Grand Central Madison. Trains will stop at Jamaica, where riders from Woodside, Brooklyn and stations on Long Island can board, and then operate direct to Belmont Park.
Immediately following the race and continuing until Belmont Park closes, return trains will depart approximately every 15 minutes to Jamaica and Manhattan.
The best way to buy a ticket is on the TrainTime app. Tickets are also available at any ticket office or ticket machine. For a faster return trip, customers are encouraged to buy a round-trip ticket in advance. Customers going to Belmont Park from points north of Manhattan can ride Metro-North and the LIRR on single one-way tickets, with combo ticket.
Racing fans can take enhanced Q2 and Q110 bus service directly to Belmont Park. The Q2 bus connects with the subway at 169 St or 179 St, and the Q110 bus connects with the and subway lines at Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer.
Alcohol is not allowed on LIRR trains, stations, or platforms from 12:00 p.m. Friday, June 9 through Monday, June 12 at 5:00 a.m. to support orderly travel.
66th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is the largest demonstration of cultural pride in the nation. Now in its 66th year, the parade takes place from 44th Street to 79th Street along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, in honor of the 3.5 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico and over 5 million people residing in the United States.
Numerous bus diversions will be in effect throughout parade day. See new.mta.info for real time bus diversion details.
- M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M55, Q32, M5O, M31, M57, M66, M72, M79 and M86
- BxM-2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
- SIM 1C, SIM 3C, SIM 4C, SIM 33C, X27 and X28
- Q32
- QM2, QM4, QM5 and QM6
Subway service diversions have been largely limited to the outer boroughs to facilitate travel to the parade. Uptown trains will operate via the line to Queens, and downtown trains will operate locally between 125 St and 59 St.
Customers are encouraged to sign up for the MTA Weekender, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday to inform customers of weekend service changes throughout the transit system. Customers can sign up here.
For real-time service updates and information, customers can use the following options:
MYmta app – Customers who use the comprehensive MYmta smartphone app will see real-time travel information for all MTA services all in one place.
new.mta.info – The “Service Status” box at new.mta.info is always the definitive source for the latest status for each line.
Live Subway Map – The Live Subway Map shows the real-time position of trains, planned service changes at any given time, highlights accessible stations, and much more.
WhatsApp – Customers can chat with NYC Transit via WhatsApp. Riders can receive customer service support in their native language through the help of Google Translate.
For those who prefer to contact the MTA by telephone, information is available by dialing 511. Connecticut customers should call 877-690-5114. Those who are deaf or hard of hearing can use their preferred service provider for the free 711 relay to reach the MTA at 511.