Metro North To Run Extra Trains to New York City for New Year's Holiday

 While Metro North will run extra inbound trains to Grand Central Terminal in the late afternoon and early evening on New Year’s Eve, Evan Robertson from Cheshire and his friend couldn’t wait to leave tomorrow.

“We’re headed to Madison Square Garden to the Phish shows,” Robertson said.

They’re ringing in the New Year with a four night run of shows by their favorite band, which begins Wednesday night.

“I’ve seen over 50 Phish shows and each one is its own unique snowflake,” Robertson said, “they have a constantly rotating set list”

For those travelling on New Year’s Eve, do not pop the champagne bottle until you’re off the train. Drinking alcohol is banned at Metro North stations and on trains between noon tomorrow until noon on New Year’s Day.

If you’re leaving from New Haven’s Union station, make sure to arrive early enough to find parking.

“It was the first time in a long time we’ve come to the train station and there was no parking at the garage right adjacent to the train station and the garage across the street we were parked on the 5th floor,” said Caroline Salant from North Haven.

Even with the larger crowds on trains, travelling this way to the Big Apple beats sitting in traffic.

“If you drive in you’re faced having to take 95 or the Merritt and one of them is probably going to be backed up considering it’s a holiday weekend,” Robertson said.

In the first few hours of 2016 after the ball drops, there will be extra New Haven line trains to take you back to Connecticut.

Click here for the full New Year’s Metro-North schedule.

A 1 percent fare increase for the New Haven Metro North Line goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2016, Connecticut’s Department of Transportation announced.

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