NEW YORK – Over the last 2 ½ years, Metro-North Railroad has replaced 98,000 ties, laid 16.5 miles of continuous welded rails, rebuilt 88 switches, renewed and/or upgraded 32 railroad crossings, and performed 2,905 welds on joints that connect stretches of track with one another.
That reconstruction work, which was updated on Monday, “has significantly enhanced the state of our infrastructure,” said railroad President Joseph Giulietti. “Our rails are safer today as a result of this concerted increase in track renewal work.”
The safety improvement work was accomplished with the use of specialized devices to measure factors including aligning tracks as they meet and connect, track stress tests, and measuring subsurface flaws.
