![]() ![]() The train tracks leave underground north of 97th Street and run on an elevated viaduct starting at 102nd Street in Manhattan. The Harlem Line begins underground at Grand Central Terminal, on the Park Avenue main line. In Westchester, it serves some of that county's most affluent communities as it slowly trends eastward. In the last section it also begins to run close to NY 22, the long north-south two-lane state highway that parallels the eastern border of the state. It follows three major parkways closely from the Bronx northwards through Westchester: the Bronx River Parkway (and a short portion that becomes the Taconic State Parkway), the Saw Mill River Parkway and Interstate 684. The Harlem Line hews closely to roads along river-based transportation corridors dating back to even pre-rail times. Railway diagram of intercity services around New York City, showing Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal The northern reaches of the line are also close enough to Western Massachusetts that residents in parts of that region are also able to commute to jobs in New York City. While the line has traditionally served to bring commuters from Westchester County to jobs in the city, since the 2000s it has begun to see more "reverse commuting" from the Bronx into Westchester and points north. The blue color-coding appears to have started with timetables issued by predecessor New York Central for the then-Harlem Division as far back as 1965. #Metro north peakhour white plains codeMetro-North has assigned it the color code blue, used as trim on station signs and spot color on printed timetables. It is the only Metro-North line used exclusively by that carrier (no use by Amtrak, though CSX services freight customers as far north as Mount Vernon) and the only one that uses the entirety of existing track. Its northern terminal, Wassaic, is the northernmost station in the system. ![]() With 38 stations, the Harlem Line has the most of any Metro-North main line. ![]()
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