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September 2013 New Haven Line Power Outage
The September 2013 New Haven Line power outage was an unplanned electrical power outage that impacted service on Metro-North Railroad, Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line for twelve days in 2013. On September 25, 2013, a 138-kilovolt, kV main feeder cable from Con Edison that provided electricity to an Alternating Current, AC catenary, catenary-powered segment of the New Haven Line failed, causing electric train service over the line to halt between Mount Vernon East station, Mount Vernon, New York and Harrison station (Metro-North), Harrison, New York. Background Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line operates from New Haven, Connecticut, to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The New Haven Line's ridership, at 125,000 weekday and 39 million annual passengers, ranks as the busiest rail line in the United States. In early September 2013, construction was underway at Metro-North Railroad's Mount Vernon station for replacement of existing power transformers with new transfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Vernon, New York
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, making it the eighth most populous city in the state (2010). Mount Vernon has two major sections. South-side Mount Vernon is more urban while north-side Mount Vernon is more residential. Mount Vernon's downtown business district is on the city's south side, which features the City Hall, Mount Vernon's main post office, Mount Vernon Public Library, office buildings, and other municipal establishments. History The Mount Vernon area was first settled in 1664 by families from Connecticut as part of the Town of Eastchester. Mount Vernon became a village in 1853, and a city in 1892. Mount Vernon takes its name from George Washington's Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia, much like neighboring Wakefield (in the Bronx) was named for the Virginia plantat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
