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Hurricane Sandy causes October dip in Metro-North riders

A Metro-North train leaves the Rye train station,

Photo credit: Faye Murman | A Metro-North train leaves the Rye train station, heading north toward Stamford. (Oct. 9, 2012)

Some 620,000 fewer riders hopped aboard Metro-North in October than they did in the same month last year, an 8.4 percent dip caused by the four days when Hurricane Sandy largely shut down the commuter rail.

"While we had some severe weather in the last few years like Hurricane Irene, we had never seen anything like Hurricane Sandy and the damage it brought on Metro-North," Metro-North President...

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