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Metro-North rushing to hire workers to run trains

Originally published: October 9, 2012 5:46 PM
Updated: October 10, 2012 3:37 PM
By THOMAS ZAMBITO  thomas.zambito@cablevision.com

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)

Metro-North is scrambling to replace retiring engineers and conductors as it pursues the largest service expansion in the 30-year-old rail system's history, Newsday has learned.

Fueling the shortage is the 30th anniversary of Metro-North in January 2013 when workers hired at the agency's 1983 start become eligible for full retirement benefits. Seventeen percent of the Metro-North workforce...

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