Metro-North Suspending Trains Ahead of Hurricane Henri

Metro-North is suspending some service ahead of Hurricane Henri this weekend.

Officials said service will be suspended on the New Haven Line and at the Danbury, Waterbury and New Canaan branches starting at 4 a.m. on Sunday.

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The last trains to Grand Central will be at 11:35 p.m. from New Haven on Saturday and at 12:58 a.m. from Stamford on Sunday.

The last train from Grand Central will be at 1:53 a.m. to Stamford on Sunday.

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We're suspending service on the New Haven line and Danbury/Waterbury/New Canaan branches tomorrow because of Hurricane Henri. Last train from GCT will be the 1:53a to Stamford. Last trains to GCT will be the 11:35p from New Haven and 12:58a from Stamford. https://t.co/Ln0Vj4KFRX
— Metro-North Railroad. Wear a Mask-Stop the Spread. (@MetroNorth) August 21, 2021

Henri intensified to a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday as it continues its path towards Connecticut.

The National Hurricane Center is now forecasting the storm to come ashore over Long Island and then into Connecticut near New Haven sometime Sunday afternoon or evening.