Crews on Sunday were successful in clearing debris — trees, brush, dirt and stone — off railroad tracks along the Hudson River so that service on Amtrak and Metro-North trains could resume Monday after a mudslide over the weekend caused service to grind to a halt.
The mudslide happened around 9:45 a.m. Saturday, blocking all four of the Metro-North Railroad tracks near the Scarborough station in Briarcliff Manor, New York, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
Late Sunday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it nonetheless expected a “near-normal” commute on the Hudson Line for the start of the work week, as two of the four tracks impacted by the slide had been cleared.
That appeared to be the case Monday, with the agency reporting all but four trains would be running normally. Two morning trips and two in the afternoon have been canceled out of 158 scheduled to run, MTA spokesperson Joana Flores said.
Reverse peak service was bypassing Philipse Manor, and Scarborough stations, the MTA said. It advised travelers to check the agency’s TrainTime app for further updates.
Crews were out repairing tracks and clearing debris all day Sunday.
Amtrak service between Albany and New York City was suspended while crews continue to work. A number of trains operated in a limited capacity on Sunday.
Amtrak provided bus transportation between the Tarrytown North-Metro and Croton-Harmon train stations as an alternative, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said. He said different bus providers have been used to get passengers between the two stations.
Trains continued to run north and south of the blocked areas between Poughkeepsie and Croton-Harmon and between Tarrytown and Grand Central Station.
The mudslide broke through a retaining wall in the rear of a home on Country Club Lane South and spilled onto the tracks, said Peter West, chief of the Archville Fire Department, which was called to the cleanup.
A large portion of the rear yard of the home slid down when the retaining wall gave way. Large cracks were visible in other parts of the yard, breaching a stone patio and coming perilously close to an inground pool.
Staff Writer Kyle Morel contributed to this article.
