Letter: Report on Metro-North a ‘Scathing Indictment’

 

The report by the Federal Railroad Administration’s “Operation Deep Dive” safety review at Metro-North is a scathing indictment of years of neglect and mismanagement at the railroad. This brief report confirms our worst suspicions about Metro-North:

On-time performance was the top priority, not safety. Training for new hires has been inadequate. Management has not been enforcing safety rules about things as simple as “no cell phone use” on the job. Railroad workers are fatigued because too many are working lucrative over-time shifts because of unfilled staff positions (that also fatten their pensions).