would have authorized the state to run trains to Chatham between New York and Montreal and from Albany toward Boston. The bill did not pass. On July 2, 1973, as part of a series of service cuts, the Penn Central closed the 138th Street, Morrisania, and 183rd Street stations in the South Bronx, and Holland Avenue station in White Plains, although that one was replaced. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) leased the line south of Dover Plains from Penn Central on June 1, 1972. On March 28, 1980, the last freight train ran between Dover Plains and Millerton, and the line was abandoned three days later after the line's largest shipper decided to switch to using trucks. All freight service ended in 1993. Most of the remaining tracks between Wassaic and Chatham were removed and sold for scrap decades ago. Part of the track remain in the early 2000s in Chatham from the station to the intersection of Routes 203 and 66. Eventually this section of this track was removed except for a small part that points south. In 1989, New York State purchased of the right-of-way between Wassaic and Copake Falls for the development of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. The segment of the line that ran from Wassaic to Craryville, New York is now under control of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association, which has trails between Wassaic to the former Millerton station and between Under Mountain Road and Copake Falls, known as the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. Indeed, as of 2021, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is working with a group of several prominent county officials and private rail-trail advocacy organizations to create a continuous 46.15-mile rail-trail all the way from Wassaic to Chatham within several years. In fact, New York State already owns a substantial portion of the requisite right-of-way. Growth under Metro-North High-level platforms In April 1971, a project to install high-level platforms at stations along the Harlem Line started. This was necessary as the new Metropolitan cars did not have any stairs to reach the low-level platforms. By having high-level platforms, dwell times could be cut in half. Most of the new platforms were built as island platforms. These cars started entering into service in September 1971. At the same, time reverse signaling was installed to allow trains to use either track in either direction, enabling both tracks