By train, take Metro-North to New Haven, then switch to the Shore Line East commuter line to Madison.

By train, take Metro-North from Grand Central Terminal to New Haven.

"You can tell Mr. Thomas that he can take Metro-North," she said in a telephone interview.

From Manhattan, you may take Metro-North to the Yonkers station and hop in a cab (about $3) or take the No. 1 bus.

If you take Metro-North, your ticket will entitle you to half-price admission at the museum.

Last week, however, she returned to the train part-time, taking Metro-North to school and getting a ride home from her mother.

For Boston, passengers were told to take Metro-North to New Haven and transfer there.

"People who work in Manhattan take Metro-North in, but they end up taking the subways down to Wall Street," she said.

"Because he was also working for a corporation and he talks about taking Metro-North, he was identified or misidentified as poetry's answer to John Cheever."

Take Metro-North from Grand Central to the Botanical Garden stop.