Passenger Trains > CTrail service to begin in June

Springfield, MA-New Haven,CT commuter service to compliment Amtrak service
http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?A=1373&Q=602038
Andy

And 2 weeks later, Connecticut proposes to eliminate all weekend and off-peak service on the Waterbury, Danbury, New Canaan branches and huge cuts to Shore Line East because they don't have money. https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/101368/state-rail-service-cuts-threaten-off-peak-and-weekend-trains/

Only took 25 years to get us to this point... what's a two week delay from the last, well, delay.

Not sure if the cuts will entirely happen, but all of it is CDOT's inability to manage itself.

knotch8 Wrote:
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> And 2 weeks later, Connecticut proposes to
> eliminate all weekend and off-peak service on the
> Waterbury, Danbury, New Canaan branches and huge
> cuts to Shore Line East because they don't have
> money.
> https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/101368/state-ra
> il-service-cuts-threaten-off-peak-and-weekend-trai
> ns/



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/18 09:26 by tmurray.

nice to see connections to/from 448/449 in Springfield possible, making central CT more connected to Amtrak.

Wonder if the Amtrak SPG shuttles will last very long after the full CTRail service is implemented. The Amtrak trains are only 2 cars to begin with.

Yes, the Amtrak shuttles are scheduled as a total package with the CT Rail schedules. I believe the CT Rail shuttles are only 3 car trains. Joint ticketing, tickets cross-honored. They might as well. CT Rail is paying for both of them.

Several of the added frequencies are Shuttles anyway. I think the only Amtrak train that doesn't cross-honor CTRail tickets will be the Vermonter.