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Newington town officials can't agree on whether they want a rail station...

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Why is the Shore Line East name still in the bid? A couple of reasons I could see are judging by the dates listed in the bid, the notice was posted prior to the M8s entering revenue service on SLE. Also, CTDOT may be covering their bases to run diesels if they don't have enough M8s to make runs or ...

Designs will be completed in the summer of 2023, with plans to go out to bid for the project that fall, Garrett Eucalitto, deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation, said at an announcement of the project Thursday. “Construction should start in early of 2024,” Eucalitto said. “ConnDOT’...

Interesting and thanks; now if they'll just get started.... New Windsor Locks station project going out to bid next month (Nov 2021) with planned spring 2022 construction start. https://www.journalinquirer.com/towns/windsor_locks/windsor-locks-to-get-new-railroad-station-goal-is-to-spur-development...

There are a few other questions which should be answered. One is about serving SW Hartford suburbs like New Britain, Plainville, and Bristol. A few years ago there was talk about this with PAS. I remember they ran a test set of Budds back in the late 1970s-early 1980s. The same goes with the remnan...

This is the most recent Windsor Locks station plan that I've seen... https://www.nhhsrail.com/pdfs/windsor%2 ... -19-19.pdf

Windsor Locks working with developer to restore historic train station: https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/windsor-locks-working-with-developer-to-restore-historic-train-station "The town of Windsor Locks has struck a deal with a national developer for the restoration of the historic trai...

The video was definitely taken last week. The screen shot of the date/time stamp is Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Backshophoss, please stop spreading misinformation. All of what you are describing is south of Hartford and does not bypass the Hartford viaduct whatsoever. THIS! Regardless of location, passenger trains are not returning to PAR tracks between Berlin and Waterbury. The tracks and crossings are in R...

The railroad viaduct at the Harford Station isn't in the best shape. The second track there should have never been ripped up from the start. Let’s all hope that the viaduct holds up or some funds are allocated to keep it functional because the I-84 redesign is back to square one and is most likely ...

Another partial derailment for Pan Am in central Connecticut - 3/1/2020. "Two people were on the train when it derailed, but one of them jumped off as it was derailing, fire officials said. An ambulance was called for the person who jumped, however, he or she did not require hospitalization. Th...

"State Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti is shopping for rail cars for the Hartford Line. The service currently relies on 30-year-old trains leased from Massachusetts. But officials in the Bay State have notified Connecticut that they want the cars back." https://w...

"The Connecticut Department of Transportation has received a grant to build a new Hartford-Line train station in Windsor Locks. Governor Ned Lamont announced the $17.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration on Saturday." https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/state-re...

The timetable for double tracking the Hartford Line in Hartford and deciding on a new downtown station design/location will most certainly be delayed as State of Connecticut leaders announced today (December 13, 2019) the I84 Hartford Viaduct Project has been replaced with a new Greater Hartford Mob...