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MTA News Release | Aug. 19, 2020: Metro-North Announces PTC Implemented On Entire System East of the Hudson River. Adding the New Haven Line from Greenwich to New Haven to join the line’s western portion, the Harlem and Hudson Lines and Danbury and New Canaan Branches, which already had PTC operabil...

CTDOT News Release June 19, 2020 : Walk Bridge A “state of good repair” FRA award totaling $29 million has been received as a result of a joint application submitted by CTDOT and Amtrak for the Walk Railroad Bridge replacement project in Norwalk. This 120-year-old movable bridge is a key link on th...

Here's a YouTube link to the CTDOT Walk Bridge-Manresa Island webinar video: https://youtu.be/s91ijVl1SPY

News Release: CTDOT may move WALK Bridge construction to Manresa Island, site of decommissioned power plant. Plan to date was to build it on a barge on the Norwalk River, south of the existing bridge: CTDOT TO HOST ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING MANRESA ISLAND AS PART OF WALK BRIDGE PROGRAM Posted...

There has been discussion of extending the catenary to the Merritt 7 station in Norwalk so M8s could be used to run shuttles from the office park to South Norwalk.

Construction will occur on a barge about 1/4 mile south of the current bridge. The barge will be moored adjacent to two open lots along Water Street on the west bank of the Norwalk River.

The Native-American fort archaeological excavation will have no impact on the new bridge's construction schedule. The excavation will be completed by the end of the year. The site will then become part of the New Haven Line's right-of-way.

New Haven Line stopped both directions due to signal outage at CP 248, Sasco Creek, Westport, at 5:30 p.m. Possible lightning strike, per RTC.

Dock Yard is north of Ann St. If you're familiar with Norwalk, it's east of where the new mall is being constructed, and south of Science Rd. and the city's transfer station. Here are some photos of how the yard area looked in February:

Dock Yard looking south from Science Rd.
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Before and after photos showing the removal of two of the original beams from the Danbury Branch Ann St. Bridge in South Norwalk. The work is part of the expansion of Dock Yard, north of this location. Eventually, two additional tracks will run over the bridge. Ann St. bridge beam removal pair 6.jpg...

New roadbed for Dock Yard on the Danbury Branch (behind yellow fencing), with the SoNo Collection mall under construction in the background. Shot from beneath the I-95 overpass looking south on Thurs., April 12.

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N.Y. state legislators propose moving Amtrak traffic from Penn Station to GCT while Penn Station undergoes repairs: https://tinyurl.com/mpuq9mp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Connecticut lawmakers call for electrifying the Danbury Branch at Friday news conference in South Norwalk: https://youtu.be/WX9AFmoxHRU

CTDOT on Friday issued RFP for service provider on the Hartford Line: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a service provider on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield intercity rail line, now branded as the CTrail Hartford Line. The RFP is ...

It was announced at a meeting in Norwalk Tuesday that more than a mile of the Danbury Branch will be re-electrified as part of the expansion of Dock Yard off Crescent St. The electrification will run from where the branch comes off the main line tracks in South Norwalk to Science Rd. Construction is...