adamj023 wrote:I believe the problem you are referring to in Enfield is related to an area which has not been doubletracked yet and won’t be till September. It was not finished in time apparently.
Enfield south is a ways away from being double-tracked. Heading south from SPG, the double-track ends at the border and doesn't start up again until just south of Hartford, with exceptions: A couple miles-long passing siding from just south of (present) Windsor Locks station to Windsor station AND Newly-laid double track in place from Windsor station south to the Hartford freight yard. There's a switch near Windsor station that needs to be removed in order to provide 2-track service from Windsor Locks to Hartford yard. Amtrak I believe plans to do this in September.
As for double track from the state line south to just south of Windsor Locks, that's part of Phase II which hasn't been funded yet. Windsor and Windsor Locks station upgrades are most likely part of Phase II as well. There's also the Conn River Bridge that will be single track until it is rehabbed (currently the alignment of Track 2 is used on the bridge, Track 1 elsewhere). Most likely there would be temporary crossovers put in on either side of the bridge if Phase II occurs before Phase-Bridge. And then there's Hartford Station itself, which is single-track (at one time had 4 tracks) but the viaduct is due for replacement and so is I-84 above, so we're looking at a long-term crunch-point there.