Musings of MikeTheActuary

I posted yesterday about plans to enhance Metro North service on the Bridgeport-Waterbury line.

While looking around online for more information about those plans, my attention was diverted by something else.

Last month, ConnDOT held a series of public information sessions regarding ongoing consideration being given to starting commuter rail on the New Haven – Hartford – [...]

Seen in the Courant:

Metro-North has gradually beefed up service on the [Bridgeport-Waterbury], but Naugatuck Valley commuters have insisted that ridership would rocket if the schedule were expanded. There’s no simple way to add trains, the railroad says, because the relatively antiquated line is already maxxed out at morning and afternoon rush hours. Only one train [...]