by daybeers
It's really unfortunate any transportation or infrastructure changes/projects take so much longer in the United States than other countries (the Berlin airport excluded ), because the New Haven-Springfield Line desperately needs new/more equipment and more trains. The Amtrak trains are always only two cars long except for rush hour southbound #475 some days and during peak periods maybe when there are three cars and only the CTrail trains allow bikes, which reduces the usefulness of the service by half. There needs to be more trains and a clockface schedule on the line, as I've said before. There is still way too much traffic on I-91 that could easily take the train. Connecticut could get a lot more ridership by giving free transit passes to state employees, an issue some advocacy groups are working on in the legislature.
CT is working on getting an RFP ready, but passengers won't ride on the new cars/trainsets until 2023 probably.
Track 2 through West Hartford from OAKWOOD to just before Hartford Union Station (forget the interlocking name) needs to be upgraded to 110 like track 1 was. OAKWOOD is 45 MAS and that really slows the northbound trains, especially if a southbound train is late.
I believe 5+ minutes could be shaved off the schedule SPG-NHV once Hartford is rebuilt with the I-84 Hartford/Greater Hartford Mobility Study project in never-ending-can-kicking years, but at least a minute could be saved by reactivating that freight siding mentioned above.
CT is working on getting an RFP ready, but passengers won't ride on the new cars/trainsets until 2023 probably.
Track 2 through West Hartford from OAKWOOD to just before Hartford Union Station (forget the interlocking name) needs to be upgraded to 110 like track 1 was. OAKWOOD is 45 MAS and that really slows the northbound trains, especially if a southbound train is late.
I believe 5+ minutes could be shaved off the schedule SPG-NHV once Hartford is rebuilt with the I-84 Hartford/Greater Hartford Mobility Study project in never-ending-can-kicking years, but at least a minute could be saved by reactivating that freight siding mentioned above.