For many years, there have been ongoing trackwork on the New Haven Line and yes, when the work begins on Walk, do expect delays.
Express trains that take an hour to travel from NHV to GCT with a stop in STM will not be happening. I could see when the bridges are replaced as well as lifted speed restrictions in other spots, maybe like about an hour and a half on the schedule. According to the schedule, one of the fastest super express MNR trains is the Saturday only 6419 which runs between New Haven and GCT with stops in Milford and Bridgeport and 125th St taking an hour and forty-two minutes. With padding, assuming that the train doesn't get delayed anywhere else, I'm sure that the run may take an hour and thirty-seven minutes.
For those people who have to travel between NYC and NHV, if they want to take a super express during all times of the day, then I suggest that they take Amtrak. You might save 15 to 20 minutes over taking a Metro North, but unless if you are in a rush to be on the west side, you aren't saving a whole lot of time. MNR gets the priority on the New Haven Line. If the dispatcher has no other choice but to have Amtrak follow a Metro North local, guess what, Amtrak will have to wait its turn.
Any trips that I do from NYC to anywhere on the New Haven Line, I always take Metro North. It's cheaper than Amtrak although the fares are quite high for a commuter railroad, but MNR is reliable and you go out of a much nicer terminal than Penn Station.
Express trains that take an hour to travel from NHV to GCT with a stop in STM will not be happening. I could see when the bridges are replaced as well as lifted speed restrictions in other spots, maybe like about an hour and a half on the schedule. According to the schedule, one of the fastest super express MNR trains is the Saturday only 6419 which runs between New Haven and GCT with stops in Milford and Bridgeport and 125th St taking an hour and forty-two minutes. With padding, assuming that the train doesn't get delayed anywhere else, I'm sure that the run may take an hour and thirty-seven minutes.
For those people who have to travel between NYC and NHV, if they want to take a super express during all times of the day, then I suggest that they take Amtrak. You might save 15 to 20 minutes over taking a Metro North, but unless if you are in a rush to be on the west side, you aren't saving a whole lot of time. MNR gets the priority on the New Haven Line. If the dispatcher has no other choice but to have Amtrak follow a Metro North local, guess what, Amtrak will have to wait its turn.
Any trips that I do from NYC to anywhere on the New Haven Line, I always take Metro North. It's cheaper than Amtrak although the fares are quite high for a commuter railroad, but MNR is reliable and you go out of a much nicer terminal than Penn Station.