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As we have been warning...
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Yes, the old New Canaan station (circa 1968) was pretty "old school"...
Photo courtesy Bob Hughes
thetracksidephotographer.com
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Attn: New Canaan commuters. How’s your ride going on Tues AM? Any crowding? Details please.
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Remember: weekend parking is free at most stations. Check the signs but …
#TakeTheTrain while you still can
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A sign of things to come: Hearst acquires the Journal Inquirer, and first decision is to stop home delivery of hard copy papers, except by the post office
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From CDOT: inspex at Stamford RR Sta have found two similar areas that might be dangerous. Pedestrian access being closed off pending removal. Tunnel will be closed until next week but ADA access will continue. Watch for signs. Train service and platforms will remain open.
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“If Connecticut is to have a viable future, state officials – lawmakers in particular – must prioritize public transit and public education. They are vital resources, especially for young residents and empty nesters to remain here.”
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And Gov Lamont wants to CUT train service?
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Standing room only on the 4:35 GCT to NH …. maybe not the best time to cut service. @SenatorCohenCT @CathyOsten @GovNedLamont @moira_rader @NormCT
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This is all that our local Hearst “newspaper” could come up with 12+ hours after the Stamford RR station ceiling collapse…. No reporter on scene, no pictures.
Shameful.
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Useful background on the Stamford train station
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Partial ceiling collapse at Stamford RR station. One person injured, taken to hospital
connecticut.news12.com/officials-1-pe
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Accident at Stamford. Anyone have more details?
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Metro-North weekday records were set last week:
5-22 was the highest Monday with 186,008 riders.
5-23 was a COVID-era record at 214,621 riders.
5-24 was the highest Wednesday at 208,487 riders.
5-25 was the highest Thursday at 201,855 riders.
apps.cio.ny.gov/apps/mediacont
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What's the price of vanity? Possible rejection by the DMV!
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This is News 12 stumbling across a week old story. What? No trains from New Canaan? “Nobody told me”?
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Update: we’d previously reported MTA said fare evasion is a $500M a year problem. It is not.
MTA Chmn Lieber now says it “is a $700M a year problem”
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Conspiracy theory: Gov Lamont is holding train cuts hostage for negotiating leverage with towns opposition to zoning reform... you want your trains, accept denser housing. Am I crazy?
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PS: NC First Selectman says fewer than 45 people took buses to Stamford
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Darien parking update:
NorHts permit lot 95% full, Post 53 50%, day parking 100%. Koons lot at Darien 250+ of 300.
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Rail service cuts are about more than saving $…
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Proposed CT Metro-North cuts raise social equity issues. @CathyOsten @SenatorCohenCT @moira_rader @NormCT @MarthaMarxforCT @GovNedLamont ctmirror.org/2023/05/30/ct-
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CTrail Shore Line East will operate on a weekend/holiday schedule today, Monday, May 29th, in observance of Memorial Day. Visit ShoreLineEast.com for details. 2023-05-29 05:30:00
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Attn: New Canaan Branch riders:
With the shutdown of all trains on the NC line from Tues 5-30 onward…
- I’m ready, have a plan7.9%
- No plan, we’ll see23.7%
- Drive to mainline39.5%
- Working from home28.9%
38 votesFinal results
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How to stop cuts in rail service… who to contact by email mailchi.mp/25d4e5f84413/u
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From a 1946 ad…
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Re-upping this on the big travel weekend. #traintwitter #transit twitter.com/DanielHCantwel…
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Remember: New Canaan branch is CLOSED starting Tues 5-30. Enjoy the bustitutes... 44 min ride vs 17 by train
new.mta.info/document/110191
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(more)… during COVID when trains were not crowded, and they could spread out. Now that ridership is back, people don’t want to sit in the middle seat on the three seat side as they used to.
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Interim LIRR Pres Catherine Rinaldi answers reporter questions at Long Beach event 5-26. Though speaking of LIRR her remarks also apply to
Re: crowding, she says staff does train by train analysis trying to deal w issues. But says riders got spoiled during…
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Published by the New Haven Railroad historical and technical association
NHRTA.Org
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Only a true rail fan will read this new issue and its 15 pg definitive history of the NHRR’s gondola cars. With pictures, charts and blueprints.
#obsessive
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You think Metro-North ridership is light? San Francisco's BART is only at 45% compared to our 71% (compared to pre-COVID levels)
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Train cuts at rush hour too
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