NEC Shutdown delayed Two Days
Jun 21, 2008, 10:52 am
#16
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Is anyone trusting Amtrak while this is unfinished?
Am I wrong or have they basically created a situation where at some unknown point in the future they are going to cancel most or all trains between NYC and BOS for four days. I keep thinking that I will get stranded on the other side of where I need to be if I try to rely on them. They are selling tickets on trains they will eventually cancel but will leave it to the inconvenienced passenger to figure out alternative routing.
Jun 21, 2008, 11:53 am
#17
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If the Monday to Thursday, June 24 to 27 shutdown comes off as planned, and if the new lift span is in place come Friday, then from the NEC passenger standpoint, this bridge is a done-deal and future shutdowns will not be a risk.
Jun 21, 2008, 10:20 pm
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Shoreline East did at one point run trains from OSB to NLC. However, due to the limited lifting allowed of the Connecticut River drawbridge (just east of the OSB station), they discontinued service (on SLE) to NLC.
You can still use your SLE tickets on regular Amtrak runs between OSB and NLC - but IIRC only on 2 trains. But they are Amtrak trains - not SLE trains - between the 2! And since they are Amtrak trains, and those are not running, there is no rail service during the closure between OSB and NLC!
You can still use your SLE tickets on regular Amtrak runs between OSB and NLC - but IIRC only on 2 trains. But they are Amtrak trains - not SLE trains - between the 2! And since they are Amtrak trains, and those are not running, there is no rail service during the closure between OSB and NLC!
Jun 23, 2008, 5:43 pm
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One train listed as going to New London on http://www.shorelineeast.com/trains.htm , and another listed on the eastbound timetable, are not labeled as Amtrak trains, and do not show up if you do an Amtrak search between NLC and OSB. Is this in error?
Jun 23, 2008, 5:48 pm
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Although this one will be done, there are 3 more in CT that are also ~100 years old. (But there are no plans currently to replace them.)
Jun 26, 2008, 3:05 pm
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