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The Museum and Metro-North offer a “One-Day Getaway” package that includes discounted rates for both train tickets and admission to the Bruce Museum from any station on the Metro-North Railroad. Continue Reading →
The last public hearing on the proposed development on Sound Beach Ave drew a standing room only crowd. Again. The building features just 47 parking spots for 60 units, in which 30% would be marketed as affordable under CT General Statute 8-30g. Continue Reading →
Metro-North announces important edits to the regular timetables to accommodate Christmas getaway crowd and holiday visitors heading to Grand Central. Continue Reading →
Commuters on Metro-North are looking at a 5% fare hike in December. Who’s really behind this? Continue Reading →
Greenwich station ticket window also to close… one of the last still operating in the state. Continue Reading →
After 19 years as a member of the Commuter Council, Jim Cameron resigned, but did not quit. Cameron formed the Commuter Action Group, inviting commuters to use a web app, Twitter and Facebook to bypass the DOT and Metro-North to appeal directly to legislators. According to Cameron, complaints about safety and delays have inundated legislators in Hartford. Addressing the RMA in Greenwich on Wednesday, Cameron picked apart Metro-North’s record of safety and delays. Continue Reading →
An African-American man in his 30s was found dead on the train tracks in Rye near Locust Ave Friday morning around 7:00am, Metro-North spokespersons confirmed. Trains on the New Haven Line continue to run 25 minutes late as of 11:00am, according to MTA twitter feed. Continue Reading →
En route back to Connecticut from a press conference that followed the release of the NTSB report on probable causes of multiple MTA accidents, US Senators Blumenthal and Murphy stopped in Old Greenwich to help Jill Oberlander in her campaign for State Rep, District 150. Continue Reading →
Gov. Malloy convened a crisis summit on Monday. The topic, the recent incidents that caused the failure of the New Haven Line’s “WALK Bridge” in Norwalk. The incident was the second major failure in two weeks and left thousands of passengers stranded and delayed. Continue Reading →
Peak-direction trains have been limited to two of the four tracks in the 9-miles between Stamford and Port Chester, resulting in a bottleneck and delays. Continue Reading →