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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 16 February 2018 - 01:14 AM

E-mail from Shore Line East:

 

 

 

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To our valued Shore Line East customers:

Bureau of Public Transportation
Proposed Fare Changes and Potential Service Cuts

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will conduct public hearings on proposed public transit fare increases for bus, rail and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services; and proposed service reductions to the New Haven Line, New Canaan Line, Danbury Line, Waterbury Line and Shore Line East rail services. Additionally, information meetings will be held on proposed CT River ferry fare increases. No bus or ADA paratransit services reductions are proposed at this time.

Details available here.

We thank you for your continued business.  Please continue to monitor shorelineeast.com for service updates and contact us at info@shorelineeast.com with any questions.

Thank you,
Connecticut Department of Transportation

 



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Posted 16 February 2018 - 01:16 AM

E-mail from Hartford Line:

 

 

 

CTDOT Hosts Public Hearings in February and March on Proposed Fare Increases and Service Reductions - Public Comment Opportunity 

 

 

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will conduct public hearings on proposed public transit fare increases for bus, rail, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services, as well as proposed service reductions to the New Haven Line, New Canaan Line, Danbury Line, Waterbury Line and Shore Line East rail services.

 

Furthermore, informational meetings will be held on proposed Connecticut River ferry fare increases.

 

Please note that no bus, ADA paratransit, or Hartford Line service reductions are proposed at this time.

 

Additional information, including all proposed fare increases, service reductions, public hearing dates and locations, along with the various ways in which the public can submit comments, can be found at http://www.ct.gov/dot/farecomments

 



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Posted 18 May 2018 - 09:04 AM

 

 

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Attention SLE Riders:

Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker today announced that with the signing of the state budget adjustment bill earlier this week, bus and train fare increases and service reductions that had been scheduled to take effect on July 1 have been canceled.

With a pending Special Transportation Fund (STF) shortfall, plans had been made for a 10 percent fare increase for rail commuters, a 14 percent fare increase for bus riders, and service reductions on several rail lines and transit districts. The budget passed by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Malloy accelerated the transfer of motor vehicle sales tax revenues from the General Fund to the STF beginning this year, stabilizing the STF in the short-term.

Read the official Press Release here.

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Connecticut Department of Transportation
 
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Posted 30 May 2018 - 12:50 PM

 Good news, glad to hear the planned service cuts will not happen.  Cutting back all three of the branch lines to rush hour service only was a pretty drastic plan.  And running rush hour only service on the Danbury Branch would have been a tremendous waste of the millions of dollars spent to upgrade the line with block signaling and automatic switches on passing tracks to permit two-way operation.  With only southbound trains in the AM and northbound trains in the PM, they could have gone back to the old 19th Century train order system with no signals or passing tracks required.    






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