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Around New Haven
Around New Haven
Around New Haven
Around New Haven
AROUND NEW HAVEN
Around New Haven
Around New Haven: Revamped Metro-North car prototypes on display for feedback
Models of the new M-8 railcars for the Metro-North commuter railroad, placed in Union Station, were met with positive reviews, according to visitor surveys. Inadequate legroom was the most frequent complaint. The M-8 prototypes are scheduled to arrive in 2009, with 10 rail cars delivered to Metro-North each month beginning in 2010. All 300 cars, designed by the Japanese company Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc., are set to be delivered by 2012.
AROUND NEW HAVEN | Historic red trolley taken off the streets
Today marks the last day of operation for New Haven’s downtown electric trolley route. After the trolley’s source of funding, a city parking lot at State and Chapel streets, dried out due to the Shartenberg Development project at 360 State St., the city decided to suspend the free transportation service rather than attempt to cough up the $300,000 annual trolley cost. The director of the Greater New Haven Transit District expressed hope, though, that the service may be reinstated in the future.