Rockland/Westchester Journal News
As a child, Alainia Tucker would ride Metro-North trains with her grandfather, watching as he collected tickets from passengers, shared a joke or sang whatever tune was in his head.
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STAMFORD, Conn. (WCBS 880) — Connecticut lawmakers on Monday announced a new plan to make rail service throughout the state faster.
Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Joe Giletti says officials scrutinized every inch of railroad track in the state and found that trains could be moving much faster with some improvements.
“We learned that we could achieve time savings on the rail line of up to 25 minutes,” he said. “Happening now are infrastructure improvements such as straightening track curves, improving movable bridges, creating [passing] sidings for trains – so that they don’t have to wait for others.”
Here is link to report. Format is a little different to figure at first.
