Connecticut and New York Buses and Trains

26/06/2024

26/06/2024

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CTtransit 6/18/24

15/06/2024

The winning drivers of the 2024 CT Statewide transit bus rodeo

05/05/2024

Danbury Receives Funding to relocate HARTransit Bus Station to Train Station

The City of Danbury has received about 1.6 Million Dollars in Federal funding to build a new HARTransit Bus Station at the Danbury Metro North Station on Patriot Drive in Downtown Danbury. The City says this idea was brought to light back in a 2018 TOD Study which recommended moving the HARTransit Terminal from its current Downtown location on Kennedy Avenue to the Danbury Metro North Station on Patriot Drive to create a Danbury Transit Center which would connect the buses and trains. The City says this funding will go into a traffic study and to purchase the vacant property next to the train station which is currently owned by Eversource. According to the Danbury Newstimes, Mayor Roberto Alves Chief of Staff Taylor O'Brien says the Danbury Transit Center Project is a good thing for the city as people taking the train from Norwalk and other communities along the New Haven Line would be able to easily get around the city with the buses being at the train station. The Current HARTransit bus station on Kennedy Avenue is a 11 to 12 minute walk from the Danbury Metro North Station. HARTransit CEO Richard Schreiner told the Danbury Newstimes this project has the potential to better serve the greater Danbury area. Currently in Fairfield County Stamford and Bridgeport are the only 2 Cities that have Transit Centers connecting buses and trains at the same terminal.

05/05/2024

RIPTA Announces Public Hearing on new bus terminal

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has announced public hearings on a new bus terminal in Providence on May 13th 2024 from 4PM to 7PM. RIPTA wants to get public input on their plans to build a new bus terminal in Providence. The current plan is to build a new bus terminal on a parcel land located in the Jewelry District by I-95. Many RIPTA riders have opposed the plans because it is far away from everything. The current bus terminal is in Kennedy Plaza which is in the middle of Downtown Providence and within a 7 minute walk from the Providence MBTA/Amtrak Station. RIPTA had previously proposed a new bus terminal by the Garrahy Courthouse in Downtown Providence which was scrapped after Joseph Paolino a developer in Providence who has had strong opinions to moving the bus terminal out of Kennedy Plaza had purchased the site. RIPTA interm CEO Christopher Durand told the Boston Globe that RIPTA is overdue for a new bus terminal. the new bus terminal comes at a time RIPTA faces major challenges with a new leadership team, a driver shortage and money issues.

04/05/2024

Metro North to add extra service on New Haven Line due to I-95 Closure

Metro North will add extra service on the New Haven Line in response to the weekend closure of I-95 in Norwalk

Saturday and Sunday May 4-5 - 2 additional trains will depart New Haven to GCT at 8:29 AM and 9:26 AM

Saturday and Sunday May 4-5 - 2 additional trains will depart GCT to New Haven 4:53 PM and 6:59 PM

Metro North Yankee Shuttle trains will operate a Normal Schedule

All New Haven Line trains will have added extra cars to provide extra capacity

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