Connecticut commuters are getting minutes of their days again, as Metro-North on Tuesday introduced that new “super-express” trains at the moment are operating between New Haven and Grand Central Terminal.
Six trains a day will run the route in roughly 90 minutes — a mean of 10 minutes quicker than earlier than — making stops at New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford and Grand Central, railroad officers mentioned.
“Here’s the punch line: Metro-North is now faster than the Acela coming from New Haven,” MTA Chairman Janno Lieber informed reporters, referring to the luxe Amtrak line, including, “Not to mention cheaper, by a lot.”
“Overall, it’s about 3 minutes quicker than the Acela,” mentioned Justin Vonashek, president of Metro-North.
Three super-express trains will run to New York Metropolis from New Haven every morning — at 5:08 a.m., 5:32 a.m. and seven:32 a.m.; and three will run again to the Nutmeg State within the evenings — at 4:16 p.m., 4:49 p.m. and 6:26 p.m.
“Our team spent a lot of time simulating the trains, figuring out the best routing patterns to make this the premier service on the New Haven Line,” Vonashek mentioned.
The elevated speeds of the super-express trains are additionally made attainable by so-called optimistic prepare management, Vonashek mentioned, referring to an automatic prepare security system mandated by federal regulators as of 2020.
“There really wasn’t a cost. We really utilized the resources that we had available to us,” Vonashek mentioned. “It was really bringing in the right people to be able to fine-tune [the simulations].”
Commuters can count on the identical methods to yield 90-minute prepare rides on the Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and the Large Apple early subsequent 12 months, he mentioned.
