By Julia Werth, Connecticut Examiner; July 31, 2019
IN THE REGION — Over the last two years, ridership on Shore Line East has fallen 25 percent as commuter service has been disrupted by an extensive undercutting project to prevent gravel from burying the tracks. By May, the average number of weekday riders had fallen to 1,340 and on weekends to just 767. For comparison, a single 10-car Metro-North train carries 1,000 passengers.