By Robert D. Hale, CT Viewpoints, The Connecticut Mirror; April 23, 2020
An order for 60 passenger train cars to be used to feed travelers to and from the New Haven Line to inland and eastern Connecticut worth $300 million was approved on Wednesday The process caused an uproar, as 12 cars slated for the Waterbury Branch were supposedly cut, apparently leaving intact the ones destined for the Hartford Line and Shore Line East.
The truth is that all the branch lines feeding into the New Haven Line deserve high-quality rail transit, and it is a mistake to concentrate the benefits in the relatively wealthy I-91 and Shore Line corridors.