By Andrew Larson, Republican-American, Citizen’s News; October 9, 2019
WATERBURY — The state Department of Transportation plans to purchase 110 new rail cars to replace its aging fleet of coaches on four of its commuter branches, but so far only about half of them are funded.
The DOT has funding to acquire 60 cars for Shore Line East and the newly-opened Hartford Line, but the agency lacks money for the remaining 50 cars that would serve the Waterbury and Danbury lines, Thomas Maziarz, DOT chief of policy and planning, wrote in an email.