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As we continue a return to getting things back to near normal, Metro North has taken their first steps to getting trains back and running on pre COVID-19 schedules.
More and more people are returning to the office, and the amount of morning and afternoon commuters has increased, so Metro North will be adding train service to make the commutes a little less crowded.
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According to patch.com, the Railroad also announced new train timetables that are set to take effect on June 21.
Now in no way shape or form will Metro North be back to the schedules it was offering prior to the pandemic, but the rail service will bring service back to 67 percent of pre-pandemic levels. When the pandemic hit a year ago, Metro North cut back on their service reducing train service to 63 percent.
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In April 2019, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton announced on The Ethan and Lou Show that he proposed refurbishing an abandoned commuter rail line to connect Danbury with Metro-North s Harlem Line, which could save up to one hour of commute time.
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This past week, according to CT Insider, state assemblyman Stephen Meskers from Greenwich introduced a bill asking the DOT Commissioner to study the viability of the fast track rail line.
The abandoned fast track is known as the Maybrook Line, which connects Danbury with the Metro-North Harlem Line station in Southeast, NY. The Maybrook once served Danbury, Bethel, Newtown, Derby, Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange counties in New York during the late 1800s.