I have a question about this weekend's Harbor Bridge (CT) replacement and Amtrak schedules. It says that several Northeast Regionals are cancelled between 4:00 PM Saturday and 12:00 PM Sunday, but it also says that no Acela Express trains are cancelled.
Does Acela use this bridge? Are they accommodating Acela trains in some special way?
The two bridges that were/are to be replaced are on the NEC and the Acelas travel over them to go from New Haven to Boston. There are fewer Acelas on the schedule on weekends and only a few on Saturdays. There are no Acelas on the schedule going between NYP and BOS in the shutdown window, so there are none to be canceled.
There will likely be another shutdown similar to this next year when they are ready to switch to the new Niantic River draw bridge.
The new Niantic River bridge is a whole new higher bridge built on a new, straighter, approach. The cut over should be easy and fast when ready.
Courant (old) Niantic River Bridge in Connecticut
Don U. TCA 73-5735
THanks, DMUinCT for the picture, and thanks, Alan F for the information.
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