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A weekend Shore Line East train arrives at New London in June 2013 The major obstacle preventing full New London service was the bridge over the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme. The drawbridge section is closed for a certain period of time to allow trains to pass, which prevents large boats from passing under.
The Shore Line Railway was a part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system, running east from New Haven, Connecticut, to New London along the north shore of Long Island Sound. A segment is currently used for commuter service on CT Rail's Shore Line East and regional/express service on Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor.
CT Rail uses the following rolling stock for its commuter rail operations: All Electric Multiple Unit cars are used on the electrified Shore Line East running on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor while locomotive hauled trains with passenger coaches are used on Amtrak's non-electrified Hartford Line.
Most Northeast Regional trains stop at Old Saybrook. No high-speed Acela trains serve the station, but they can be transferred to at New Haven to the west. However, all Shore Line East commuter rail trains stop at Old Saybrook; it serves as the eastern terminus for some trains. [ 4 ]
The South Shore Line will soon implement a new schedule that adds limited-stop express service, including a faster trip from South Bend to Chicago.
It is served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line plus limited CT Rail Shore Line East service. The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the four tracks of the Northeast Corridor. [2]: 22 The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state. [3]
The station opened on June 7, 2002, for Shore Line East service, with Metro-North service added on June 24, 2002. [1] [5] Hartford Line and New Haven–Springfield Shuttle service began on June 16, 2018. [6] Most Shore Line East and all Hartford Line trains (both Amtrak and CT Rail) stop at the station. [7]
CTtransit Bus: 215 New Haven/Wallingford/Meriden, 292 North Colony Road 61.4 mi (98.8 km) New Haven: New Haven State Street: Amtrak: Northeast Regional, Valley Flyer CTrail: Hartford Line, Shore Line East Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line CTtransit Bus: 204, 206, 212, 223, 274, 278, 950 62.0 mi (99.8 km) New Haven Union Station