State officials say they don’t yet know just when or for how long service on Metro-North Railroad’s New Canaan branch line will be suspended. The state Department of Transportation and Metro-North “are in communication regarding significant track work proposed on the New Canaan Branch Line,” according to DOT Communications Manager Josh Morgan. “To expedite completion, rail service will be temporarily suspended,” Morgan told NewCanaanite.com in an email. Members of the New Canaan Parking Commission and other New Canaan officials discussed the plans during the appointed body’s regular meeting, held March 1 in New Canaan Town Hall and via videoconference. It would “require our [New Canaan’s] track” to be “moved over” in order to “connect to the main line,” according to Bob Mantilia, whose title with the town is Special Projects.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2023 23:49 UTC