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Shore Line East (SLE) is a commuter rail service which operates along the Northeast Corridor through southern Connecticut, United States.The rail service is a fully owned subsidiary of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) and is operated under the CT Rail brand.
Westbrook station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located off Connecticut Route 153 just north of the village center of Westbrook, Connecticut.It is served by the CT Rail's Shore Line East commuter rail service; Amtrak's Acela and Northeast Regional services run through the station without stopping.
CT Rail's Shore Line East commuter rail service runs between New London and New Haven. When service initially started along the line on May 29, 1990, CT Rail commuter trains were intended to be a temporary measure in order to reduce congestion along Interstate 95 during a highway construction project. However, the service was made permanent due ...
The electric train, known as M8 Electric Multiple Units or EMU, made its debut on Shore Line East with an inaugural ride from New Haven to New London. The newer and quieter replacement for the ...
The 1852-built station as depicted on an 1881 map. Note the cross-shaped NYP&B emblem The 1896-built station in 2015. The New Haven & New London Railroad was charted in 1848, began construction in 1850, and opened for service in July 1852. [4]
Located on the Northeast Corridor, the busiest passenger railway in the United States, Old Saybrook station serves some of the rail services that pass through the station. 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.
1893 map showing the old and new alignments near New Haven Former NH&NL embankment in Branford, Connecticut, which was replaced by a realignment project in 1893. The New Haven and New London Railroad was chartered May 1848 to build a line from New Haven, the east end of the New York and New Haven Railroad, east to New London on the Thames River and the south end of the New London, Willimantic ...
Of the 150 cars on the train, 38 derailed, including 10 of the 20 that were carrying hazardous materials. Five of the cars on the train were carrying a chemical called vinyl chloride, a colourless ...