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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-040 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

CTDOT press release, Oct. 23, 2020: Waterbury Branch train service resumes Oct. 26, 2020 after a six-month suspension and bussing (capital work accelerated during the ridership collapse); customers reminded to wear masks at stations and on trains

Train Service Set to Resume on the Waterbury Branch on Monday, October 26, 2020

Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), Commissioner Joseph Giulietti; Metro-North Railroad · Connecticut (Waterbury Branch of the New Haven Line) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Connecticut (Waterbury Branch of the New Haven Line) · Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
CTDOT rail service authority
Issued
2020-10-23 Oct. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-10-26 (resumption); suspension from about Apr. 2020 (read as 2020-10-26)
End
2020-10-26
In force
Oct. 26, 2020 to Oct. 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • Waterbury Branch rail customers
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (Naugatuck Valley commuter rail replaced by buses for six months)
  • TV travel
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the resumption of train service on the Waterbury Branch Line, beginning Monday, October 26, 2020. The restoration of rail service follows a six-month suspension and bussing of the service, to allow rail line construction projects to be accelerated.... CTDOT and Metro-North Railroad would like to remind customers to always wear a mask or face covering and to practice social distancing to the greatest extent possible at stations and onboard trains.

Enforcement

Operator schedule decision; mask rule under EO 7NNN

Notes

Service announcement graded context: the Danbury and Waterbury branches were 'suspended to accelerate ongoing capital projects, while ridership levels remain at historic lows' (Ex. 041), i.e., a suspension made possible by the ridership collapse under the Governor's orders.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Nov. 25, 2020); banner URL truncated; release dated 10/23/2020.