Ct Rail: Shore Line East - New London - Stamford

The Shore Line East is a commuter rail line that is operated by CTrail brand, which is owned by Connecticut Department of Transportation or CTDOT. The route is located in Connecticut and is 50.6 miles long with 15 stations. Service begins from New London, Connecticut and ends at Stamford, Connecticut. The line also runs alongside Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Acela services. The route can be set in this year or around the same time as NEC: Boston - Providence.

Map (Shore Line East in purple) (Credit: CT Rail/CTDOT)


Rolling Stock
GE P40DC (Credit: Interstate Railfan)


EMD GP40-3H (Interstate Railfan)


Mafersa Coaches (Credit to Pi.1415926535 and Interstate Railfan respectively)



Station List with services for CT Rail and Amtrak (*Note: NR = Northeast Regional, A = Acela)
While some CT Rail services terminate at Union Station, they do offer limited service to Stamford station.

CT Rail
1. New London Union Station
2. Old Saybrook station
3. Westbrook station
4. Clinton station
5. Madison station
6. Guilford station
7. Branford station
8. State Street station
9. New Haven Union Station
10. West Haven station (Limited serivce)
11. Milford station (Limited serivce)
12. Stratford station (Limited serivce)
13. Bridgeport station (Limited serivce)
14. South Norwalk station (Limited serivce)
15. Stamford station (Limited serivce)

Amtrak
1. New London Union Station (NR, A)
2. Old Saybrook station (NR)
3. New Haven Union Station (NR, A)
4. Bridgeport station (NR)
5. Stamford station (NR, A)

Timetables
2021
2019

A.I. only services
At New Haven Union Station, CT Rail's Hartford Line begins there and uses the same fleet as Shore Line East except for the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm or MBB Coaches. Hartford Line starts at New Haven Union Station and ends at Springfield Union Station. Furthermore, Amtrak's Hartford Line use the P42DC, Amfleet coaches, and Amfleet Cab Car (yes I know its not in TSW 2 yet) . I doubt DTG would use the GE P40DC on Amtrak's Hartford Line but who knows because DTG usually place incorrect rolling stocks, which turns off a lot of people. Amtrak's Vermonter trains between Washington and New Haven uses the ACS-64 with Amfleet before swapping the ACS-64 and first Amfleet car with the GE P42. Amtrak Valley Flyer(began in 2019) uses the GE P42 with Amfleet coaches, and Amfleet Cab Car.

Layers
NEC: Boston - Providence route is required in order to operate Amtrak's Northeast Regional services.

Yards
New Haven Depot (Amtrak) in 2010 (Credit: Peter Limper)
Metro North New Haven Line depot on opposite side


Videos
(1st video) Amtrak Vermonter ACS-64 & first Amfleet swap action at New Haven Union Station (6:31 - 7:22)

 

Excellent idea and make this link to Boston-Providence. By making it as Amtrak Shore Line East Stamford-Providence with M8s Conndot Stamford to New Haven Shore Line East Stamford New London ACS-64 with Amfleet IIs Acela Express Avelia Liberty Stamford Providence via New Haven New London stations. That way you have commuter rail Amtrak Regional and High Speed Trains. Wickford Junction to Providence via Theodore Francis Green Airport requires Boston-Providence for MBTA Locomotives

 

I would buy this in a heartbeat

 

won't happen. its too long. about 60 miles is the limit.

 

So shrink it some

 

I might have to tell you this New Haven New London it's 47 miles 76 km perfectly Suited

 

I would definitely love to see Connecticut shoreline east someday soon maybe it’ll be on the roadmap sometime soon.

 

he said stamford to new london, and thats 90 miles.

 

i agree. new london to new haven is good.

 

If they do Connecticut shoreline east it would definitely be awesome to see the scenarios that they include.