Stations of the Shore Line East (CTRail) Ep#117 4K

NOTES: The Shore Line East ("SLE") Commuter Rail service is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation dba "CT Rail" and operated by Amtrak under contract to CT-DOT. The tracks are owned by Amtrak and are Standard Gauge 4' 8.5". The SLE's Reporting Mark is CNDX. It serves the Connecticut coastline between New Haven and New London. The Shore Line East uses Scheduled Train Numbers in the 1600s on weekdays and 3600s on weekends, with odd numbers westbound and even numbers eastbound. the service runs between New London, CT Union Station and New Haven, CT Union Station. The distance is 50.7 rail miles and the ride duration is 1 hour 6 minutes (1.1 hours) to ride end to end. The average speed is 46.1 mph including stops and the top speed is 90 mph. The Kawasaki trainsets are capable of 100 mph, but software limited to 90 mph by CTDOT. There are 9 stations on the route. On Time Performance was 83% in April 2026. The SLE service carried 246,600 passengers in 2025. They run 36 trains per day (10/day weekdays, 8/day weekends) in each direction (for 252 trains per week, 13,104 trains per year) and averaging 19 passengers per train (at some point on route). Undiscounted pricing for adult full route one-way is $11.75. Equipment is all Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Company Type M8 Electric Multiple Unit trains. The basic consist is four-car trainsets, with multiple trainsets linked together. In 2022 the M8s replaced diesel locomotive/passenger car trainsets in push-pull with the rear car being a cab car. This happened once Amtrak had electrified the Northeast Corridor tracks from New Haven, CT to Boston. The Shore Line East service began in 1990 to relieve pressure on commuters due to road work on I-95. It proved more popular than expected and continued after the construction project was completed. Passengers can transfer to Metro-North New Haven Line trains to access stops between New Haven and New York City. In New London passengers can transfer to Northeast Regional and Acela trains going north to Boston, MA. The Kawasaki M8 trainsets are owned jointly by the Connecticut DOT and the (New York) Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro-North Railroad. This is why you see both logos on the equipment. While being categorized as a Commuter Rail service, the Shore Line East runs trains in both directions all day 7 days per week.