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Metro-North is now clearing the trains involved in the crash, and is preparing to replace the portions of the rail line damaged Friday.
“Our crews will essentially be rebuilding 2,000 feet of damaged track, and overhead wires and signal system,” Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut said in a press release Sunday. “This amounts to the wholesale reconstruction of a two-track electrified railroad."
The reconstruction will take "multiple days of around-the-clock work," Permut said. Commuters can expect disruptions on the New Haven Line well into the next week, he added.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North will announce plans for Monday and the rest of the week later Sunday afternoon.
“It should be noted that travel times will be significantly longer than normal,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said on his Twitter account Sunday. “Commuters are encouraged to seek alternative ways of travel.”
New Haven Line and Amtrak service was still closed between the New Haven and South Norwalk stations Sunday. Metro-North is running hourly service between South Norwalk and Grand Central, and Yankee game-day service is still in effect between Stamford and the Yankees-E. 153rd Street Station.
Parking at the Stamford train station is free Sunday, according to Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council. Metro-North warns commuters to expect crowded trains. It also recommends taking the Harlem Line in New York if possible.
“I-95 is expected to be overloaded. Metro-North may have some buses available, but the only thing they have said so far is that they will not have enough to handle the 20,000 passengers that travel this section of the line,” Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau said in a CodeRed message Sunday.
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