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Originally Posted by Crawford
They've been talking about electrifying the Danbury line for decades. Hopefully it's finally happening. CT is very pro-transit in recent years, so probably pretty good odds.
It would be great to have a fast, electric, one-seat ride to Grand Central or Penn from that corridor. You'd eventually have a one-seat ride to Grand Central or Penn all the way out to the Berkshires in Western MA.
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I looked and it takes over two hours to commute from Danbury to Grand Central. Even reducing the time by 15 minutes by switching to electric trains, this would still be a long commute to do daily. As the article notes, however, there are plenty of residents in this part of Connecticut who work in Norwalk, Stamford, etc... This would be a significant benefit for them.