Some trains on the New Canaan Branch, including those stopping at the Glenbrook, Springdale and Talmadge Hill stations, will be replaced by buses on Friday nights and on weekends from July 31 to Aug. 23, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced.Trains for normal commuting times will not be affected, according to the announcement on the MTA website.
Metro-North crews work on a track (in The Bronx, 2013). Picture from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (via Wikimedia Commons)
The substitutions of bus service will take place for trains leaving the New Canaan station at 11:15 p.m. on Fridays, starting July 31 (this Friday), and for all weekend trains (leaving the station between 6:15 a.m. and 11:15 p.m.). Buses will leave 15 to 20 minutes earlier than the scheduled trains.
Trains arriving at the New Canaan station 0n Fridays from 11:15 p.m. to 1:17 a.m. (and at the Talmadge Hill Railroad Station between 11:09 to 1:11 a.m.) will also be replaced by buses.
“Listen for announcements and check local or express bus service to your destination when boarding,” the announcement said.
Work on railroad crossings along the line is the reason for the bus substitutions, the MTA announced: “Service is being changed to accommodate grade crossing renewal work and the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Merritt Parkway Bridge reconstruction.”
As part of the road crossing work, Darien police expect to close Camp Avenue temporarily around its railroad crossing at some point in late August, police have said. Police indicated the closure would take place for probably five to six days running in late August.