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Metro-North work on improving the Camp Avenue railroad crossing is expected to shut down the street just to the east and west of the road from Friday, Aug. 21 to Thursday, Aug. 27, the Darien Department of Public Works has announced. Train service will be suspended just for that weekend — Saturday, Aug. 22 to Sunday, Aug.
Work on the railroad crossing on Talmadge Hill Road next to the train station there will shut the street for traffic at that spot from Friday, Aug. 14 through Thursday, Aug. 20, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced. If your commute normally has you driving from Old Stamford Road or Hoyt Street to Talmadge Road to get to the station, your route will be blocked. That area of Talmadge Hill Road, just over the border from Darien in New Canaan, is expected to be closed at that point starting at 10 am.
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. 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.
Darien police and town officials expect the railroad crossing on Camp Avenue to be replaced in a project taking probably five to six days in late August, closing the road near Springdale Florist. The railroad crossing work will temporarily stop New Canaan Branch train service, at least to the Talmadge Hill and New Canaan railroad stations, said Darien Police Capt. Don Anderson. Metro-North Railroad would instead provide bus service. Anderson said Aug. 21 was the expected start date of the road closure, but Stamford officials were about to be consulted regarding a traffic detour through streets there, indicating the date might not be set in stone yet.