New Haven Yard

In 2014, the administration of governor Dannel Malloy announced a more than $1 billion project to upgrade and expand the New Haven Yard in preparation for the arrival of new M8 railcars for Metro-North service. The biggest addition from this project was a car maintenance facility with a capacity for 26 railcars at a time. Malloy said of the New Haven Yard "This stuff doesn’t get seen and therefore doesn’t get understood but this is a massive facility."^[2]

The yard's facility for servicing diesel locomotives was also expanded during the project, to support Shore Line East and Hartford Line services. Additionally, a facility for M8 acceptance testing was built, as well as a facility for wheel truing (straightening and repair of wheels). Following completion of the project, New Haven Yard was projected to expand its staff to 1,600 workers.^[2]

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