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News photo: Changes coming for Shore Line East?

By Trains Staff | April 25, 2022

| Last updated on March 18, 2024


Amtrak crews operate qualifying trips with M8 trainset

Electric multiple-unit trainset passes through station, as seen from overhead
A Kawasaki M8 trainset operated by an Amtrak crew passes through Westbrook, Conn., on Saturday, April 23. Scott A. Hartley

WESTBROOK, Conn. — A Metro-North/Connecticut Department of Transportation Kawasaki M8 electric multiple-unit trainset passes through Westbrook on Saturday, April 23, during training runs for Amtrak crews to operate the equipment. The qualifying runs between New Haven and Old Saybrook, Conn., are reportedly in preparation for use of the M8s on Connecticut’s Shore Line East commuter line between New Haven and New London, Conn. Amtrak provides the crews for the Shore Line East service.

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